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Stanley B. Whitten
Stanley B. Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, November 16, 1993

Author:
Stanley B. Whitten
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.8
Stanley B. Whitten has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,079
Across
1
Prized asset : GEM
4
Tot's neckwear : BIB
7
Entertain splendidly : REGALE
13
Cherbourg chum : AMI
14
Brownish-pink : NUDE
15
Salieri works : OPERAS
16
Actress Pfeiffer : MICHELLE
18
Most sensible : SANEST
19
Popular dessert, with 31 Across : STRAWBERRY
21
Cigar end : ETTE
22
Would-be officer's sch. : OCS
23
Use eosin : DYE
24
Pungent salad leaf : CRESS
25
Confabulate : TALK
27
Early sixth-century date : DIII
29
Wrongly : AMISS
31
See 19 Across : SHORTCAKE
36
Long.'s companion : LAT
37
Purge : CLEANSE
39
Lea call : LOW
40
Popular dessert : CHERRYPIE
42
English Channel feeder : SEINE
44
One of N.J.'s Oranges : EAST
45
Anjou or alligator : PEAR
46
Vise : CLAMP
49
New stock offering: Abbr. : IPO
52
Aachen article : EIN
53
Gulf between Latvia and Estonia : RIGA
54
Chilled dessert : ICEBOXCAKE
58
Elicited : EVOKED
60
Disliked intensely : DETESTED
61
Cylindrical and tapering : TERETE
62
Final markdown notice : ASIS
63
Intention : END
64
Prepares tapes for reuse : ERASES
65
A Paul with pluck : LES
66
Briny sauce for chow mein : SOY
Down
1
Whale herds : GAMS
2
Give off : EMIT
3
Tiny crystal : MICROLITE
4
Lily's beginning : BULB
5
Laid off : IDLED
6
Tipsy name in Hollywood? : BEERY
7
Promising : ROSY
8
Agcy. dealing with smog : EPA
9
Off-brand item : GENERIC
10
Sharp crest : ARETE
11
Wears well : LASTS
12
___ Park, Rockies resort : ESTES
14
Rather's realm : NEWS
17
Basketball fouls : HACKS
20
Newly decorated : REDONE
24
Quotes : CITES
25
Magnesium silicate : TALC
26
Oriental nanny : AMAH
28
1040 giver and getter : IRS
30
Junkyard stock : SCRAP
31
Infected : SEPTIC
32
"Bali ___," song from "South Pacific" : HAI
33
Estranges : ALIENATES
34
Hawaiian winter wind : KONA
35
Wide-mouthed pitcher : EWER
38
A river at Ghent : LYS
41
New versions of oldies : REMAKES
43
"Paradise Lost," "Beowulf," etc. : EPICS
46
Minos's realm : CRETE
47
Reddish-brown : LIVER
48
Where Socrates haggled : AGORA
50
Bicycle component : PEDAL
51
Owning a large corporation : OBESE
52
Alimony givers or getters : EXES
54
Julius's last day : IDES
55
Skinner of stage : OTIS
56
Numbers game : KENO
57
Little whirlwind : EDDY
59
Season in Guadeloupe : ETE

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

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