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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Thursday, May 16, 1985

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.0
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,973
Across
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Jazz style : SCAT
5
Shelflike projection : LEDGE
10
Pundit : SAGE
14
"M*A*S*H" star : ALDA
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Lagoon feature : ATOLL
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Egyptian god : AMON
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Shish-kebab ingredient : LAMB
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Capital of Surinam : PARAMARIBO
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German admiral who turned against Hitler : WILHELMCANARIS
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Circus animal : SEAL
23
Chemical ending : ENE
24
Pallid : PASTY
26
Sextet in "Little Nellie Kelly" : ELS
28
Furniture wood : MAPLE
33
Col. in Troy : RPI
34
"___ Yankee Doodle ... " : IMA
35
Glass : MIRROR
36
Admiral who led the Pearl Harbor attack : ISOROKUYAMAMOTO
40
Threat : MENACE
41
Dijon season : ETE
42
Lemon : DUD
43
Property, e.g. : ASSET
44
Paid athlete : PRO
45
Drench : DOUSE
47
Tokyo, once : EDO
49
Phonograph record : DISC
50
Chief of U.S. Naval Operations: 1945–47 : CHESTERWNIMITZ
57
Move : REPOSITION
58
Melee : RIOT
60
Price offering : ARIA
61
Feel : SENSE
62
Cyclotron items : IONS
63
Imitation : MOCK
64
Corners : TREES
65
Cinch : SNAP
Down
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Gal of song : SAL
2
Lobster feature : CLAW
3
Entrance fees : ADMISSIONS
4
Pill : TABLET
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Boutonniere's place : LAPEL
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And others: Lat. : ETAL
7
Campus pad : DORM
8
French ice creams : GLACES
9
Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
10
A Roosevelt : SARA
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Meccan magnate : AMIR
12
Mongolian desert : GOBI
13
Biblical patriarch : ENOS
19
Lifelessness : ANEMIA
21
Manger's contents : HAY
24
Louis from La. : PRIMA
25
Church recesses : APSES
26
Flightless bird : EMU
27
Hen : LAYER
29
Limb : ARM
30
David Merrick venture : PRODUCTION
31
Plant of forgetfulness : LOTUS
32
Wear away : ERODE
34
Berlin's "They Like ___" : IKE
35
Fr. title : MME
37
"Norma ___" : RAE
38
Musical groups : OCTETS
39
___ Z (the works) : ATO
44
Redcap : PORTER
45
Indistinct : DIM
46
Husband of Isis : OSIRIS
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An 18th-century rationalist : DEIST
49
Sups : DINES
50
Study hard : CRAM
51
Submarine : HERO
52
Heroic tale : EPIC
53
Sting a customer : SOAK
54
Zinfandel, e.g. : WINE
55
Proboscis : NOSE
56
Author Gale : ZONA
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Recipe abbr. : TSP

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

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