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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, January 8, 1985

70-Across : Assists

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,845
Across
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Stout : ALE
4
Tiff : SPAT
8
Thespian : ACTOR
13
Cutie : DOLL
15
Sandarac : ARAR
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Not a soul : NOONE
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Five-and-ten : DIMESTORE
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Sag : SLUMP
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Heaven: Comb. form : URANO
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Braun and Sydow : VONS
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Mineral deposits : ORES
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Tightwad : PENNYPINCHER
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Story : YARN
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Blood-hued : HEMATIC
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Neckpiece : BOA
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Newport, R.I., has one : OCS
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Daft : INANE
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Tightly together : ATCLOSEQUARTERS
43
Water wheel : NORIA
44
Compass pt. : NNE
45
Permit : LET
46
"Fear God, and ___ commandments": Eccl. 12:13 : KEEPHIS
49
Forum frock : TOGA
52
Type of bread : PUMPERNICKEL
57
Con game : SCAM
60
African antelope : PALA
61
Saki : MUNRO
62
Pivotal : POLAR
64
Social affair : RECEPTION
66
Express a view : OPINE
67
Some Feds : TMEN
68
Being : ESSE
69
Young adults : TEENS
70
Assists : AIDS
71
"Take ___, She's Mine" : HER
Down
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Total : ADDUP
2
France's longest river : LOIRE
3
Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
4
Posed : SAT
5
Sphere : PROVINCE
6
Baseball's Hank : AARON
7
Ditch : TRENCH
8
Response to a ques. : ANS
9
Pigment : COLORANT
10
Travel : TOUR
11
"Don't tread ___" : ONME
12
Agts. : REPS
14
Dustin Hoffman role : LENNY
18
Salty sauce, British style : SOYA
22
Haggard heroine : SHE
25
Paid athletes : PROS
26
Arabian prince : EMIR
29
Asian weight : TAEL
30
Concerning : INRE
31
"___ la vie!" : CEST
32
Rowers' bench : BANK
33
Indian of Okla. : OTOE
34
Farm measure : ACRE
36
Mil. unit : SQN
39
U.S. journalist: 1889-1974 : LIPPMANN
40
Waikiki's isle : OAHU
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Not discovered : UNTRACED
42
Long period : AEON
47
Devilish tot : IMP
48
Ancient Laconian city : SPARTA
50
Furniture trimming : GIMP
51
Kind of angle : ACUTE
53
Varnish base : ELEMI
54
Baked dough with filler : KNISH
55
Jagged : EROSE
56
Hermit : LONER
57
Blemish : SPOT
58
Get by : COPE
59
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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___ judicata : RES
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U.S.N.A. graduate : ENS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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