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Audrey Koch
Audrey Koch

New York Times, Monday, April 20, 1981

Author:
Audrey Koch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Audrey Koch has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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G
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A
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V
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E
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U
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M
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B
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R
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F
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L
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O
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B
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B
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S
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W
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M
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C
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R
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G
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T
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S
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C
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R
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S
K
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H
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O
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S
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C
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B
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E
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N
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B
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P
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L
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I
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A
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,486
Across
1
Donated : GAVE
5
Brown pigment : UMBER
10
Decamped : FLED
14
Olive genus : OLEA
15
Elevate : RAISE
16
Facility : EASE
17
Utah Beach craft : LSTS
18
Flora and fauna of a region : BIOTA
19
Phils or Astros : NINE
20
Pete Rozelle's domain : FOOTBALL
22
Pele's sport : SOCCER
24
What teams strive for : WINS
25
Additional : MORE
26
Unctuous preparation for external use : CERATE
29
Produce : GENERATE
33
Declares positively : AVERS
34
Gluts : SATES
35
Weep : CRY
36
Peel : RIND
37
Slalomed : SKIED
38
Markham subject : HOER
39
Polo Grounds hero : OTT
40
Pens and cobs : SWANS
41
Shape by cutting : CARVE
42
Singles, e.g. : BASEHITS
44
Tracy Austin's game : TENNIS
45
Alaskan city : NOME
46
Half-time entertainers : BAND
47
Organized massacre : POGROM
50
Bowie Kuhn's domain : BASEBALL
54
Greek music halls : ODEA
55
Torpid : INERT
57
Medicinal plant : ALOE
58
Yearn : LONG
59
Saltpeter, in England : NITRE
60
Avine symbol of craziness : LOON
61
Wreath for Lancelot : ORLE
62
Unaccompanied songs : GLEES
63
Concupiscence : LUST
Down
1
Tom Watson's forte : GOLF
2
Additionally : ALSO
3
Presidential refusal : VETO
4
From Rome to Istanbul, e.g. : EASTWARD
5
Suave : URBANE
6
Posts : MAILS
7
Branch of sci. : BIOL
8
Superlative ending : EST
9
Thought out : REASONED
10
Swordsman of a sort : FENCER
11
Secular : LAIC
12
Serf of yore : ESNE
13
Player on the range : DEER
21
Small pieces : BITS
23
Native metals : ORES
25
Allots : METES
26
Mediterranean evergreen : CAROB
27
Role for Patti LuPone : EVITA
28
Leases : RENTS
29
These lead to first downs : GAINS
30
Fruit of the oak : ACORN
31
Famous Italian fountain : TREVI
32
Circuit courts : EYRES
34
Emulate Eric Heiden : SKATE
37
Spitz's forte : SWIMMING
38
Court game : HANDBALL
40
Scat! : SHOO
41
Recent, in geological terms : CENE
43
Madden : ENRAGE
44
These are not to be disputed : TASTES
46
Wilkes-___, Pa. : BARRE
47
Game introduced into England in 1869 : POLO
48
Aroma : ODOR
49
V.I.P. at the Army-Navy game : GENL
50
___ noire (bugbear) : BETE
51
Family name of diamond fame : ALOU
52
She wrote "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" : LOOS
53
Fast time : LENT
56
Bad score for a British team : NIL

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

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