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Reid
Reid

New York Times, Monday, December 19, 1983

Author:
Reid
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F G J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 11.5
Reid has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,459
Across
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Abort a mission : SCRUB
6
Cannoneer's need : AMMO
10
Track-meet implement : SHOT
14
Statement of faith : CREDO
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TV show in reruns : SOAP
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Distant: Comb. form : TELE
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Arch competitor : RIVAL
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Grudge holders : SOREHEADS
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Tristram's beloved : ISOLDE
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Astronaut Sally : RIDE
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___ Plaines, Ill. : DES
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Gift for Adano : BELL
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Square-rigger's necessity : MAINSAIL
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N.Y. winter time : EST
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Towel marking : HERS
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Apparel : DRESS
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Sub's milieu : BENCH
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Blood component : PLASMA
35
Guillotines : BEHEADS
38
Alert: Colloq. : HEADSUP
39
Handles with authority : WIELDS
40
He wrote "Games People Play" : BERNE
41
Everything being counted : INALL
42
Gobilike : ARID
43
Hebrew letter : MEM
46
Tigers' habitats : DIAMONDS
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Folk dance : HORA
50
Trucker's place : CAB
52
Author Rostov : MARA
53
Directly : HEADON
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Deejay's equipment : HEADPHONE
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K.C. slugger : BRETT
59
Cartoonist or river : ARNO
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Med. school subject : ANAT
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When Arbor Day comes : APRIL
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Protuberance : NODE
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Durante asset : NOSE
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___ word, coined for single use : NONCE
Down
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Writer : SCRIBE
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Tense times : CRISES
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Uprising : REVOLT
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A rival of Carter in 1976 : UDALL
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Daring : BOLD
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Silly one : ASS
7
Like the Alhambra's architecture : MOORISH
8
Calif. county : MARIN
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Special newspaper pages : OPEDS
10
Fr. holy woman : STE
11
Irving's ___ horseman : HEADLESS
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Ye ___ Tea Shoppe : OLDE
13
Hardy lass : TESS
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Promontory : HEADLAND
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Edits : EMENDS
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Compass swings : ARCS
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Moslem decree : IRADE
29
Auto light : HEADLAMP
31
Inst. at Dallas : SMU
32
A syrup source : SAP
33
Lawyer Melvin : BELLI
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Expire : PERISH
35
Carib. area : BWI
36
Article for a Berliner : EIN
37
Gym apparel : HEADBAND
38
Bovine group : HERD
40
Bonkers : BANANAS
43
Up-to-date : MODERN
44
Amatory : EROTIC
45
Cloak or cape : MANTLE
47
Famed naval historian : MAHAN
48
Town on the Penobscot : ORONO
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Silent zany of films : HARPO
50
Movie detective : CHAN
51
Prefix with sol : AERO
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Israeli statesman : EBAN
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Litigation name : DOE
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Summer in Savoie : ETE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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