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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Saturday, January 2, 1988

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 47.2
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,934
Across
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Jezebel's husband : AHAB
5
Purfles : HEMS
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Town called Ieper by Belgians : YPRES
14
Young salmon : PARR
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Nanking nurse : AMAH
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"BUtterfield 8" author : OHARA
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Toast topping : OLEO
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Spanish thicket : SOTO
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Street urchin : GAMIN
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Accepts consequences : FACESTHEMUSIC
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Singer Natalie : COLE
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Vowel point : SERE
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Wheedle : CAJOLE
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Factory closing : SHUTDOWN
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Printers' daggers : OBELI
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Greek letters : CHIS
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Scuffle : HOE
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Good news : MUSICTOONESEARS
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One-third of a wine name : EST
40
Elbe feeder : OSTE
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Shelley or Keats : ODIST
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Molds anew : RESHAPES
45
Entangles : SNARES
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Type of acid : URIC
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Levantine ketch : SAIC
48
Parlor game : MUSICALCHAIRS
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Small boats on the Thames : PUNTS
54
Kaye of ballet fame : NORA
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Nose-bag filler : OATS
57
Old-womanish : ANILE
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Ski lift : TBAR
59
Iris layer : UVEA
60
Ceremonies : RITES
61
Opposite of psyche : SOMA
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Transmit : SEND
Down
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Philippine peak : APO
2
Moiety : HALF
3
Scope : AREA
4
Plant of the mustard family : BROCCOLI
5
Squabble : HASSLE
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Indulge in cabotinage : EMOTE
7
Sch. subject : MATH
8
Bootblack's product : SHOESHINE
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Dieter's food : YOGURT
10
___ out (eliminated) : PHASED
11
Branches : RAMI
12
Patron saint of Sweden : ERIC
13
José, e.g. : SAN
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Borne by the wind : EOLIC
22
Verdun's river : MEUSE
25
One showing promise : COMER
26
Treat badly : ABUSE
27
Banters : JESTS
28
Jiggers : SHOTS
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American atheist leader : OHAIR
30
Wedding-vow word : WORSE
31
Hatching posts : NESTS
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Trig functions : COSECANTS
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Subject : TOPIC
37
Franco-Russian artist Delaunay : SONIA
38
Devouring : EDACIOUS
43
Emulate Pete Rose : HUSTLE
44
Starts the day : ARISES
45
Zoltán Korda film: 1943 : SAHARA
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Begone! : SCRAM
48
"The Last Angry Man" star: 1959 : MUNI
49
Specified quantity : UNIT
50
Timber wolf : LOBO
51
Talk wildly : RAVE
52
British carbine : STEN
53
Bogey's better : PAR
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Downcast : SAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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