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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, February 2, 1988

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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K
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O
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J
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M
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G
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,965
Across
1
Finish third : SHOW
5
Classical lang. : LAT
8
Calendar abbr. : SEP
11
"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
12
Inventor McCormick : CYRUS
14
Portal : DOOR
15
Semirural commuter : EXURBANITE
17
Grimm beginning : ONCE
18
Phil's Pa. home in re 49 Across : PUNXSUTAWNEY
20
"Ulalume" writer : POE
23
___ fixe : IDEE
24
City in N.H. : KEENE
25
Registers : ENROLLS
27
Pompous : STILTED
29
Envoy : LEGATE
30
Doe or Barleycorn : JOHN
31
Fox follower : TROT
32
Bea Arthur TV role : MAUDE
34
Small bottle : VIAL
38
Back talk : SASS
39
Rare : SCARCE
41
Sockeye, e.g. : REDFISH
45
Speaking masters : RHETORS
46
___ Gay, famed plane : ENOLA
47
Equipment : GEAR
48
Society-page word : NEE
49
February 2 : GROUNDHOGDAY
53
Courageous : GAME
54
Otologist's instrument : AUDIOMETER
58
Simians : APES
59
Underneath : BELOW
60
Strong wind : GALE
61
Airport info : ETD
62
Opp. of ant. : SYN
63
Brash talk : GUFF
Down
1
Haggard heroine : SHE
2
Jinx : HEX
3
Columbus school letters : OSU
4
Distort : WARP
5
Wildcats : LYNXES
6
Come up : ARISE
7
Ballerina's skirt : TUTU
8
Poem : SONNET
9
Cenozoic epoch : EOCENE
10
___ on (weighed heavily upon) : PREYED
12
February 2 : CANDLEMAS
13
Tennis unit : SET
14
Peg : DOWEL
16
Manufactured : BUILT
19
Related : AKIN
20
Skin : PELT
21
Unique person : ONER
22
Therefore : ERGO
26
Cereal grain : OAT
27
Turf : SOD
28
Lamont Cranston's secret identity : THESHADOW
30
Au ___ (menu term) : JUS
33
Wood for skis : ASH
34
Cask : VAT
35
Golf-bag item : IRON
36
Farm measure : ACRE
37
___-majesté : LESE
38
Shensi capital : SIAN
40
One of the Moluccas : CERAM
41
Jamaican music form : REGGAE
42
Transported : ENRAPT
43
Ill-fated : DOOMED
44
Chimney passages : FLUES
45
Area : REGION
47
Devout : GODLY
50
Stroke lightly : DAB
51
Tints : HUES
52
Safecracker : YEGG
55
Greek letter : TAU
56
Sprite : ELF
57
Ump's cousin : REF

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

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