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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 1985

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q U Y Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,916
Across
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Style : CLASS
6
Latin lass: Abbr. : SRTA
10
Complete failure : BOMB
14
Where Vulcan forged : AETNA
15
Supporting column : PIER
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U.S.S.R.'s ___ Sea : ARAL
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Pack of mackerel : SHOAL
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Meet for McEnroe : OPEN
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Treatment : CARE
20
Arena : HIPPODROME
22
Kind of cap or pad : KNEE
23
Strawberry's bunch : METS
24
Lost intensity : SAGGED
26
Offset, with "out" : CANCEL
30
Floria of opera : TOSCA
32
Words of concern : OHOH
33
"___ a man ... " : IMET
35
Glowing coal : EMBER
39
Fur-trimmed cloak : PELISSE
41
Auxin, e.g. : HORMONE
43
Yemeni's neighbor : OMANI
44
Culinary mélange : STEW
46
Church calendar : ORDO
47
Obvious : CLEAR
49
"Peace and Plenty" painter : INNESS
51
"___ cut bait" : FISHOR
54
A contemporary of Haydn : ARNE
56
Prefix with meter : ALTI
57
Decisive battle : ARMAGEDDON
63
Collected : COOL
64
Truck type : SEMI
65
Herd on the move : DROVE
66
Organic compound : ENOL
67
Nights before : EVES
68
Girdle material : LATEX
69
Cry from the crib : DADA
70
Strike out : DELE
71
Movie critic Siskel's TV partner : EBERT
Down
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Lawful lucre : CASH
2
City south of Salt Lake City : LEHI
3
At the summit : ATOP
4
Break : SNAP
5
Biblical dancer : SALOME
6
Good fellow : SPORT
7
Sharp response : RIPOSTE
8
Abound : TEEM
9
He played Marshal Dillon : ARNESS
10
Game for two : BACKGAMMON
11
Chimp's cousin : ORANG
12
Runner Sidney of the Olympics : MAREE
13
What wet madras cloth may do : BLEED
21
Homes for heros : DELIS
25
Maple genus : ACER
26
Snowflake, to Santos : COPO
27
Attention-getter : AHEM
28
Popular piano piece : NOLA
29
Prized rodent : CHINCHILLA
31
"Top ___ mornin'!" : OTHE
34
Southwestern flattop : MESA
36
Carried : BORE
37
Stops : ENDS
38
Cars of yesteryear : REOS
40
Corn holder of a kind : SILO
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___ to (because of) : OWING
45
Fishing net : TRAMMEL
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Scraped out : ERASED
50
Provoke : NEEDLE
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Confronted : FACED
52
A Massey : ILONA
53
Endured : STOOD
55
Gift to Bob Cratchit : RAISE
58
Dream, to Debussy : REVE
59
Monotonous : DRAB
60
Be foolishly fond : DOTE
61
Ham's word : OVER
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Call to a queue : NEXT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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