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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, August 1, 1990

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 25.4
Jeanette K. Brill has 78 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,876
Across
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Up and ___ (busy) : DOING
6
Namesakes of Hungarian hero Nagy : IMRES
11
Watch pocket : FOB
14
Mr. Doubleday : ABNER
15
Very poor : NEEDY
16
Hail or farewell : AVE
17
Fla. resort city : WINTERHAVEN
19
Fall behind : LAG
20
Terry Bradshaw was one : STEELER
21
Choir voice : ALTO
22
French possessive : SES
25
Bobby Ewing's beloved : APRIL
26
Debit's opposite : ASSET
27
Shillelagh : CLUB
29
Easy as ___ : PIE
30
Actor Guinness : ALEC
31
Munitions, for short : AMMO
32
Celebrating a victory : TRIUMPHAL
36
Self-reproach : REMORSE
39
Examine a second time : RESTUDY
40
Aspirant, as to a throne : PRETENDER
42
Angers : IRES
43
Depend (on) : RELY
44
Dip bait lightly : DIB
46
Year at the end of the reign of Decius : CCLI
47
Bathes : LAVES
49
Bad dog : BITER
51
Owns : HAS
52
"Lucky Jim" author : AMIS
53
Jungle treks : SAFARIS
55
___ Pot, Cambodian leader : POL
56
Ill. city where Lincoln is buried : SPRINGFIELD
60
Word with will or bred : ILL
61
Rear : ERECT
62
Powerful beam : LASER
63
Wedding-report word : NEE
64
Auto parts in England : TYRES
65
Vacuous : EMPTY
Down
1
"See-saw, Margery ___ ... " : DAW
2
Sash : OBI
3
Small hotel : INN
4
N.B.A. team : NETS
5
Garbo : GRETA
6
Was bequeathed : INHERITED
7
More powdery : MEALIER
8
Make merry : REVEL
9
River in W. Germany : EDER
10
Opposite of ant. : SYN
11
City near Alexandria, Va. : FALLSCHURCH
12
Egg-shaped : OVATE
13
Sired : BEGOT
18
Corded fabric : REPP
21
Germ-free : ASEPTIC
22
Cut into a steep slope : SCARP
23
Fudd or Gantry : ELMER
24
Town in Ga. or S.C. : SUMMERVILLE
26
Gifts to the poor : ALMS
28
Layette items : BOOTEES
30
Industrial city in E. Germany : AUE
33
Annoyances : IRRITANTS
34
Writer St. Johns : ADELA
35
Gradual recession of a disease : LYSIS
37
Cath. and Prot. : RELS
38
Bend in a ship's plank : SNY
41
Imposing building : EDIFICE
45
Icy hazard at sea : BERG
47
Rabbit fur : LAPIN
48
Soap plant : AMOLE
49
Less clothed : BARER
50
M-1, e.g. : RIFLE
53
Agile : SPRY
54
Where Anna taught : SIAM
56
Defeat a contract at bridge : SET
57
Sixth sense, for short : ESP
58
Rent out : LET
59
Exsuccous : DRY

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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