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Judson G. Trent
Judson G. Trent

New York Times, Friday, March 28, 1986

Author:
Judson G. Trent
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 35.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Judson G. Trent has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,289
Across
1
Old-timer Summerville : SLIM
5
Make ___ at (try) : ASTAB
10
A Melville captain : AHAB
14
Cantrell from Sydney : LANA
15
Soprano Tetrazzini : LUISA
16
Majority leader : DOLE
17
"The weather-glass/Is set at ___": Auden : ALAS
18
Durocher's nickname : LIPPY
19
"___ my word!" : UPON
20
Dwarfed plant : BONSAI
22
"The Swan of Tuonela" composer : SIBELIUS
24
Novelist Dorothy : EDEN
26
Pict rival : CELT
27
"Goyescas" composer : GRANADOS
31
Follow Shays : RESIST
35
Respiratory sounds : RALES
36
Alley goal : SPARE
38
Pennsylvania is one: Abbr. : STA
39
Gray tome: Abbr. : ANAT
40
Comic Feldman : MARTY
41
Garganey : TEAL
42
Beaver specialty : DAM
43
Cairene Nobelist : SADAT
44
Berchtesgaden retreat : AERIE
45
Ermines, at times : STOATS
47
Barflies : TIPPLERS
49
Fortune : LUCK
51
Social worker's assignment : CASE
52
"Genoveva" composer : SCHUMANN
56
Solomon built one : TEMPLE
60
Biblical kingdom : ELAM
61
They make a mesh : GEARS
63
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
64
"Rise, happy ___ ... ": Tennyson : MORN
65
Reticulate : NETTY
66
Nide : NEST
67
Collection of Norse poetry : EDDA
68
British ___ : ISLES
69
Tiny Archibald : NATE
Down
1
Hunk of cake : SLAB
2
"Le Roi d'Ys" composer : LALO
3
___ instant (quickly) : INAN
4
"Manon" composer : MASSENET
5
Joined : ALLIED
6
___ generis : SUI
7
Leaves a pourboire : TIPS
8
Savory jelly : ASPIC
9
Candle material : BAYBERRY
10
Grown-ups : ADULTS
11
Navajo's neighbor : HOPI
12
Baseball family name : ALOU
13
Shahn and Gazzara : BENS
21
Rehan and Huxtable : ADAS
23
Robt. ___ : ELEE
25
"Sing ___ songs for me": C. Rossetti : NOSAD
27
B.A. holders : GRADS
28
Attacked : RANAT
29
Lone Star shrine : ALAMO
30
Pilchard's kin : SPRAT
32
Rhone feeder : ISERE
33
Step : STAIR
34
Chaucer creations : TALES
37
___ wit : ATTIC
40
"Cavalleria ... " composer : MASCAGNI
41
"Der Tag des Gerichts" composer : TELEMANN
43
Must : STUM
44
Chevet : APSE
46
Smith booster : ALUMNA
48
Kelly and Mink : PATSYS
50
Cypress features : KNEES
52
Dotted with stars: Her. : SEME
53
Divot : CLOD
54
Exacting : HARD
55
Part of N.L.R.B. : NATL
57
Appeal : PLEA
58
Bewildered : LOST
59
Major follower : ETTE
62
I-95, e.g. : RTE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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