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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Monday, October 1, 1984

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.0
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,746
Across
1
Ran away : FLED
5
Irritate : RASP
9
Hair style : AFRO
13
Theater box : LOGE
14
Cain's victim : ABEL
15
Larry, Luther or Felix : ADLER
16
Stratford-upon-___ : AVON
17
Prima donna : DIVA
18
Howled at the moon : BAYED
19
Straddles : BESTRIDES
21
Recurring period : CYCLE
22
Strained : EXERTED
24
___ loss (puzzled) : ATA
25
Flight of stairs : STEPS
29
Stalk : REED
30
Type of aircraft : STOL
31
Dark : SUNLESS
33
Violin precursor : REBEC
35
Cut out : EXCIDE
36
Goose or Hubbard : MOTHER
39
Kingdom : REALM
41
Tip of Manhattan : BATTERY
42
___ Bay, Oregon : COOS
44
Legal issue : MISE
46
N.L. batting champ: 1971 : TORRE
47
A Gershwin : IRA
48
Milky : LACTEAL
50
Hide : CACHE
52
Rued : REGRETTED
57
Greek mountain : ATHOS
58
Designer Cassini : OLEG
59
Dies ___ : IRAE
60
Farm-machine pioneer : DEERE
61
Cordon ___ (chef) : BLEU
62
Restore to health : CURE
63
Increases : ADDS
64
Facility : EASE
65
Seaweed : KELP
Down
1
Flaccid flesh : FLAB
2
Cherish : LOVE
3
Conceits : EGOS
4
Hollow : DENT
5
Base, in linguistics : RADIX
6
Those who stand fast : ABIDERS
7
Harsh : SEVERE
8
Wall coating : PLASTER
9
Call it ___ (stop working) : ADAY
10
Pewee, e.g. : FLYCATCHER
11
"They ___ and fro ... ": Psalm 107 : REELTO
12
Trying experience : ORDEAL
15
Alphabetic sequence : ABCD
20
Mignonette : RESEDA
23
Swelling : EDEMA
25
Compass pt. : SSE
26
Dinner jacket, for short : TUX
27
Trespassed : ENCROACHED
28
Ballet exercises : PLIES
30
Fist fight : SETTO
32
Nobelist Lagerlof : SELMA
34
Metal container for gas : BOTTLE
37
Go astray : ERR
38
"The Catcher in the ___" : RYE
40
De Kruif's "___ Hunters" : MICROBE
41
Barry, Maurice and Robin : BEEGEES
42
Noisy insect : CICADA
43
Spoke bombastically : ORATED
45
Stevens or Dallas : STELLA
48
___-majesté : LESE
49
Quarrel : ARGUE
51
___ d'oeuvre : HORS
53
Check mark : TICK
54
Correct : TRUE
55
British nobleman : EARL
56
Profound : DEEP

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

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