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Christy Ridley
Christy Ridley

New York Times, Tuesday, August 27, 1985

9-Down : Mascagni opera, for short

Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,076
Across
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Locksmith's products : KEYS
5
Fundamental : BASIC
10
Pond occupant : FISH
14
Sector : AREA
15
Sports palace : ARENA
16
Notion : IDEA
17
Herb with bell-shaped flowers : LILYOFTHEVALLEY
20
Lamprey : EEL
21
Blazing : AFIRE
22
Bankers' protections : LIENS
23
Broadway play: 1985 : ASIS
24
Arab's garb : ABA
25
Spring-flowering herb : JACKINTHEPULPIT
33
Bradley and Sharif : OMARS
34
Prof's concoction : EXAM
35
"Sail ___ Union ... " : ONO
36
Actress Foch : NINA
37
Rot-resistant tree : ALDER
39
Defeat utterly : ROUT
40
Peer's mother : ASE
41
Iris : FLAG
42
Bolivian city : SUCRE
43
Herb also called sleepy Dick : STAROFBETHLEHEM
47
Out of, in Bonn : AUS
48
Highway : ROAD
49
Anew : AGAIN
52
Maxi or midi : SKIRT
54
Plant seeds : SOW
57
Spring-flowering plant : MOUNTAINANEMONE
60
Not fooled by : ONTO
61
Vapid : STALE
62
Formerly owned : USED
63
Presently : SOON
64
Red Sox southpaw : HURST
65
Garden growth : MOSS
Down
1
Colewort : KALE
2
Huron's neighbor : ERIE
3
Shout : YELL
4
Utter : SAY
5
Canada's ___ Island : BAFFIN
6
Helen Frankenthaler is one : ARTIST
7
Very, in Verden : SEHR
8
Arrow poison : INEE
9
Mascagni opera, for short : CAV
10
Kind of devotion : FILIAL
11
Useless : IDLE
12
"Mine eyes have ___ the glory ... " : SEEN
13
Uses a tedder : HAYS
18
Haven of a sort : OASIS
19
Collection of stamps or photos : ALBUM
23
Group in Ghana : AKRA
24
On ___ with : APAR
25
Dr. Salk : JONAS
26
Love-in-___ (garden plant) : AMIST
27
City in Crete : CANEA
28
Privet's use : HEDGE
29
Devon river : EXE
30
Snarleyyow : POOCH
31
Habituate : INURE
32
___ pole (carved pillar) : TOTEM
37
Landon et al. : ALFS
38
R.P.I. room : LAB
39
Was contrite : RUED
41
Garden feature, to a poet : FOUNT
42
Shade of blue : SLATE
44
"Don't ___ My Parade" : RAINON
45
Court events : TRIALS
46
Garden visitor : HORNET
49
Gosden role : AMOS
50
"Yet we'll ___ more a-roving": Byron : GONO
51
Flivver : AUTO
52
In ___ (naturally positioned) : SITU
53
Burl on wood : KNAR
54
Middling : SOSO
55
Singles : ONES
56
Marries : WEDS
58
Rowan : ASH
59
Fall flower, for short : MUM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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