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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Thursday, January 18, 1990

47-Across : Kind of puzzle

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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. 14,681
Across
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"Off the Court" author : ASHE
5
Steer : PILOT
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Stagehand : GRIP
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Condo cousin : COOP
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Plant of the goosefoot family : ORACH
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Pool on a liner : LIDO
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Savvy : HORSESENSE
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Literary conflict : AGON
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Chore for a farmer : ENSILING
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Harbinger : HERALD
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Gladden : ELATE
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Gdansk native : POLE
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London suburb : ACTON
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Dies : PERISHES
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Bereft, in times of yore : LORN
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Torment : HARASS
34
Eggs, to Cato : OVA
35
Sp. women : SRAS
36
Papal cape : ORALE
37
Seed covering : ARIL
38
Well-known dict. : OED
39
Undercoats a surface : PRIMES
40
H.S. test : PSAT
41
Property : PREMISES
43
Golf events : OPENS
44
Serves perfectly : ACES
45
Earthy deposits : MARLS
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Kind of puzzle : JIGSAW
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Bent : TENDENCY
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Emend : EDIT
54
Oater : HORSEOPERA
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River in Germany : ELBE
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Actress Massey : ILONA
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Bakery specialist : ICER
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Look sharply : PEER
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Rob ___ to pay Paul : PETER
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Used frugally, with "out" : EKED
Down
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Suffer sorely : ACHE
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Anon : SOON
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Bargain shrewdly : HORSETRADE
4
Greek letters : EPSILONS
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Assume as fact : POSIT
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Girl of song : IRENE
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Director Fritz ___ : LANG
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Mil. training program : OCS
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"___ Mouth," Joyce Cary novel : THEHORSES
10
Glowers : GLARES
11
Capital of Latvia : RIGA
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Matinee ___ : IDOL
13
Golden or Walden : POND
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Zest : ELAN
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Site of the first Olympic games : ELIS
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Rembrandt ___, U.S. painter : PEALE
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Journalist Stewart or Joseph : ALSOP
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Kitchen gadget : CORER
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London buggies : PRAMS
28
Ginger ale-whisky drink : HORSESNECK
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___- les-Bains, French spa : EVIAN
30
Seasoned seamen : SALTS
32
Lash : HORSEWHIP
33
The Ram of the zodiac : ARIES
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As American as ___ : APPLEPIE
39
Twelve-point type : PICA
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Kind of mind or work : MASTER
43
Church calendar : ORDO
45
Intervening, in law : MESNE
46
Close by, poetically : ANEAR
47
General-purpose car : JEEP
48
Not in use : IDLE
49
Taunt : GIBE
50
Cheating aid : TROT
51
Actress Summer : CREE
52
Word with arm or stick : YARD
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Corrida cry : OLE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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