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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, January 20, 1988

45-Across : Hesitation sounds

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F G K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,952
Across
1
Shark film : JAWS
5
Dips out water : BAILS
10
Vietnamese neighbor : LAOS
14
Blind as ___ : ABAT
15
Show host : EMCEE
16
Swedish rock group : ABBA
17
Eddie Murphy film hit : BEVERLYHILLSCOP
20
Hi-fi systems : STEREOS
21
___ up (botches) : MESSES
22
Novel : NEW
23
Famed violinmaker : AMATI
25
Side dish : SALAD
28
Mrs., in Toledo : SRA
29
Assists : HELPS
33
Combination of a sort : POOL
34
Coypu : NUTRIA
36
Building extension : ELL
37
Go astray : ERR
38
San Francisco high spot : NOBHILL
39
___ culpa : MEA
40
Letter from Greece : ETA
41
Permeates : IMBUES
42
Gravy container : BOAT
43
Charleston, e.g. : DANCE
45
Hesitation sounds : ERS
46
Imparts : LENDS
47
Amino ___ (metabolic group) : ACIDS
49
Actress Ullmann : LIV
50
Climbs : SCALES
53
Summer drink : LIMEADE
57
Emmy-winning series : HILLSTREETBLUES
60
Pay for a poker hand : ANTE
61
Rent : LEASE
62
Summers on the Seine : ETES
63
Act : DEED
64
Ethyl acetate, e.g. : ESTER
65
Inside info : DOPE
Down
1
L. Holmes specialties : JABS
2
Incite : ABET
3
Hand signal : WAVE
4
Near the breastbone : STERNAL
5
Under : BELOW
6
Vanderbilt and Lowell : AMYS
7
"___ bin ein Berliner": J.F.K. : ICH
8
Garland : LEI
9
Author Lagerlöf : SELMA
10
Eric Knight's heroine : LASSIE
11
Fundamentals : ABCS
12
Orchestra member : OBOE
13
Dunderheads : SAPS
18
Hollow stem : REED
19
Deadly : LETHAL
23
Goldberg and Ashe : ARTHURS
24
Osmond and Wilson : MARIES
25
Velocity : SPEED
26
Main artery : AORTA
27
Navigation device : LORAN
28
Took the place of a regular : SUBBED
30
Automotive dud : LEMON
31
Beg : PLEAD
32
Marty Marion's nickname : SLATS
34
___ de plume : NOM
35
They: Fr. : ILS
38
Siblings' daughters : NIECES
42
Slanted : BEVELED
44
Telephoned : CALLED
46
Precarious perch : LIMB
48
Plant fiber : ISTLE
49
Liquid measure : LITER
50
Food fish : SHAD
51
Spanish movie house : CINE
52
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
53
___-majesté : LESE
54
Hatchback, e.g. : AUTO
55
Profound : DEEP
56
Being: Lat. : ESSE
58
Legal matter : RES
59
Emulate Horner : EAT

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

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