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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, July 9, 1986

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { H J Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 37.6
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,392
Across
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Shakespeare's river : AVON
5
Resorts : SPAS
9
Last word : AMEN
13
Sup : DINE
14
Culpability : GUILT
15
Dreadful : DIRE
16
Alabama reptile? : DECATURTLE
18
Type of job : SNOW
19
Solid alcohol : STEROL
20
Alfonso's queen : ENA
22
Employ : USE
23
New York crustacean? : BUFFALOBSTER
27
Woodland deity : SATYR
30
Simian : APE
31
Actress Caldwell : ZOE
32
Monroe's ___ of Good Feeling : ERA
33
Tear : RIP
34
Kind of pig or pepper : GUINEA
37
Ohio feline? : CINCINNATIGRESS
41
Mountains in Wyoming : TETONS
42
"Auld ___ Morris," Burns poem : ROB
43
Reno-to-Vegas dir. : SSE
44
Be sick : AIL
45
Alice's boss on TV : MEL
46
Sahara water holes : OASES
48
Washington ovine animal? : WALLAWALLAMB
52
Boxing great : ALI
53
Finish first : WIN
54
Light dessert : MOUSSE
58
Stare : GAZE
60
Illinois fowl? : CAIROOSTER
63
Augury : OMEN
64
Sheepshank and half hitch : KNOTS
65
Joie de vivre : ELAN
66
Proboscis : NOSE
67
Rational : SANE
68
Relief : DOLE
Down
1
Increases : ADDS
2
S.E. Asian : VIET
3
Fairy-tale opener : ONCE
4
Close at hand : NEARBY
5
Big ___, Calif. : SUR
6
Abyss : PIT
7
Mendelian gene : ALLELE
8
Dictation whiz : STENO
9
Commercials : ADS
10
Quality of an electronic chip : MINUTENESS
11
Irregularly notched : EROSE
12
More recent : NEWER
14
Chasm : GULF
17
Circuit : TOUR
21
N.Y.C.'s Bella : ABZUG
24
"I'll Be Seeing You" composer : FAIN
25
Clothing : APPAREL
26
Evening, in Paris : SOIR
27
Religious group : SECT
28
Author Eliav : ARIE
29
Teases : TANTALIZES
33
Hosp. workers : RNS
34
Adjustable piece of metal : GIB
35
Start of Tarheel's motto : ESSE
36
"___ Death," in a Grieg opus : ASES
38
Spiral : COIL
39
Lincoln, to the Todds : INLAW
40
Exaction : TOLL
45
Tomorrow, in Taxco : MANANA
46
Melville novel : OMOO
47
Mistreated : ABUSED
48
Kind of train : WAGON
49
Texas shrine : ALAMO
50
Candle items : WICKS
51
Andy's sidekick : AMOS
55
W.W. II battle site : STLO
56
Circus animal : SEAL
57
Coastal flier : ERNE
59
Chemical suffix : ENE
61
Charged atom : ION
62
Map abbr. : RTE

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

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