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Bryant White
Bryant White

New York Times, Saturday, November 7, 1992

27-Down : Saint Vitus' dance

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 42.4
Bryant White has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,705
Across
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Mace repository of yore : SPICERY
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King of Aragon: 1291-1327 : JAMESII
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Mercury's winged sandals : TALARIA
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Mexican salamander : AXOLOTL
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Workplace for Degas : ATELIER
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Sewers : CLOACAE
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Flames and Devils, often : BODYCHECKERS
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Chum : PAL
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Guitarist Paul : LES
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Savoir-faire : TACT
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Emblem on a Greek flag : CROSS
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Saucepan : POT
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Type sizes : PICAS
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Deli order : HERO
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Pinguid : FAT
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Tertiary Period epoch : EOCENE
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Wood sorrel : OCA
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Duke's wife : DUCHESS
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Minor minor : TOT
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Enmity : RANCOR
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Atramentous fluid : INK
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Sterling and Struther : JANS
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Mount NE of Lake Victoria : ELGON
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Cleon Jones was one : MET
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Exam answer : FALSE
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Composer Wilder : ALEC
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Scull : OAR
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Sphere : ORB
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Yielding little for much toil : HARDSCRABBLE
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Star in Orion's belt : ALNILAM
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Electrical units : AMPERES
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Cabinet for a TV set : CONSOLE
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Facsimile of a sort : REPRINT
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Make sugary : SWEETEN
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Arranges beforehand : PRESETS
Down
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Wild guess : STAB
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The Muscovy duck : PATO
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"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
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She detained Odysseus for seven years : CALYPSO
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Heaths : ERICAS
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German historical writer: 1823-97 : RIEHL
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Manageable, as a ship : YARE
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Green prize at Augusta : JACKET
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Parts of carts : AXLES
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Anchor : MOOR
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Type of band : ELASTIC
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Follower of Engels: Abbr. : SOC
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City in Paraguay : ITA
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O'Neill play : ILE
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They wish to suit you : CLOTHIERS
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Perfume ingredient : ACETAL
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Prebendaries : CANONS
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Ugandan pest : TSETSE
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Saint Vitus' dance : CHOREA
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Car maker's embarrassing action : RECALL
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Denver's favorite hue : ORANGE
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Moccasin : PAC
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Kind of elec. : POS
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Sable, e.g. : FUR
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River in Scotland : ESK
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Capo's boss : DON
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Tolkien's Treebeard, e.g. : ENT
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Apache chief : COCHISE
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Utters gibberish : JABBERS
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Lunatics : MADMEN
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Iced : FRAPPE
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Fanon : ORALE
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Abalone : ORMER
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"Little Things Mean ___" : ALOT
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Find fault : CARP
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Soft cheese : BRIE
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Fast time : LENT
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Approx. judgments : ESTS
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Org. founded in 1876 : ACS
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Dejected : LOW
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Santa Fe-to-Taos dir. : NNE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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