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James A. Brussel
James A. Brussel

New York Times, Monday, July 19, 1976

Author:
James A. Brussel
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 23.5
James A. Brussel has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,837
Across
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Soft cheese : BRIE
5
West Pointer : CADET
10
Memphis deity : PTAH
14
Tiffs : ROWS
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Past, to poets : AGONE
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One of Pittsburgh's three : OHIO
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Common Latin word : AMAT
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Restricts : BINDS
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Island off Honshu : SADO
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Lee and Grant, e.g. : GENERALS
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Verse part : SESTET
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Silas of 1700's : DEANE
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Genesis man : PELEG
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Loss of mental power : ASEMIA
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Impair : HARM
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Show curiosity : ASK
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Smoked, as meat : CURED
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Marsh birds : SORAS
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Article : THE
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___ off (miffed) : TEED
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Picked : CHOSE
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Deacon's masterpiece : SHAY
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Roulette bet : ODD
39
Incline : SLOPE
40
Bjorn Borg, e.g. : SWEDE
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Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : REL
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Marbles : TAWS
43
Taunted : JEERED
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Auguries : OMENS
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More shrewd : CUTER
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Musical kind of fork : TUNING
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N.Y. racetrack : SARATOGA
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Kitchen need : OVEN
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Adult insect : IMAGO
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Knit and ___ : PURL
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Take out : DELE
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More exact : NICER
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Arthurian wife : ENID
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Salad and olden : DAYS
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Merchandise : GOODS
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Tots up : ADDS
Down
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Crow : BRAG
2
Hilly city : ROME
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"___ as a cloud ... " : IWANDEREDLONELY
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Respected : ESTEEMED
5
Beach house : CABANA
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Lively : AGILE
7
English tutors : DONS
8
Remnant : END
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Mosaic pieces : TESSERAE
10
Search party : POSSE
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"The clouds ___ the setting sun" : THATGATHERROUND
12
Staff person : AIDE
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Not give a ___ : HOOT
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Air or panty : RAID
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Trees : ELMS
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Dissect a sentence : PARSE
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Fonda or Lunt, e.g. : ACTOR
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Glove leather : SUEDE
28
Barrel parts : HOOPS
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Ghost : SHADE
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___ up (agog) : KEYED
33
Presents : SHOWS
36
Like Sunday church bells : CLANGING
37
Garden flower : SWEETPEA
39
British weapon : STEN
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Bristle : SETA
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Occupants of a certain box : JURORS
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Pits : MINES
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Confined : CAGED
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Mike or Thelma : TODD
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Eye part : UVEA
49
Maine river : SACO
50
Network : GRID
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City officials: Abbr. : ALDS
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"O Sole ___" : MIO

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

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