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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Thursday, January 11, 1990

41-Across : "___ porridge hot ... "

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F H J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,674
Across
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___ Rivera, suburb of L.A. : PICO
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Ale ingredient : MALT
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Actresses Eichhorn and Eilbacher : LISAS
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Brainchild : IDEA
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"___ mio" : OSOLE
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Wood measure : CORD
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Runnymede document: 1215 : MAGNACARTA
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Animal lacking in color : ALBINO
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Avaricious person : GRABBER
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In ___ (as one) : UNISON
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Prill is one : ORE
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Turtle's upper shell : CARAPACE
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Save : UNLESS
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Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
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An acid : AMINO
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Poker player's kitty : POT
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Opp. of long. : LAT
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McCarthy's fellow traveler : SNERD
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U.N. labor org. : ILO
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See 61 Across : EGO
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"___ porridge hot ... " : PEASE
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Tropical tree : CACAO
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Actress Senta : BERGER
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Pit surrounding a plum seed : ENDOCARP
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"___ was saying ... " : ASI
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Welder, e.g. : SEAMER
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Highly disciplined : SPARTAN
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Scandinavian : NORDIC
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Red varieties of quartz : CARNELIANS
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Radamès's beloved : AIDA
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With 40 Across, a second self : ALTER
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Singer Laine : CLEO
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Calendar abbr. : TUES
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Convenes : MEETS
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N.C. college : ELON
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Austen novel: 1816 : EMMA
Down
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S.A. rodent : PACA
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Adored one : IDOL
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Auto part : CARBURETOR
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Kind of number : ORDINAL
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Tree or cocktail : MIMOSA
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Okla. city : ADA
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Part of a journey : LEG
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Zip : TANG
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Site of a 1925 peace conference : LOCARNO
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Juan Perón's successor: 1974 : ISABEL
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Kind of apple : SORB
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Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
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Gunlock part : SEAR
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On all sides : AROUND
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Asiatic palm : NIPA
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City in N Colombia : OCANA
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Waterloos : NEMESES
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Israelite leader: Deut. 1:36 : CALEB
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Saying : ADAGE
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Part of a sac surrounding the heart : EPICARDIUM
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Of the sun : SOLAR
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Condescend : STOOP
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Actress Papas : IRENE
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"Dynasty," for one : SERIAL
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Annoys : PESTERS
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Lake or singer : COMO
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Needle-shaped : ACERATE
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Jan. birthstone : GARNET
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Actor in "Cheers" : DANSON
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Confidence game : SCAM
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Ashen : PALE
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Pleasant French city? : NICE
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Footnote abbr. : IDEM
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House, in Spain : CASA
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Everything : ALL
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Modernist : NEO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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