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Judson G. Trent
New York Times, Monday, January 27, 1986
Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 37.6
1 M | 2 A | 3 M | 4 E | | | 5 H | 6 E | 7 F | 8 T | | 9 S | 10 L | 11 A | 12 P |
13 O | D | I | N | | 14 P | A | P | U | A | | 15 H | O | R | A |
16 M | A | T | T | | 17 S | P | E | L | L | 18 B | O | U | N | D |
19 A | M | E | R | | 20 A | L | E | | 21 E | R | O | D | E | S |
| | 22 R | E | 23 P | L | Y | | 24 O | N | E | | | | |
25 D | 26 E | J | E | C | T | | 27 A | N | T | E | 28 A | 29 T | 30 E | 31 R |
32 A | P | O | | 33 T | E | 34 R | N | E | | 35 D | R | O | N | E |
36 T | O | I | 37 L | | 38 R | E | T | A | 39 P | | 40 A | N | T | E |
41 E | D | N | A | 42 S | | 43 S | A | L | E | 44 P | | 45 G | E | L |
46 R | E | T | R | A | 47 C | T | S | | 48 R | E | 49 C | U | R | S |
| | | | 50 F | O | E | | 51 E | M | I | L | E | | |
52 T | 53 A | 54 S | 55 T | E | D | | 56 A | M | U | | 57 O | T | 58 I | 59 S |
60 S | Q | U | A | R | E | 61 K | N | O | T | | 62 C | I | N | E |
63 A | U | N | T | | 64 I | R | A | T | E | | 65 H | E | R | E |
66 R | A | G | E | | 67 N | A | T | E | | | 68 E | D | O | M |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,229
Across
1
5
9
13
14
Port Moresby's site :
PAPUA15
Israeli folk dance :
HORA16
17
19
20
21
22
24
"___ if by land ... " :
ONE25
27
32
33
Kind of steel plate :
TERNE35
36
38
Mend shoes, in a way :
RETAP40
Something to raise :
ANTE41
43
Dried orchid tubers :
SALEP45
46
48
50
Hannibal, to Romans :
FOE51
52
56
___ Darya River, in Asia :
AMU57
60
62
63
64
65
66
67
Archibald or Thurmond of the N.B.A. :
NATE68
Down
1
Art center in N.Y.C. :
MOMA2
3
4
Lobster thermidor, e.g. :
ENTREE5
By chance, old style :
HAPLY6
Blade for a fencer :
EPEE7
8
9
10
11
Composer of "Judith" :
ARNE12
14
18
23
24
25
Grocery-scanner part :
DATER26
Horatian creation :
EPODE27
28
Parseghian of coaching fame :
ARA29
30
31
34
Residue, in Rouen :
RESTE37
39
42
44
Architect I. M. ___ :
PEI47
49
51
52
53
54
Comic Richard Lee ___ :
SUNG55
Chester or Jessica of "Soap" :
TATE56
Gray's tome: Abbr. :
ANAT58
Group of nested boxes :
INRO59
61
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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