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Kathryn Righter
New York Times, Thursday, June 27, 1985
Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 27.4
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 P | 4 S | 5 R | 6 O | 7 M | 8 A | 9 S | 10 C | 11 A | 12 U | 13 P |
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14 A | G | A | R | 15 E | R | O | S | 16 T | A | S | T | E |
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17 C | A | R | O | 18 U | S | A | L | S | 19 A | R | T | E | L |
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20 A | T | E | 21 P | O | L | T | E | 22 R | G | E | I | S | T |
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23 O | E | D | 24 I | P | U | S | 25 R | A | G | S | ||||
26 D | E | N | 27 S | T | R | E | S | 28 S | 29 E | 30 D |
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31 A | 32 C | 33 C | O | R | D | 34 P | E | E | R | 35 P | R | Y |
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36 F | O | A | L | 37 M | A | D | 38 F | U | S | E |
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39 A | L | L | 40 B | 41 L | O | T | 42 S | 43 T | O | N | E | D |
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44 R | E | F | 45 R | A | I | N | S | 46 T | E | C | ||||
47 E | N | N | A | 48 S | E | M | I | 49 N | 50 A | 51 R |
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52 T | 53 H | 54 U | N | D | E | R | 55 C | L | A | P | 56 O | B | I |
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57 H | O | N | D | A | 58 C | L | A | M | O | 59 R | O | U | S |
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60 A | L | I | E | N | 61 H | I | K | E | 62 E | S | S | E |
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63 T | E | T | R | A | 64 S | P | E | D | 65 D | E | E | R |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,015
Across
1
Erstwhile gas-station giveaways : MAPS
5
"Arrivederci ___" : ROMA
9
Wild duck : SCAUP
14
Gelling agent : AGAR
15
Youngest of the gods : EROS
16
Esthete's attribute : TASTE
17
Noisy revels : CAROUSALS
19
Soviet cooperative : ARTEL
20
Took potluck : ATE
21
Noisy spook : POLTERGEIST
23
Antigone's father : OEDIPUS
25
Symbol of poverty : RAGS
26
Place of squalor : DEN
27
Highlighted : STRESSED
31
Agreement : ACCORD
34
Legal equal : PEER
35
Be nosy : PRY
36
Stud-farm product : FOAL
37
Frenzied : MAD
38
Circuit safeguard : FUSE
39
The works : ALL
40
Disgrace : BLOT
42
Squiffed : STONED
44
Doesn't indulge : REFRAINS
46
Private eye : TEC
47
Province of Sicily : ENNA
48
Advanced study group : SEMINAR
52
Noise from on high : THUNDERCLAP
56
Bowed sash : OBI
57
Lariat eye : HONDA
58
Noisy : CLAMOROUS
60
Green-card holder : ALIEN
61
B.S.A. activity : HIKE
62
Being, in philosophy : ESSE
63
One more than tri : TETRA
64
Made tracks : SPED
65
Antelope's playmate : DEER
Down
1
Portuguese territory : MACAO
2
Marble : AGATE
3
Shaved a Baldwin : PARED
4
Sign of success : SRO
5
Extol loudly : RESOUND
6
Certain exams : ORALS
7
Shed : MOLT
8
Said with conviction : ASSERTED
9
Arrange alternately : STAGGER
10
Pet : CARESS
11
___ spumante : ASTI
12
Salt Lake City team : UTES
13
Trapper's trophy : PELT
18
Kind of berth : UPPER
22
Less than medium : RARE
24
Object of devotion : IDOL
27
Mudguards of a sort : SPATS
28
Whirled : SPUN
29
Celtic tongue : ERSE
30
Colored, in a way : DYED
31
Way out yonder : AFAR
32
King or Natalie : COLE
33
Young hippo : CALF
37
Big butterflies : MONARCHS
38
Central points : FOCI
40
Colorful kerchief : BANDANA
41
Rock Island or B.&O. : LINE
42
Prepared cherrystones : STEAMED
43
Mehta's rate : TEMPO
45
Melt down : RENDER
48
Satisfy a thirst : SLAKE
49
Vigilante "necktie" : NOOSE
50
Vituperation : ABUSE
51
Ex-sleeper : RISER
52
" ... a man for a' ___": Burns : THAT
53
Target for Tom Kite : HOLE
54
Standard quantity : UNIT
55
Trim : CLIP
59
Menshevik's foe : RED
Answer summary:
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