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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Monday, August 5, 1985

47-Down : Zoo monkey

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,054
Across
1
This contains a diam. : CIRC
5
Shipworm : BORER
10
"Arabian Nights" name : BABA
14
Ruffle : ROIL
15
Nantes' river : LOIRE
16
At the drop of ___ : AHAT
17
Jerez jar : OLLA
18
As ___ resort : ALAST
19
Secure : NAIL
20
West Indies songs : CALYPSOS
22
Fit for crops : ARABLE
24
Muy ___ : BIEN
25
British gun : BREN
26
Meuse River, to the Dutch : MAAS
28
Buck novel (with "The") : GOODEARTH
33
Fort winks : CATNAP
35
Bridge vacancy : VOID
36
Mouth: Comb. form : ORI
37
Satie or Bruhn : ERIK
38
Master : LEARN
40
Peat or oil : FUEL
41
W.W. II area : ETO
42
Asch's "___ River" : EAST
43
Almandine : GARNET
45
Snipe's kin : SANDPIPER
48
Comedy's Foxx : REDD
49
___, meeny, ... : EENY
50
Abhor : HATE
52
Car's hood, in Henley : BONNET
55
Old keyboard instruments : CELESTAS
59
Skip : OMIT
60
"___ tale told by ... ": Macbeth : ITISA
62
Imprecation : OATH
63
Horne who has plenty : LENA
64
Tibia's neighbor : FEMUR
65
Dies ___ : IRAE
66
Viva voce : ORAL
67
Lab container : FLASK
68
Ignore Polonius's advice : LEND
Down
1
Gator's kin : CROC
2
Kansas city : IOLA
3
Runnel : RILL
4
Horse or shade of orange : CLAYBANK
5
World-weary : BLASE
6
Congou associate : OOLONG
7
Inlets : RIAS
8
Asiatic vetch : ERS
9
Causing delay : RETARDING
10
Split necessity : BANANA
11
Pequot skipper : AHAB
12
Kettle handle : BAIL
13
Asian evergreen : ATLE
21
Its tower tilts : PISA
23
Rex or Willis : REED
25
Rustic : BOOR
26
Actress Toren : MARTA
27
Ending for ruin or color : ATION
29
Like some leaves : OVATE
30
Type of song : ROUND
31
Cornered : TREED
32
Excalibur had one : HILT
33
Bees' neighbors : CEES
34
Party to a suit : PLAINTIFF
39
Catch sight of : ESPY
40
Political party: 1848-56 : FREESOIL
42
Blade of a sort : EPEE
44
Uffizi display : ARTE
46
___ floss : DENTAL
47
Zoo monkey : RHESUS
51
Happy as ___ : ALARK
52
Panay knife : BOLO
53
Measure, for Moses : OMER
54
Granada girl : NINA
55
Dome on the range : CIMA
56
Darnel : TARE
57
___ end (over) : ATAN
58
Lean-to : SHED
61
___ Aviv : TEL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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