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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, November 17, 1982

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 21.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jeanette K. Brill has 78 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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M
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D
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,062
Across
1
Short, fast race : DASH
5
Aspect : FACET
10
Lean and tough : WIRY
14
Choir member : ALTO
15
Marry in haste : ELOPE
16
Author Wiesel : ELIE
17
Cole Porter song: 1934 : BLOWGABRIELBLOW
20
Slandered : ASPERSED
21
Instigates : ABETS
22
Consumed : ATE
23
Proceed with difficulty : WADE
25
Incursions : FORAYS
29
Made up one's mind : DECIDED
32
City near Nîmes : ALES
33
Ascertain : LEARN
34
Berg of baseball fame : MOE
36
Cole Porter song: 1934 : MISSOTISREGRETS
40
First mate : EVE
41
Massive : BULKY
42
Med. course : ANAT
43
Makes clear : ATTESTS
45
Pet : DANDLE
47
Annoys : IRKS
48
Set : GEL
49
Muse of love poetry : ERATO
52
Adjective for a virtuoso : TALENTED
57
Cole Porter song: 1935 : BEGINTHEBEGUINE
60
Negri contemporary : BARA
61
Distributed the cards : DEALT
62
Ferrite : IRON
63
Motorist's outing : SPIN
64
Heap of stones : SCREE
65
Sample : TEST
Down
1
"The Aba ___ Honeymoon," 1914 song : DABA
2
"___ Well That Ends Well" : ALLS
3
Telegram word : STOP
4
Author of "World of Our Fathers" : HOWE
5
Sumptuous repasts : FEASTS
6
"Tiny Alice" playwright : ALBEE
7
Thin rope : CORD
8
Spire item : EPI
9
Player's starting place : TEE
10
Like ducks' feet : WEBBED
11
That one: Lat. : ILLE
12
Public disorder : RIOT
13
Evergreen trees : YEWS
18
Neutral color : GRAY
19
Bill of ___ : LADING
23
Toilworn : WEARY
24
Crusades port : ACRE
25
Repute : FAME
26
Three-time A.L. batting champ : OLIVA
27
Bowling button : RESET
28
Onager : ASS
29
Schoolroom equipment : DESKS
30
Correct a text : EMEND
31
Relating to a dowry : DOTAL
33
Spirited tunes : LILTS
35
Villa d'___ : ESTE
37
Actress from Tasmania : OBERON
38
Tooth of sorts : TUSK
39
Also-___ : RAN
44
Long-lived Venetian painter : TITIAN
45
Remove : DELETE
46
Shake ___ (get moving) : ALEG
48
End wall of a building : GABLE
49
Subsides : EBBS
50
Precede the gleaners : REAP
51
Kind of culture : AGRI
52
Saline drop : TEAR
53
Night in Nantes : NUIT
54
Spare, e.g. : TIRE
55
Space monkey : ENOS
56
Imperfection on a can : DENT
58
Six-pointers : TDS
59
___ Ramsey, R. Boone TV role : HEC

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

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