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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Tuesday, January 3, 1984

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.7
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,474
Across
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Very high mountains : ALPS
5
Cancel, NASA style : ABORT
10
Below the ___ (foul) : BELT
14
Dupe : GULL
15
Widow's inheritance : DOWER
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___ code : AREA
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Medicinal plant : ALOE
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Former queen of Italy : ELENA
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Perjurer : LIAR
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Fast vehicle : SUPERSONICPLANE
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Kitties : POTS
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Large parrot : KEA
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Per : APIECE
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Lickety-split : SPEEDILY
33
Toots ___, memorable restaurateur : SHOR
34
Large wading bird : STORK
35
Balmoral Castle's river : DEE
36
School of whales : POD
37
Maude Adams was one : ACTRESS
39
Eggs for Terence : OVA
40
Daughter of Cadmus : INO
41
Gripper under Guidry : CLEAT
42
Dingle : GLEN
43
Swiftness : CELERITY
45
Stanzas : VERSES
47
Zip : PEP
48
"Utopia" author : MORE
49
Out-of-this-world tour : AEROSPACETRAVEL
57
In the thick of : AMID
58
Uplift : ELATE
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Locale : SITE
60
Liturgy : RITE
61
Allude (to) : REFER
62
College in N.C. : ELON
63
Greek letters : ETAS
64
Predictors : SEERS
65
Depression : DENT
Down
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Eastern rulers : AGAS
2
Dilly : LULU
3
Fall clumsily : PLOP
4
Surprising success : SLEEPER
5
"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
6
Kin of machetes : BOLOS
7
Antiwar writer killed in action: 1918 : OWEN
8
"Madonna della Pietà" painter : RENI
9
Bounty hunters, e.g. : TRACKERS
10
Song for Sinatra : BALLAD
11
Silkworm : ERIA
12
Rawboned : LEAN
13
Darnel : TARE
21
Mythical bird : ROC
22
Takes a sly look : PEEKS
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A relish : ASPIC
26
Ring : PHONE
27
An antiseptic : IODOL
28
Get sidetracked : STRAY
29
See 7 Down : POET
30
Pagan gods : IDOLS
31
Embankment : LEVEE
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Gives birth to a lamb : YEANS
34
Let it stand : STET
37
Land measures : ACRES
38
Fast sailing vessels : CLIPPERS
42
Like ___ lightning : GREASED
44
Horatian creations : EPODES
45
They're enrolled at polls : VOTERS
46
Do wrong : ERR
48
Rhythm : METER
49
Swiss river : AARE
50
Discharge : EMIT
51
Moreno or Gam : RITA
52
Skipper's command : ALEE
53
Night spot : CAFE
54
Anagram for evil : VILE
55
Collar for a scholar : ETON
56
Springtime event : LENT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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