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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 1990

42-Down : Bad way to run?

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 26.1
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,016
Across
1
Unit of capacitance : FARAD
6
Actor Everett from South Bend : CHAD
10
Lip : SASS
14
Small egg : OVULE
15
Scottish philosopher : HUME
16
"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
17
Commenced : BEGAN
18
Sandarac tree : ARAR
19
Lose pep : TIRE
20
Protests noisily : RAISESTHEROOF
23
"___ So Easy," Ronstadt song : ITS
24
Malayan gibbon : LAR
25
Goes into a rage : HITSTHECEILING
33
Crazylegs Hirsch of football fame : ELROY
34
Sprint : RACE
35
Skill : ART
37
Decree : FIAT
38
Watchful : ALERT
40
Jacob's twin : ESAU
41
___ chi (self-defense system) : TAI
42
___ Brothers of songdom : AMES
43
Blemish : STAIN
44
Has cabin fever : CLIMBSTHEWALLS
48
Former French coin : SOU
49
Old musical note : ELA
50
Paces nervously : WALKSTHEFLOOR
57
Poem by Tennyson : DORA
58
Make well : HEAL
59
Rustic roads : LANES
61
It may be Dutch : OVEN
62
Chalet feature : EAVE
63
Mink's kin : OTTER
64
"Coming of Age in Samoa" author : MEAD
65
Scott, the slave : DRED
66
Whatever person, old style : WHOSO
Down
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Watch pocket : FOB
2
Assert : AVER
3
Anatomical wrinkle : RUGA
4
Jai ___ : ALAI
5
Thickness : DENSITY
6
Dance step : CHASSE
7
"The Accidental Tourist" star : HURT
8
Oriental nurse : AMAH
9
Negligent : DERELICT
10
Spiritual goal in Zen Buddhism : SATORI
11
Exchange premium : AGIO
12
Lord's lackey : SERF
13
Meet a bet : SEE
21
Numerical suffix : ETH
22
Chest murmur : RALE
25
Weight : HEFT
26
Kind of vein : ILIAC
27
Chisholm or Santa Fe : TRAIL
28
Tippler : SOT
29
Arete : CREST
30
Labyrinth locale : EAR
31
Of the nose : NASAL
32
Last Supper utensil : GRAIL
36
Wine casks : TUNS
38
Waylaid : AMBUSHED
39
Bandleader Brown : LES
40
Greek vowel : ETA
42
Bad way to run? : AMOK
43
Purple martin : SWALLOW
45
What no man is? : ISLAND
46
Well-___ (rich) : HEELED
47
Peri : ELF
50
Used a loom : WOVE
51
Tract : AREA
52
Rend : TEAR
53
Own : HAVE
54
Vow : OATH
55
Double preposition : ONTO
56
Nickleby portrayer : REES
57
Actor DeLuise : DOM
60
Angel's favorite letters : SRO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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