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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Friday, August 31, 1979

4-Down : Plant resembling the yucca

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,888
Across
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It's sometimes intercepted : PASS
5
Point; apex : CUSP
9
Former U.N. head : THANT
14
Choir voice : ALTO
15
Fairy-tale starter : ONCE
16
Book by D. S. Freeman : RELEE
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Part of a vending machine : SLOT
18
Othello, for one : MOOR
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Kind of renewal : URBAN
20
Commit youthful follies : SOWONESWILDOATS
23
Winker : EYELID
24
Plod : SLOG
25
Place for dumbbells : GYM
27
Eliminate : DELETE
32
Universal remedy propounded by Paracelsus : AZOTH
36
"He's ___ Picker," 1914 Berlin song : ARAG
39
Final notice : OBIT
40
Start an austerity program : TIGHTENONESBELT
43
Rounded moldings : TORI
44
Express : VENT
45
The Japanese call it Chosen : KOREA
46
"Intellectual arm" of a worldwide org. : UNESCO
48
Prefix with center or dermis : EPI
50
Slangy approval : OKEH
53
Author of "Comin' thro' the Rye": 1875 : REEVES
58
Look out for No. 1 : FEATHERONESNEST
63
Athlete under a dome : ASTRO
64
Component : UNIT
65
Theater group letters : ANTA
66
Complete : UTTER
67
___ Neuf, across the Seine : PONT
68
Oriental weight : TAEL
69
Quintet plus quartet : NONET
70
Salver : TRAY
71
Besides : ELSE
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Old hat : PASSE
2
Bronze, e.g. : ALLOY
3
Vt. ski center : STOWE
4
Plant resembling the yucca : SOTOL
5
Neil Simon's forte : COMEDY
6
Some, in Seville : UNOS
7
Lighters' kin : SCOWS
8
Pauline's predicament : PERIL
9
Long, tiring walk : TRUDGE
10
Protagonist, usually : HERO
11
Spanish duke : ALBA
12
Spruce : NEAT
13
"Hamiltons" : TENS
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"It Happened One ___" : NIGHT
22
Inn : LODGE
26
Leonine locks : MANE
28
Timber wolf : LOBO
29
Great-grandson of Shem : EBER
30
Ornamental ceramic : TILE
31
Singer James from L.A. : ETTA
32
Island near Bering Sea : ATTU
33
National park in Utah : ZION
34
Folklore fiend : OGRE
35
"Let ___ cup pass ... ": Matt. : THIS
37
Guidry or Santo : RON
38
Prefix with date or chamber : ANTE
41
Summon : EVOKE
42
"Blue ___," 1927 hit song : SKIES
47
Sidekick : COHORT
49
Like a cover girl : PRETTY
51
What active volcanoes do : ERUPT
52
Item to count, in bridge : HONOR
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Related on mother's side : ENATE
55
Like Judas : VENAL
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Noted writer of children's books : ESTES
57
Flat : STALE
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Goatlike creature : FAUN
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"___ Perpetua," Idaho motto : ESTO
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Business letter abbr. : ATTN
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Eucalyptus or gingko : TREE
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"Strange Interlude" heroine : NINA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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