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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Tuesday, February 24, 1981

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { G J Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 12.0 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,431
Across
1
Pear variety : BOSC
5
Tarkenton or Allison : FRAN
9
Roman statesman : CATO
13
Adored one : IDOL
14
Crazy : LOCO
15
Baseball statistic : ERROR
16
Minerals or mountains : DOLOMITES
18
Stiller's sometime partner : MEARA
19
Fictional little devil : ROSEMARYSBABY
21
Steinbeck's "___ of Eden" : EAST
22
Annoy : IRK
23
"Eureka!" : AHA
26
Alkaline solution : LYE
27
Period : ERA
28
"Too Late ___ Phalarope": Paton : THE
31
Alpert or Shriner : HERB
33
This may give you a charge : ELECTRON
35
Bartholomew Gosnold's discovery: 1602 : MARTHASVINEYARD
39
Dissipate, as vapor : EVANESCE
40
Emulate Cordero : RIDE
41
Former N African title : DEY
42
"___ was going to St. Ives ... " : ASI
43
Cribbage card : NOB
46
Headed : LED
47
Greek letter : ETA
48
O.T. personage : ENOS
50
Styron best seller : SOPHIESCHOICE
56
Lave : BATHE
57
Tending to delay : RETARDANT
59
Student of Lee Strasberg : ACTOR
60
Neighbor of Afghanistan : IRAN
61
Anglo-Saxon slave : ESNE
62
What to show an intruder : DOOR
63
Ointment : NARD
64
Exercise the mind, in a way : READ
Down
1
Offer : BID
2
Repute : ODOR
3
Alone : SOLO
4
Nearby : CLOSE
5
Unsubstantial : FLIMSY
6
Turn : ROTATE
7
Maple genus : ACER
8
Like a busybody : NOSY
9
Stair noise : CREAK
10
Graceful, spirited horse : ARAB
11
Political conservative : TORY
12
Anglo-Saxon money of account : ORA
15
Clasp : EMBRACE
17
Fast breaker : MEAL
20
Temptress : SIREN
23
Moslem chieftain: 1872–1933 : AHMED
24
Cast : HEAVE
25
Fine clothes : ARRAY
27
Whitney : ELI
28
Grofé's "On the ___" : TRAIL
29
Vast number : HORDE
30
Over : ENDED
32
Group under a lt. col. : BTN
33
The Lord gave her a coat of skin: Gen. 3:21 : EVE
34
Son of Odin : TYR
36
Brier's cousin : HEATHER
37
Allegro ___: Mus. dir. : ASSAI
38
Course in H.S. : SCI
43
Delicious drink : NECTAR
44
Nearby : ONHAND
45
Churl : BOOR
47
Ancient Spartan magistrate : EPHOR
49
Partisan : SIDER
50
River in the Pine Tree State : SACO
51
Harbach or Klemperer : OTTO
52
The Emerald Isle : ERIN
53
Evening, in Roma : SERA
54
Dative, for one : CASE
55
Sicilian resort : ENNA
56
Word with egg or apple : BAD
58
Scatter for drying : TED

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

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