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Bryant White
Bryant White

New York Times, Saturday, February 13, 1993

40-Down : Chita and Diego

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 20.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bryant White has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,803
Across
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Tots' twisted tales : FIBS
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Cyprinoid fish : DACE
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___ voce : SOTTO
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"Dove sono" is one : ARIA
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Of an age : ERAL
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Parisian plane : AVION
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Italian revolutionary group : CARBONARI
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Slow, to a maestro : LENTO
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Peach pit, e.g. : ENDOCARP
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Refuse : SORDOR
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Medusa, Stheno and Euryae : SISTERS
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Me. motorist's menace : MOOSE
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Capuchin monkey : SAI
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Dried coconut meat : COPPERAH
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Shinto temple : SHA
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Thread: Comb. form : NEMAT
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Canada's Cape ___ Island : SABLE
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O.K. Corral name : EARP
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Region of ancient Mesopotamia : SUMER
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Have flights like kites : SOAR
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Bud Blake comic strip : TIGER
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Lease anew : RELET
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Attic letters : XIS
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Meaning the contrary : IRONICAL
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Unter ___ Linden : DEN
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Growing under snow : NIVAL
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Sewing-machine pedal : TREADLE
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Said : STATED
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Laplanders' beasts of burden : REINDEER
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More loyal : TRUER
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Makes a certain bridge play : LEADSINTO
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Spouter in 1169 : AETNA
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Alleviate : EASE
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Trammels : NETS
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Overcomes : BESTS
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Hebrew dry measure : OMER
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Homophone for essay : ESSE
Down
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Confronts : FACES
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Tabriz inhabitant : IRANI
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Halcyon and phoenix : BIRDS
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Clogs : SABOTS
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Groups of 10 : DENARIES
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Sandarac trees : ARARS
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Cavil : CARP
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Father of Phinehas : ELI
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Hot drinks made from sassafras : SALOOPS
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Abroad : OVERSEAS
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Highly flammable object : TINDERBOX
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Baum dog : TOTO
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___ about (approximately) : ONOR
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Poseidon's realm : OCEAN
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Something for Cerberus : SOP
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Stopover : MOTEL
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Bactrian : CAMEL
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Turkish regiment : ALAI
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Word on a towel : HERS
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NASA project for communicating with aliens : SETI
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Crine : HAIR
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Heracles, Orpheus et al. : ARGONAUTS
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Orozco opus : MURAL
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With rue his heart is laden : PENITENT
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Rock group who recorded "White Hot" : REDRIDER
40
Chita and Diego : RIVERAS
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High schoolers : TEENS
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Rotter : CAD
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Basinger film: 1987 : NADINE
49
Needle : TEASE
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Low sand hills, in Britain : DENES
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Baltic group : LETTS
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Irregular : EROSE
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Wild attempt : STAB
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Bumbo or ombu : TREE
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Use a juicer : REAM
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It verges on Virgo : LEO

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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