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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Monday, September 8, 1986

31-Down : Collect bit by bit

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,453
Across
1
Embarrass : ABASH
6
Cabbage dish : SLAW
10
Household animals : PETS
14
Mea ___ (my fault) : CULPA
15
Elegant : POSH
16
Beehive State : UTAH
17
Retinue : TRAIN
18
Ashtabula's lake : ERIE
19
Title : NAME
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On ___ (anxious) : PINSANDNEEDLES
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Fender mishaps : DENTS
24
CCCV divided by V : LXI
25
How some "cats" act : COOLLY
28
Striking : SMITING
32
"Don't tread ___" : ONME
33
Book of maps : ATLAS
35
___ de mer (seasickness) : MAL
36
Fine embroidery : NEEDLEPOINTLACE
40
Inferior race horse : NAG
41
Basic truth : AXIOM
42
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
43
Law : STATUTE
45
Glossy cloth : SATEEN
47
Tijuana gold : ORO
48
Choose : ELECT
50
Penny-arcade attraction : PINBALLMACHINE
56
Cruising : ASEA
57
Meat cut : LOIN
58
Place for élèves : ECOLE
60
Like a bump on ___ : ALOG
61
French magazine : ELLE
62
River in N.C. : NEUSE
63
Gambling city : RENO
64
"___ of Wine and Roses" : DAYS
65
A Ford : EDSEL
Down
1
Deed : ACT
2
Type of gun : BURP
3
Jai ___ : ALAI
4
Formed into a slender rod : SPINDLED
5
Gretel's sibling : HANSEL
6
Tired out : SPENT
7
Masters : LORDS
8
"It's ___ to tell a lie" : ASIN
9
Getaway-car driver : WHEELMAN
10
Learned lesson : PUNDIT
11
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
12
Domesticate : TAME
13
"___ Back on Broadway," 1953 film : SHES
21
Some : ANY
22
Be : EXIST
25
Guides a vessel : CONNS
26
___ a time : ONEAT
27
End : OMEGA
28
Meager : SLIM
29
Likeness : IMAGE
30
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
31
Collect bit by bit : GLEAN
33
"Baked in ___" : APIE
34
Also : TOO
37
Webb-Tierney film : LAURA
38
Praised : EXTOLLED
39
Arranged in crossed strips : LATTICED
44
Trinidad's neighbor : TOBAGO
45
N.Y.S.E. watchdog : SEC
46
One-seeded fruit : ACHENE
48
Poet Dickinson : EMILY
49
Strips for bowling : LANES
50
Former TV host : PAAR
51
Cay or key : ISLE
52
Sign gas : NEON
53
Falana of songdom : LOLA
54
Entre ___ : NOUS
55
Otherwise : ELSE
59
Moray : EEL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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