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Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 1984

29-Across : Luzon volcano

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,517
Across
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Booth : STALL
6
___ Gatos, city in Calif. : LOS
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TV's "The ___ of Life" : FACTS
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Mushroom caps : PILEI
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High mountain : ALP
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Type of committee : ADHOC
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Up to the time of : UNTIL
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Yellow-flowered plant : CELANDINE
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Interlinked series : DAISYCHAIN
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British gun : STEN
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___ et quarante, gambling game : TRENTE
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Concorde, e.g. : SST
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Unfeeling : CALLOUS
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Luzon volcano : TAAL
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Hymns : PSALMS
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___ non grata : PERSONA
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Of the ear : AURAL
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Distant : FAR
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Area : TRACT
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Barry of songdom : MANILOW
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Tars : SEAMEN
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Unusual person : ONER
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Sincere : EARNEST
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Nourished : FED
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Graduates : ALUMNI
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Rainbowlike play of colors : IRIS
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What a pop song "never promised" : ROSEGARDEN
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Scott hero : LOCHINVAR
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Cotton fabric : TOILE
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Organic compound : ESTER
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Lay an ___ (bomb) : EGG
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Lab burners : ETNAS
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Guy : TEASE
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Observe : SEE
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Acheson and Rusk : DEANS
Down
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Ex-pitcher Chandler : SPUD
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Louise or Turner : TINA
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High: Prefix : ALTI
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Flowery neckpieces : LEIS
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Emmy-winning comedienne : LILYTOMLIN
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Negligence, to a judge : LACHES
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City in N.Y. : OLEAN
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Abe at the rails : SPLITTER
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Devotee : FAN
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Totals : ADDS
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Vouchers : CHITS
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Stereo owners' concerns : TONES
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Fragrance : SCENT
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Close, to poets : ANEAR
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Shank : CRUS
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Tax man: Abbr. : CPA
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"Life is ... not doing ___": O. W. Holmes Jr. : ASUM
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Zhivago's love : LARA
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Cousin of a campo : LLANO
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Star-shaped, as crystals : ASTERIATED
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Navigational system : LORAN
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Huge hand : PAW
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Title : NAME
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Tanner's specialty : ACES
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"Except ___ sake only": E. B. Browning : FORLOVES
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Explosive : TNT
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Acquire knowledge : LEARN
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Emulated Roberta Flack : SANG
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Finish a dive : EMERGE
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___ mignon : FILET
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Like some leaves : EROSE
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Pronouncements : DICTA
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Habit : USAGE
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Females : SHES
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Surf sound : ROTE
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Actress Merrill : DINA
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Dash : ELAN
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Loch ___ : NESS
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Anger : IRE

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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