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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Thursday, July 14, 1977

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.1 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,197
Across
1
Fen : MARSH
6
Dossier contents : DATA
10
Stage aunt : MAME
14
Relating to our environment : ECOLOGICAL
16
Mixed with : AMID
17
"That's right!" : NOWYOURETALKING
19
A.M.A. members : DRS
20
Arrange a display : DRESS
21
Strange : EERIE
22
"The Children's ___" : HOUR
23
Greek letter : TAU
24
Ancient: Comb. form : PALEO
27
Hard to handle : SLIPPERY
32
Culture medium : AGAR
33
Salt of oleic acid : OLEATE
35
Ruby or Sandra : DEE
36
"That's right!" : YOURENOTKIDDING
39
Initials of a former Mideast coalition : UAR
40
Set of successive volumes : SERIES
41
Cassini : OLEG
42
Fruit resembling a banana : PLANTAIN
44
Skedaddles : FLEES
45
Raid the refrigerator : EAT
46
Act as an accomplice : ABET
48
Acclaim; brilliance : ECLAT
51
Shut up : CAGED
53
Celestial "Altar" : ARA
56
"That's right!" : YOUREDARNTOOTIN
59
River in Germany : ELBE
60
Item on a personnel director's list : APPEARANCE
61
Ruminant : DEER
62
Affirmatives : YEAS
63
In progress : AFOOT
Down
1
Fix up old clothes : MEND
2
Acidity : ACOR
3
Propels a gig : ROWS
4
Underhanded : SLY
5
Bad luck : HOODOO
6
More horrendous : DIRER
7
Holes-in-one : ACES
8
Makes lace : TATS
9
Between Miss. and Ga. : ALA
10
Lipstick, powder, etc. : MAKEUP
11
Afghan prince : AMIR
12
Skirt fashion : MINI
13
Sharpness of a blade : EDGE
15
Hindu teacher : GURU
18
Bounded : LEAPED
22
Frau's man : HERR
23
Small S.A. monkeys : TITIS
24
Reimburse in full : PAYUP
25
"A race without ___": Young : AGOAL
26
Novelist Hobson : LAURA
27
Insert : SETIN
28
Pontchartrain is one : LAKE
29
Roman official : EDILE
30
Dr. Richards of tennis : RENEE
31
Petemen : YEGGS
33
___ a time (singly) : ONEAT
34
Asian lemur : LORI
37
Possessions : ESTATE
38
Bonehead : DOLT
43
More approximate : NEARER
44
Soft felt hat : FEDORA
46
Saint of Jan. 21 : AGNES
47
Letter on a scholar's key : BETA
48
Ogled : EYED
49
King or Porter : COLE
50
"___ Tube" (Alaska's pipeline) : LUBE
51
Headland : CAPE
52
Italian harp : ARPA
53
___ time (never) : ATNO
54
Puerto ___ : RICO
55
Dill herb : ANET
57
"Life With Father" family name : DAY
58
Lummox : OAF

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

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