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Morton B. Braun
Morton B. Braun

New York Times, Monday, August 9, 1993

2-Down : Truant G.I.

Author:
Morton B. Braun
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J P Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 25.2
Morton B. Braun has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,980
Across
1
Like Nestor : SAGE
5
Acknowledge : ADMIT
10
One of the clefs : ALTO
14
Is in debt : OWES
15
Two-spot : DEUCE
16
One of the Websters : NOAH
17
Where Lions meet Bears : FOOTBALLSTADIUM
20
Sensitive, as to ragweed : ALLERGIC
21
Musical directions : RESTS
22
Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
23
Hurts : HARMS
26
Beefsteak, for one : TOMATO
29
Sheep sound : BAA
30
Inst. at Dallas : SMU
33
Auction caveat : ASIS
34
Large leaf : FROND
36
Weight measure : TON
37
Where Orioles meet Blue Jays : BASEBALLDIAMOND
41
Hawaiian liquor, for short : OKE
42
Obliterate : ERASE
43
___ spumante : ASTI
44
Scull : OAR
45
Whalers' get-together : GAM
46
Stiffened : TENSED
48
Volumes : TOMES
50
"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI
51
"Flow gently, sweet ___" : AFTON
54
Weigh heavily : MILITATE
59
Where Hornets meet Hawks : BASKETBALLCOURT
62
Donkey sound : BRAY
63
Vikings : NORSE
64
Borscht ingredient : BEET
65
Architect Saarinen : EERO
66
Golden Horde member : TATAR
67
Region : AREA
Down
1
Living-room piece : SOFA
2
Truant G.I. : AWOL
3
An earth sci. : GEOL
4
An enzyme : ESTERASE
5
Slow ballet dance : ADAGIO
6
Cold-cuts ctr. : DELI
7
Organic-garden need : MULCH
8
Suffix for hero or poet : ICS
9
Hanoi holiday : TET
10
Site of Aconcagua : ANDES
11
Superman's girlfriend : LOIS
12
Tight : TAUT
13
Measures of resistance : OHMS
18
Bonn bread : BROT
19
Pride of Philip II : ARMADA
24
Residence : ABODE
25
Rajah's spouse : RANI
26
Forbidden : TABOO
27
Big city in Japan : OSAKA
28
Avaricious one : MISER
30
Facing an advancing glacier : STOSS
31
Carlo or Cassino : MONTE
32
Loosened : UNDID
34
Burn brightly : FLAME
35
"Kidnapped" auth. : RLS
38
Go away! : BEGONE
39
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
40
Winnipeg is its capital : MANITOBA
46
Famed nuclear scientist : TELLER
47
Actor Blore : ERIC
48
World's most populous city : TOKYO
49
Clever : SMART
51
French secular cleric : ABBE
52
Food : FARE
53
Nicholas or Peter : TSAR
55
Victor Laszlo's wife : ILSA
56
Actor Mischa ___ : AUER
57
Corner : TREE
58
Kett in the comics : ETTA
60
Abbreviated explosive : TNT
61
Stole : BOA

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2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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