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Melvin Kenworthy
Melvin Kenworthy

New York Times, Thursday, August 15, 1991

27-Across : Grin measurement

Author:
Melvin Kenworthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 57.4
Melvin Kenworthy has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,255
Across
1
Tear : SHRED
6
Tender preceder : LEGAL
11
Steal : THIEVE
12
Habituates : INURES
14
One minute to one : TWELVEFIFTYNINE
17
Iranian coins : RIALS
18
Beings: Sp. : ENTES
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Red or White follower : SOX
20
"___ in the Wilderness," 1974 film : ACRY
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Rubinstein or Schnabel : ARTUR
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Swiss canton : URI
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So-so grade : CEE
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___ throat : STREP
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Cuts back : PARES
27
Grin measurement : EARTOEAR
29
Aboveboard : HONEST
30
Exaggerated praise : ADULATION
32
Impulsive one : MADCAP
35
N.M.'s ___ Caverns : CARLSBAD
39
Others, in Toledo : OTROS
40
Homes for hogs : STIES
41
"These ___ the times ... " : ARE
42
Actress Hagen : UTA
43
Irish assemblies : DAILS
44
___ breve : ALLA
45
Part of a lemon : RAG
46
Erskine and Essex : AUTOS
47
"Annie ___," Gwendolyn Brooks book : ALLEN
48
Twenty minutes later than 14 Across : NINETEENPASTONE
51
Annul : NEGATE
52
Chant : INTONE
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Type of dovetail : TENON
54
Lethal loop : NOOSE
Down
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Oscar winner in "The Divorcée" : SHEARER
2
Full of ups and downs : HILLY
3
Guns a motor : REVS
4
Anne Baxter role: 1950 : EVE
5
Postponement : DEFERRAL
6
"I will ___ mine eyes ... ": Psa. 121:1 : LIFTUP
7
"___ Talking," J. Rivers book : ENTER
8
Lombardo and Forget : GUYS
9
Prince Valiant's son : ARN
10
Off-duty time : LEISURE
11
___ day (prescription direction) : TWICEA
13
Makes cords in bed : SNORES
14
Small amount : TRACE
15
Teamwork : INTERACTION
16
Live : EXIST
21
Gobbled : ATEUP
24
Faro cards : SODAS
25
Lidos : POOLS
26
Miller and Landers : ANNS
28
Mexican dish : TACO
29
Takes on : HIRES
31
Sudden descent : TAILSPIN
32
Grieve : MOURN
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Reach : ATTAIN
34
Police stratagem : DRAGNET
36
Umpire's call : BALLONE
37
Francis or Dahl : ARLENE
38
Diplomat Silas: 1737-89 : DEANE
40
Glossy cloth : SATEEN
43
Because of : DUETO
44
Choir members : ALTOS
46
Moussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition" : ATAN
47
Concerning : ASTO
49
Julie ___, Norwegian actress : EGE
50
Up: Comb. form : ANO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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