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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Friday, January 24, 1986

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 49.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,226
Across
1
Prime time for college bands : HALF
5
Lay an egg : BOMB
9
Jerk : SCHMO
14
Indigo : ANIL
15
Concern of Rachel Carson: Abbr. : ECOL
16
In the van : AHEAD
17
Type of cracker : SODA
18
Organized : STRUCTURED
20
A mediocrity : NOGREATSHAKES
22
March's "The Bad ___" : SEED
23
Town in Ecuador : TENA
24
Patriotic song : ANTHEM
27
Gerona's river : TER
28
Divagate : ROAM
32
Startling : LURID
33
Blood fluid : SERUM
35
Bath beverage : ALE
36
A mediocrity : DROPINTHEBUCKET
39
Thought-transfer initials : ESP
40
Spent : TIRED
41
Soothing word : THERE
42
Female ruffs : REES
44
Crusty concoction : PIE
45
Infects : TAINTS
46
Tobacco Rhoda's creator : CAPP
48
___ Fein, Irish group : SINN
49
A mediocrity : SMALLPOTATOES
54
Competitor for the Vezina Trophy : GOALKEEPER
55
Mouthward : ORAD
57
Quell : ALLAY
58
Soprano Hunter : RITA
59
Metric unit, for short : KILO
60
Vandyke, e.g. : BEARD
61
Mtg. : SESS
62
Chaldean : SEER
Down
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Possesses : HAS
2
Ever and ___ : ANON
3
Italian sea resort : LIDO
4
Admiral's vessel : FLAGSHIP
5
Be appropriate (to) : BESEEM
6
Group of eight : OCTAD
7
Cartoonist Walker : MORT
8
Acted like a bully : BLUSTERED
9
The archenemy : SATAN
10
Rock partridge : CHUKAR
11
Roll-call reply : HERE
12
Noted Rembrandt pupil : MAES
13
Out of the ordinary : ODD
19
Imp's opposite : CHERUB
21
Blue-pencil anew : REEDIT
24
Wood used in harbor structures : ALDER
25
Cavell was one : NURSE
26
Figure of speech : TROPE
27
Snicker : TEHEE
29
Like a bucket of song : OAKEN
30
Vigilant : ALERT
31
Apportions : METES
33
Ecdysiasts : STRIPPERS
34
Outcome of genetic error : MUTANT
37
Short, threaded pipe : NIPPLE
38
Columbia River Indians : CHINOOKS
43
Arranged like a ladder : SCALAR
45
Frontlets : TIARAS
47
Resin used in paints : ALKYD
48
Cues for typesetters : STETS
49
One and only : SOLE
50
___ fide (in bad faith) : MALA
51
Ron Howard role : OPIE
52
Shallowest Great Lake : ERIE
53
Emporium event : SALE
54
Chew the fat : GAB
56
Louis ___ (old French gold piece) : DOR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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