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Corinne J. Naden
Corinne J. Naden

New York Times, Monday, September 8, 1980

43-Down : Evil spirit

Author:
Corinne J. Naden
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B F H Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 7, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Corinne J. Naden has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,262
Across
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Directed so as to hit : AIMED
6
Agreement : PACT
10
Small points : DOTS
14
Packing case : CRATE
15
Bitter plant : ALOE
16
Concerning : INRE
17
Western duo, familiarly : ROYANDDALE
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Parisian sky : CIEL
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Printers' measures : ENS
21
TV : VIDEO
22
Toast in Denmark : SKOAL
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Refuse : DENY
24
Floating on the surface : NATANT
26
Entrance pieces : DOORS
28
Basketball scoring play : TIPIN
29
Frolics : ROMPS
30
Requests again : REORDERS
34
Author of "Permit Me Voyage" : AGEE
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Jardin ___ Plantes : DES
36
Brodie or Harlow : JEAN
37
A sentence : TENYEARS
40
Kind of car race : RALLY
41
Trial people: Abbr. : ATTYS
42
Clergyman's home : MANSE
43
Charleston and Big Apple : DANCES
45
Domesticate : TAME
46
Card combinations : MELDS
47
Andrea ___ : DORIA
49
Super airliner : SST
52
Eager : AVID
53
Tracy-Hepburn movie duo: 1952 : PATANDMIKE
55
Puerto ___ : RICO
56
Moslem teacher : ALIM
57
China ___ (garden bloom) : ASTER
58
Guinness : ALEC
59
Military meal : MESS
60
Sharply inclined : STEEP
Down
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Land measure : ACRE
2
Ferrum : IRON
3
Baseball superstar : MAYS
4
Timetable abbr. : ETA
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Singer John and family : DENVERS
6
Rice family : PADDY
7
Winglike parts : ALAE
8
Thirteen that rebelled : COLONIES
9
Golf-course area : TEE
10
Playmates in a primer : DICKANDJANE
11
Teary bulb : ONION
12
Pick up the tab : TREAT
13
Exchange for money : SELL
18
Rackets : DINS
22
Cooking direction : STIR
23
Two of seven wee ones : DOPEYANDDOC
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Mil. address : APO
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Magistrate in old Venice : DOGE
27
Meaningful sign : OMEN
28
Lock of hair : TRESS
29
Rodent : RAT
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Slippery fish : EELS
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Throat rattle : RALE
33
Curve in a ship's plank : SNY
35
Former Dodger ace, now an announcer : DRYSDALE
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Catchall abbrs. : ETCS
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Dined : ATE
40
Open porches : RAMADAS
42
Common street name : MAIN
43
Evil spirit : DEVIL
44
Albee heroine : ALICE
45
London vehicles : TRAMS
46
Long-eared S.A. rodent : MARA
48
Elevator man : OTIS
49
Location : SITE
50
___ trap, for shooting at clay pigeons : SKEE
51
U. of Maryland athlete : TERP
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Card game : PAM
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U.S. time division : MST

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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