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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Monday, February 17, 1986

31-Down : Strange

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,250
Across
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Lose color : FADE
5
Particles : ATOMS
10
Heavy volume : TOME
14
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
15
Sweetsop's cousin : PAPAW
16
At a distance : AWAY
17
Baltic port : KIEL
18
Pointless : INANE
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Baseball's Rose : PETE
20
Rascal : IMP
21
Explosive letters : TNT
22
Endures : ABIDES
24
Sobriquet for William Perry : REFRIGERATOR
28
Tease : RIB
29
Exile island : ELBA
30
Conrad setting : SEA
33
Public spats : SCENES
36
School org. : PTA
37
One-on-one contest : DUEL
38
Alistair MacLean novel : ICESTATIONZEBRA
41
N.L. home-run king: 1939-40 : MIZE
42
Put on : DON
43
Lures : DECOYS
44
Farewell! : AVE
45
Not working : IDLE
46
Quaffing site : BAR
47
52
Dan or Andy : DEVINE
55
Religious monogram : IHS
56
Seine sight : ILE
57
Fired : AXED
58
Yogi of baseball : BERRA
61
Wallet items : ONES
62
Bog : MIRE
63
Fossil resin : AMBER
64
Chaucer's "The House of ___" : FAME
65
Betelgeuse, e.g. : STAR
66
Semblance : GUISE
67
Flutter : FLIT
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Hindu ascetic : FAKIR
2
Many ___ (frequently) : ATIME
3
Chill : DEEPFREEZE
4
Sniggler's catch : EEL
5
Mimicking : APING
6
Aunt, in Nantes : TANTE
7
W.W. II D.C. org. : OPA
8
Chess piece : MAN
9
Hat liner : SWEATBAND
10
Rhinoceros's relative : TAPIR
11
Was in debt : OWED
12
Spouse : MATE
13
Ol' Blue ___ (Sinatra) : EYES
21
Lhasa's land : TIBET
23
Constrictor : BOA
25
Washer cycle : RINSE
26
Frets : REPINES
27
Choir member : ALTO
30
Of a biological classification : SUBORDINAL
31
Strange : EERY
32
Woeful expression : ALAS
33
Igneous rock material : SIMA
34
XII times XVII : CCIV
35
Equestrian's pouch : SADDLEBAG
37
Sticker : DECAL
39
Related : TOLD
40
Asian oxen : ZEBUS
45
Charged atom : ION
47
Applejack's base : CIDER
48
Employs : HIRES
49
Chicago airport : OHARE
50
Varnish ingredient : ELEMI
51
Adjust anew : RESET
52
Water barriers : DAMS
53
Egress : EXIT
54
Alice's TV friend : VERA
59
Ostrich's cousin : EMU
60
Baseball stat : RBI
61
Switch position : OFF

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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