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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Monday, March 3, 1986

42-Down : Jannings of films

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 13.3
Jeanette K. Brill has 78 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,264
Across
1
Trevino's game : GOLF
5
Salinger girl : ESME
9
Red dye : EOSIN
14
Seed covering : ARIL
15
Shoot the breeze : CHIN
16
Extreme : ULTRA
17
Tibetan monk : LAMA
18
Snappish : TART
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Prospector's deed : CLAIM
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She played Mrs. Pynchon in "Lou Grant" : NANCYMARCHAND
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"The Hairy ___": O'Neill : APE
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All ___ (listening) : EARS
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Tchaikovsky's Opus 31 : MARCHESLAVE
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Franklin's 1936 opponent : ALF
33
Embellish : ADORN
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Lunched : ATE
35
Line the inside : CEIL
36
Hub of a wheel : NAVE
37
Buffalo Bill's kin : CODYS
39
Gaze at amorously : OGLE
40
S-shaped molding : OGEE
41
Rubber tree : ULE
42
Disney's middle name : ELIAS
43
Crimson : RED
44
George Eliot novel : MIDDLEMARCH
47
Days of yore : PAST
48
Hebrew high priest : ELI
49
"___ Together," song of the 30's : MARCHINGALONG
55
Puce or peach : COLOR
56
Castle ditch : MOAT
57
Harvest : REAP
59
___ acids : AMINO
60
Villa d'___ : ESTE
61
Elizabeth or Robert : DOLE
62
Eucharistic plate : PATEN
63
Marsh plant : REED
64
KO blow : ONER
Down
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Liq. measure : GAL
2
Algerian city : ORAN
3
City or bean : LIMA
4
A pastry : FLAN
5
Reproduction : ECTYPE
6
Disgraces : SHAMES
7
Remarkable variable star : MIRA
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Prayer : ENTREATY
9
Card game : EUCHRE
10
Earthenware jars : OLLAS
11
Musial or Kenton : STAN
12
Spring plant : IRID
13
Mfr.'s org. : NAM
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Lyricist Sammy : CAHN
22
Bats' homes : CAVES
25
Landed estate : MANOR
26
Proverb : ADAGE
27
Wandered : ROVED
28
Mont. Indian : CREE
29
Put on cargo : LADED
30
Norse sea god : AEGIR
31
Fragrant shrub : LILAC
32
Butler's "The Way of All ___" : FLESH
35
Fountain drink : COLA
37
Piece of armor plate : CUISH
38
Veteran : OLDTIMER
42
Jannings of films : EMIL
44
Mark over a vowel : MACRON
45
Official emissary : LEGATE
46
On cloud nine : ELATED
47
Apt : PRONE
49
N.Y.C. art mecca : MOMA
50
Dismounted : ALIT
51
Pry : NOSE
52
Church calendar : ORDO
53
Sign light : NEON
54
Storm : GALE
55
Tam : CAP
58
___ annum : PER

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

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