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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Monday, August 2, 1982

14-Across : Nonpaying activity

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,955
Across
1
N.T. book : ACTS
5
Brief spell of energy : SPASM
10
Pro : FOR
13
Dash : DART
14
Nonpaying activity : CRIME
15
River in India and Pakistan : RAVI
16
Sandarac tree : ARAR
17
Navigational device : RADAR
18
Shoshoneans : UTES
19
22
Accelerate : STEPUP
23
Rips : TEARS
24
___ judicata : RES
26
Miniver or Robinson : MRS
27
Honest one : ABE
30
Church part : APSE
34
Prank : DIDO
36
S.A. ungulate : TAPIR
38
Corn and Bible : BELTS
40
Against : CON
41
Blue-pencils : EDITS
42
River outlet : BAYOU
43
Retain : KEEP
45
Cyma : OGEE
46
Period : ERA
47
Resort : SPA
49
Hither's partner : YON
51
Secret agents : SPIES
53
Mountain nymphs : OREADS
58
Frightened : SCAREDASARABBIT
62
Chaucer's ___ of Bath : WIFE
63
Allan-___ of Sherwood Forest : ADALE
64
Fibula, e.g. : BONE
65
Surmounting : ATOP
66
Commotions : TODOS
67
Always : EVER
68
Ritter : TEX
69
Bittern's cousin : EGRET
70
Actor Bruce : DERN
Down
1
President from Braintree, Mass. : ADAMS
2
Gem weight : CARAT
3
Barter : TRADE
4
Looped band : STRAP
5
Rubbed harshly : SCRAPED
6
Perambulator, in Soho : PRAM
7
Verdi opera : AIDA
8
Bettors with inside info : SMARTMONEY
9
British textile merchant : MERCER
10
Corpulent to an extreme : FATASAPIG
11
Once ___ lightly : OVER
12
Diva Stevens : RISE
15
German industrial region : RUHR
20
Big ___, Calif. : SUR
21
Cause of many an error : HASTE
25
Under the weather : SICKASADOG
28
Chomp : BITE
29
Gaelic : ERSE
30
Singer Lane : ABBE
31
Fruit-basket item : PEAR
32
Crafty : SLYASAFOX
33
W.W. II command : ETO
35
Female deer : DOE
37
___ Annie in "Oklahoma!" : ADO
39
Girl that Cantor "knew" : SUSIE
44
Most impoverished : POOREST
48
Having feet : PEDATE
50
Gun org. : NRA
52
Type of school : PREP
54
Declined : EBBED
55
In Heaven : ABOVE
56
Railroad car : DINER
57
Firm : STERN
58
Whack : SWAT
59
Quote : CITE
60
Bani-___ of Iran : SADR
61
Liliaceous plant : ALOE

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

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