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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Saturday, August 31, 1991

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.4
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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F
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H
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M
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K
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W
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D
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,271
Across
1
Swedish rock group : ABBA
5
___ d'oeuvre (masterpiece) : CHEF
9
Polytypes : CASTS
14
Pomander case : BALL
15
Jesuit missionary-lexicographer : RALE
16
Distribute : ALLOT
17
Cut short : CROP
18
Avalon, e.g. : ISLE
19
Partheno-genetic product : CLONE
20
Wait impatiently : CHAMPATTHEBIT
23
God whose dragon Cadmus killed : ARES
24
Brain specialist's rec. : EEG
25
Saracen's milieu : ARABIA
28
Apollo's twin : ARTEMIS
32
Originates : SIRES
33
Not flabby : FIRM
35
Heine's sigh : ACH
36
Adage re impatient actions : HASTEMAKESWASTE
40
W.W. II command : ETO
41
Project : IDEA
42
Succeed : ENSUE
43
Huaraches, e.g. : SANDALS
46
Quidnunc's interest : LATEST
47
Age, in Abruzzi : ETA
48
Golfer Ballesteros : SEVE
49
Be kept waiting : COOLONESHEELS
55
Of yore : OLDEN
56
Fret : STEW
57
Becomes encumbered : OWES
60
Size of type : ELITE
61
Faro card : SODA
62
Haydn's nickname : PAPA
63
Odense inhabitants : DANES
64
Child's play : EASY
65
Chisholm Trail town : ENID
Down
1
Christie's "The ___ Murders" : ABC
2
Sand or salad follower : BAR
3
Political alliance : BLOC
4
First elements : ALPHABET
5
Sevastopol is here : CRIMEA
6
Metal fasteners : HASPS
7
Pronoun for the Pinta : ELLA
8
Trilbies : FEET
9
Official seal : CACHET
10
State : ALLEGE
11
Neat freak's opposite : SLOB
12
Writer Bambara : TONI
13
Margin directive : STET
21
"___, fair sun ... ": Romeo : ARISE
22
Mutual relationship : TERMS
25
Whence the phoenix is reborn : ASHES
26
Lariat : RIATA
27
Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
28
Tract : AREA
29
Billiard stroke : MASSE
30
Metrical accent : ICTUS
31
Kind of glass or music : SHEET
33
Passing fancies : FADS
34
Ozark ___ of comics : IKE
37
La Scala's locale : MILAN
38
Emulate Penelope : WEAVE
39
Dik-dik or kudu : ANTELOPE
44
Cross out : DELETE
45
Expiates : ATONES
46
Margin : LEEWAY
48
Molts : SHEDS
49
Betty, in a 1930 song : COED
50
Earthenware pot : OLLA
51
One-eyed god : ODIN
52
Start of N.C.'s motto : ESSE
53
Kin of a parvis : STOA
54
Type of dive : SWAN
58
Slender finial : EPI
59
Blue : SAD

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

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