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Jeanne Wilson
Jeanne Wilson

New York Times, Saturday, March 16, 1985

Author:
Jeanne Wilson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 30.0
Jeanne Wilson has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,912
Across
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Fuss : TODO
5
___ noire : BETE
9
Unit of capacitance : FARAD
14
Mine entrance : ADIT
15
Den : LAIR
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"The Boot" : ITALY
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Make merry/mechanical part : REVELEVER
19
Church service : NONES
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Nutty candy : PRALINE
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Lacking vigor; weak : ANEMIC
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Young fellow : LAD
24
Beckett's "How ___" : ITIS
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Fiery felony : ARSON
28
Breaks/bridges : SNAPSPANS
33
Cheer syllable : RAH
34
Run ___ (go berserk) : AMOK
36
Charlie Brown, e.g. : PEANUT
37
Overhead light bulb? : IDEA
39
"Tiny Alice" playwright : ALBEE
41
Earring support : LOBE
42
Anagram for marine : AIRMEN
44
Livorno lucre : LIRA
46
Casino cube : DIE
47
Roamer/Runyon : NOMADAMON
49
Part of a stair : TREAD
51
Gershwin's "___ Rhythm" : IGOT
52
Actress Christensen : UTE
53
Kind of bug : LITTER
56
"U.S.A." by Dos Passos is one : TRILOGY
60
He-man : MACHO
61
Plant/playwright : SUMACAMUS
63
" ... ___ for verbal delicacies": Mencken : ANEAR
64
Of an epoch : ERAL
65
Ye olde days : YORE
66
Helen's abductor : PARIS
67
Meniscus, e.g. : LENS
68
Tart : SOUR
Down
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Canvas cover, for short : TARP
2
Baltic feeder : ODER
3
Galli-Curci was one : DIVA
4
Rossini hero : OTELLO
5
Mix : BLEND
6
Roof overhang : EAVE
7
Ascot : TIE
8
Printers' boo-boos : ERRATA
9
Strategy for Goren : FINESSE
10
Iota : ATOM
11
Rajah's spouse : RANI
12
Composer Wilder : ALEC
13
Abnormal: Prefix : DYS
18
Climbing plant : LIANA
22
Jack Frost : NIPPER
24
Rorschach item : INKBLOT
25
Suffix wtih Unit : ARIAN
26
Milieu for Ma Perkins : RADIO
27
Actor Hemsley's nickname : SHERM
28
Energy source : SOL
29
"Doc Savage" producer : PAL
30
Battery terminal : ANODE
31
Nile valley region : NUBIA
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Grani or Sleipnir : STEED
35
Direct : MANAGE
38
Candlenut tree : AMA
40
"___ Heldenleben," Strauss work : EIN
43
Diaskeuasts : EDITORS
45
Athenian : ATTIC
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Tidbit : MORSEL
50
Shifts : RELAYS
52
Russian range : URALS
53
Superboy's girlfriend : LANA
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Bakery worker : ICER
55
Siamese : THAI
56
Govt. agent : TMAN
57
Melville book : OMOO
58
Hindu religious instructor : GURU
59
Scene of battles: 1914–18 : YSER
60
General's pinup : MAP
62
Suffix for press : URE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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