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Judith Perry
Judith Perry

New York Times, Wednesday, January 8, 1986

Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Judith Perry has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,210
Across
1
Dull pain : ACHE
5
Summoned on the p.a. system : PAGED
10
Legal wrong : TORT
14
Warner Oland role : CHAN
15
Parisian pupil : ELEVE
16
Currency-exchange premium : AGIO
17
Looked quizzically : RAISEDANEYEBROW
20
Slip : ERR
21
Spice : MACE
22
Fine-grained loam : LOESS
23
Variety of cabbage : SKUNK
25
Peter, Paul and Mary : TRIO
27
Command : BEHEST
29
Not up : ABED
30
Conscription org. : SSS
33
An Adams : EDIE
34
Hawthorne's "The Great ___ Face" : STONE
35
F.D.R. measure : WPA
36
Leaves abruptly : TURNSONONESHEEL
40
Outside: Prefix : ECT
41
A poplar : ABELE
42
Fish dish : EELS
43
"___ Girls" : LES
44
Fossilized fuel : COAL
45
Understated : SUBTLE
47
Reared : BRED
48
Lease again : RELET
49
Tropical fish : TETRA
52
Mount St. Helens menace : LAVA
53
Russian river : OKA
56
Hamstrings : ACHILLESTENDONS
60
Item for corn or babies : CRIB
61
Modify : ALTER
62
Virginia willow : ITEA
63
Melody : TUNE
64
Site of a 15th-century council : BASLE
65
Consequently : THEN
Down
1
Land measure : ACRE
2
Scorch : CHAR
3
Penitents' apparel : HAIRSHIRTS
4
Type measures : ENS
5
Academic formalist : PEDANT
6
Alas and ___ : ALACK
7
Hereditary unit : GENE
8
"All About ___" : EVE
9
Former Algerian ruler : DEY
10
Social restraint : TABOO
11
Huge hideosity : OGRE
12
Spanish rivers : RIOS
13
Hauls in : TOWS
18
Australian birds : EMUS
19
Apocopates : ELIDES
24
Sharp : KEEN
25
Kind of steak : TBONE
26
Quebec's Lévesque : RENE
27
Asian palm : BETEL
28
Draw out : EDUCE
29
Coral reef : ATOLL
30
Love for candy, cake, etc. : SWEETTOOTH
31
Bewitchment : SPELL
32
Mud volcano : SALSE
34
Three-time P.G.A. champ : SNEAD
37
Ritualistic : SACRAL
38
Kin of a cor anglais : OBOE
39
Goddess of youth : HEBE
45
Harsh : SEVERE
46
___ Bator, Mongolian city : ULAN
47
Grease the palm : BRIBE
48
Honey badger : RATEL
49
Diplomacy : TACT
50
Eggshell color : ECRU
51
Sparse : THIN
52
Landing ships : LSTS
54
Wounded ___, S.D. : KNEE
55
Bald ___ eagle : ASAN
57
R.P.I. room : LAB
58
High note : ELA
59
Morse-code signal : DIT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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