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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, February 23, 1982

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 64.4
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,795
Across
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Nuisance : PEST
5
Hornet : WASP
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Looped band : STRAP
14
Wood strip : LATH
15
River at Rennes : ILLE
16
Greasewood : CHICO
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Maple genus : ACER
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This may be proper : NOUN
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Hoopster Gilmore : ARTIS
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" ... ___ and four ... " : THREETOGETREADY
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"Dreamgirls" librettist : EYEN
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Sycamore, e.g. : TREE
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Strongbox : COFFER
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Back : FRO
29
Tempo : PACE
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Forward : AHEAD
34
Jacket : COAT
35
Selves : EGOS
36
Dramatist Connelly : MARC
37
Certain liquors : MALTS
38
Pertaining to seamen: Abbr. : NAUT
39
Sea eagle : ERNE
40
A Gardner : ERLE
41
Long-billed bird : SNIPE
42
One with "the delicate air" : LASS
43
Attempt : TRY
44
British economist : KEYNES
45
Margarine : OLEO
47
Platter for an audition : DEMO
48
" ... win ___" (exhortation for the Fighting Irish) : ONEFORTHEGIPPER
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Embankments : DIKES
56
Payment of a sort : TOLL
57
Comfort : EASE
58
Pupil, in Paris : ELEVE
59
Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
60
Ceremony : RITE
61
Jewish feast : SEDER
62
Bosc, e.g. : PEAR
63
Russian sea : ARAL
Down
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Map of a municipality : PLAT
2
Every's partner : EACH
3
Mob follower : STER
4
"The ___," Joanne Woodward film : THREEFACESOFEVE
5
July–August in Australia : WINTER
6
Crazy as ___ : ALOON
7
Small mollusk : SLUG
8
Pierce : PENETRATE
9
Frighten : SCARE
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"The ___," Weill work : THREEPENNYOPERA
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Moreno : RITA
12
Astringent : ACID
13
Nosegay : POSY
21
Viewed : EYED
22
Gaits : TROTS
25
Hageen : CAMEL
26
He wrote "Assembly": 1961 : OHARA
27
Pteridophytes : FERNS
28
Absurdity : FOLLY
30
Once more : AGAIN
31
Car style : COUPE
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This is not a park in Colorado : ESTES
34
Redhead : CARROTTOP
37
This may run while you ride : METER
41
Large truck, for short : SEMI
44
Bowler : KEGLER
46
Ford in 1976 : LOSER
47
River-mouth deposit : DELTA
48
Words worth a poetry lover's time : ODES
49
Africa's longest river : NILE
50
___ out (supplemented) : EKED
51
These also may run : HOSE
52
Duo : PAIR
53
Durango demonstrative : ESTA
54
Sway : REEL

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

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