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Brown
Brown

New York Times, Saturday, September 15, 1984

17-Across : Loosen, as a corset

Author:
Brown
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.1
Brown has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,730
Across
1
Ankara garment : CAFTAN
7
Flat-bottomed boat : SKIFF
12
Druggist's jar : GALLIPOT
14
Column : PILLAR
16
Metallic element : ANTIMONY
17
Loosen, as a corset : UNLACE
18
An anagram for rates : STARE
19
Recumbent : PRONE
21
Damone : VIC
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An order to a helmsman : PORT
23
Pelisse : CLOAK
24
Exclusive : SOLE
25
Hesitant sounds : ERS
26
Safe : VAULT
27
Caustic : ACRID
28
Chinese idol : JOSS
29
Cache : SECRETE
31
Full-grown : ADULT
33
Questionable : SHADY
34
Farm-association member : GRANGER
36
Short distance : STEP
37
Chilean seaport : ARICA
38
Used naphtha : OILED
40
Dance step : PAS
43
Ultramodern Spanish artist : MIRO
44
Integrity : HONOR
45
Plant of the mint family : SAGE
46
Boston or Kenilworth follower : IVY
47
Author of "Wonderland" : OATES
48
Inventor of etching : DURER
49
To wit : NAMELY
51
Writer's concern : PHRASING
53
Frozen, in Fontainebleau : GLACEE
54
Afternoon function : TEADANCE
55
Secures, as a vessel : SNUGS
56
Absorbent : SPONGY
Down
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Hazan : CANTOR
2
Church areas : ALTARS
3
What some soubrettes do : FLIRT
4
Word with clock or bomb : TIME
5
Mil. address : APO
6
Baffle : NONPLUS
7
Fungus that smolders when lit : SPUNK
8
Cows, to Cowper : KINE
9
Unsound : ILL
10
Added vanilla, perhaps : FLAVORED
11
Skill : FACILITY
12
Canadian peninsula : GASPE
13
Region in Austria : TYROL
15
Withdraw : RECEDE
20
Nose-bag contents : OATS
23
Sudra, for one : CASTE
24
Discarded metal : SCRAP
26
Europe's longest river : VOLGA
27
Had the flu : ACHED
28
Small gray bird : JUNCO
30
___ gum, used in varnishes : ESTER
31
Airport people : ARRIVALS
32
He has a cheesy job : DAIRYMAN
34
Las Vegas pastime : GAMING
35
Cheer : ROOT
36
Flounders : SLOSHES
39
Awkward : INEPT
40
K.P. activity : PARING
41
Office : AGENCY
42
Twilled cloth : SERGE
44
Grant's successor : HAYES
45
Suffragette Anthony : SUSAN
47
Cassini : OLEG
48
Pedestal section : DADO
50
Old French coin : ECU
52
Gab : RAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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