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Avery
Avery

New York Times, Tuesday, August 21, 1984

Author:
Avery
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.3
Avery has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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L
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U
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B
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B
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O
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O
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T
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P
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C
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R
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R
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L
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F
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B
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C
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B
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C
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M
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A
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L
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N
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S
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R
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T
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L
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N
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A
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R
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D
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,705
Across
1
Playing card : CLUB
5
Nitwit : BOOB
9
Subject : TOPIC
14
___ avis : RARA
15
Zaragoza's river : EBRO
16
Lasso : RIATA
17
Soviet sea : ARAL
18
Soccer player, abroad : FOOTBALLER
20
College at Oxford : BALLIOL
22
Ad ___ committee : HOC
23
Epoch : ERA
24
Round Table knight : BORS
25
Without profit : ATCOST
27
Early religious sect member : ESSENE
30
Mystery author Ngaio : MARSH
32
Ratite birds : RHEAS
33
Realtor's sign : SOLD
34
Actor Bates : ALAN
38
Scorch : SEAR
39
Chases away : SHOOS
40
List : ROTA
41
French star Jacques : TATI
42
Single : LONE
43
More like Solomon : WISER
44
Wants : NEEDS
46
Made lace : TATTED
47
Mix-up : TANGLE
50
Jones of the sea : DAVY
51
Matrimonial declaration : IDO
52
Eggs, to Nero : OVA
54
Optic part : EYEBALL
58
U.S. statesman who wrote "The Discipline of Power" : GEORGEBALL
61
U.S. author-critic : AGEE
62
Entertainer Janis : ELSIE
63
Outer: Comb. form : ECTO
64
Famous Broadway name : LUNT
65
Swamp growth : REEDS
66
Precious : DEAR
67
Mother of Castor and Pollux : LEDA
Down
1
A crustacean : CRAB
2
Pasternak heroine : LARA
3
Russian river : URAL
4
Friction-reducing machine part : BALLBEARING
5
Sooner than : BEFORE
6
Parts of Plato's drachma : OBOLS
7
Spanish gold : ORO
8
Togetherness word : BOTH
9
Treatises : TRACTS
10
"Black gold" : OIL
11
Ancestral: Comb. form : PALEO
12
Anatomical canals : ITERS
13
Jeweler's weight : CARAT
19
Management groups : BOARDS
21
Charged particles : IONS
26
Philanthropic event : CHARITYBALL
27
Whilom : ERST
28
Queens stadium : SHEA
29
Place of government : SEAT
30
Saturn features : MOONS
31
Medicinal herb : ALOE
33
Having footwear : SHOD
35
Mislaid : LOST
36
Fit to ___ : ATEE
37
Aromatic ointment : NARD
39
Blouse part : SLEEVE
43
Salute from a distance : WAVE
45
Funeral orations : ELOGES
46
Polk's successor : TAYLOR
47
Beast of India : TIGER
48
An Astaire : ADELE
49
Loop of rope : NOOSE
50
Nile triangle : DELTA
53
Retired : ABED
55
Attack of tremors : AGUE
56
Provide the use of : LEND
57
"___ woman in your life ... !": Lerner : LETA
59
Relieve of : RID
60
Top card : ACE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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