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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, August 27, 1980

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jeanette K. Brill has 78 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,250
Across
1
Marry on the run : ELOPE
6
Former movie vamp : BARA
10
Teen-age woe : ACNE
14
Kind of orange : NAVEL
15
"The ___ Love" : ONEI
16
Mother of Hermes : MAIA
17
Retrench : DRAWINONESHORNS
20
Royal pawner of jewels : ISABELLA
21
"I've ___ You Under My Skin" : GOT
22
Rankle : FESTER
25
Homilies : SERMONS
27
Wood sorrels : OCAS
28
Capek drama : RUR
31
Location for rejuvenation : SPA
32
High, in music : ALT
33
Airs not for pairs : SOLOS
35
Forster's "A Passage to ___" : INDIA
39
Give up : LAYDOWNONESARMS
42
Play a banjo : STRUM
43
Cattail : AMENT
44
"___ sum?" (stunned Roman's question) : UBI
45
Ennis or Crandall of baseball : DEL
47
So far : YET
48
Mimicked : APED
49
Ballerina's need : TOESHOE
53
Deter : IMPEDE
55
Where lts. are made : OTC
56
Excel : OUTSTRIP
59
Give up : THROWINTHETOWEL
64
Après juillet : AOUT
65
Marquis de ___ : SADE
66
River in SE Kenya : TSAVO
67
Tilt : LIST
68
"___ est percipi" (Berkeley principle) : ESSE
69
French legislative body : SENAT
Down
1
Windup : END
2
Roman household god : LAR
3
Eggs, to Caesar : OVA
4
Lapwings : PEWITS
5
Beethoven's "Für ___" : ELISE
6
McNutt of comics : BOOB
7
Bancroft of films : ANNE
8
Spins : REELS
9
Bridal paths : AISLES
10
One of a Latin trio : AMO
11
Freight : CARGO
12
Smooth, sheer fabric : NINON
13
Bridge positions : EASTS
18
Restricted : NARROW
19
Clarsach player : HARPIST
22
Newborn Clydesdales : FOALS
23
Acclaim : ECLAT
24
Sylvan deity : SATYR
26
"Give a ___ horse ... " : MANA
29
Arm bone corresponding to the fibula : ULNA
30
Capacious : ROOMY
33
By hook or by crook : SOMEHOW
34
Snicker attachment : SNEE
36
One-seeded fruit : DRUPE
37
Enclose closely : IMBED
38
Stage ploy : ASIDE
40
Flops : DUDS
41
Complete : ENTIRE
46
Lake near Banff : LOUISE
48
Place in juxtaposition : APPOSE
49
Calculator's result : TOTAL
50
Holy Roman Emperor: 962–73 : OTHOI
51
Tans : ECRUS
52
Lab heaters : ETNAS
54
Gear for Bench and Fisk : MITTS
57
Criteria: Abbr. : STDS
58
Quaker pronoun : THEE
60
Baseball Hall of Famer : OTT
61
Ashen : WAN
62
Peron or Gabor : EVA
63
Abraham's nephew : LOT

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

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