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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Tuesday, August 16, 1977

50-Across : Monroe-Curtis-Lemmon film

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { B J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 12.0
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. 10,230
Across
1
Whip handle : CROP
5
Flat-topped hill : MESA
9
Whimper : MEWL
13
Arrange in twos : PAIR
14
Chem. ending : OLIC
15
Confused struggle : MELEE
16
Malamud novel (with "The") : ASSISTANT
18
Chimp's relative : ORANG
19
Summer weather phenomenon : HEATLIGHTNING
21
Bearing : MIEN
22
Special or social follower : IST
23
Holy ___ : SEE
26
Bread type : RYE
27
Letter abbr. : ATT
28
Brown or Paul : LES
31
Jai ___ : ALAI
33
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is one : ALLEGORY
35
Title of a Pacino film : DOGDAYAFTERNOON
39
Fruits often used in a compote : APRICOTS
40
Disengage : UNDO
41
Pipeline connection : TEE
42
American humorist : ADE
43
Atlas abbr. : SPT
46
But: Lat. : SED
47
Lyric poem : ODE
48
Student's aid : TROT
50
Monroe-Curtis-Lemmon film : SOMELIKEITHOT
56
Hebrew folklore figure : GOLEM
57
Diffused through : PERMEATED
59
Pensive poem, such as "Adonais" : ELEGY
60
Ooze : SEEP
61
Close by : NEAR
62
Prefix with cycle or ton : MEGA
63
Adam's grandson : ENOS
64
Lenient : EASY
Down
1
Expert on figures : CPA
2
Precipitate : RASH
3
River near Paris : OISE
4
King of Troy : PRIAM
5
Variegated in color : MOTLEY
6
Lancelot's beloved : ELAINE
7
"Of Thee I ___" : SING
8
Pituitary hormone : ACTH
9
Kind of badge : MERIT
10
Verve : ELAN
11
Noted crossword-puzzle editor : WENG
12
Part of a triangle : LEG
15
Frightening creature : MONSTER
17
To-do : STIR
20
Pugilist's pinnacle : TITLE
23
Middle Eastern V.I.P. : SADAT
24
Slip away secretly : ELOPE
25
Tidal bore : EAGRE
27
Height: Abbr. : ALT
28
Diving birds : LOONS
29
Eat away : ERODE
30
Council : SYNOD
32
Uganda's Amin : IDI
33
Student-exchange org. : AFS
34
African antelope : GNU
36
Private school : ACADEMY
37
Swiss song : YODEL
38
Goddess "come hot from hell": Mark Antony : ATE
43
Sound system : STEREO
44
Preens : PRIMPS
45
Lug : TOTE
47
Last of a series : OMEGA
49
Scottish feudal lord : THANE
50
Shoe part : SOLE
51
Cassini : OLEG
52
___ dixit : IPSE
53
Sharp : KEEN
54
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
55
Receptions : TEAS
56
Rare one : GEM
58
Thirsty : DRY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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