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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, January 20, 1988

46-Across : Imparts

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.
1
J
2
A
3
W
4
S
5
B
6
A
7
I
8
L
9
S
10
L
11
A
12
O
13
S
14
A
B
A
T
15
E
M
C
E
E
16
A
B
B
A
17
B
E
V
E
18
R
L
Y
H
I
L
19
L
S
C
O
P
20
S
T
E
R
E
O
S
21
M
E
S
S
E
S
22
N
E
W
23
A
24
M
A
T
I
25
S
26
A
27
L
A
D
28
S
R
A
29
H
E
30
L
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P
32
S
33
P
O
O
L
34
N
U
T
R
35
I
A
36
E
L
L
37
E
R
R
38
N
O
B
H
I
L
L
39
M
E
A
40
E
T
A
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I
M
B
U
E
S
42
B
O
A
T
43
D
A
N
44
C
E
45
E
R
S
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L
E
N
D
S
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A
C
48
I
D
S
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L
I
V
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S
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C
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A
L
E
S
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L
I
M
E
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A
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D
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E
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H
I
L
L
S
T
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R
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E
E
T
B
L
U
E
S
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A
N
T
E
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L
E
A
S
E
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E
T
E
S
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D
E
E
D
64
E
S
T
E
R
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D
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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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