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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Thursday, October 27, 1977

18-Across : Retailer's come-on

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, 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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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,302
Across
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Tree growth : BURL
5
Bogged down : MIRED
10
Staid : PRIM
14
Seaman's word : ALEE
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Julius Caesar's early post : EDILE
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"___ and the Swan": Yeats : LEDA
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First to draw Santa as he looks today : NAST
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Retailer's come-on : LOSSLEADER
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This once gave a free view of the diamond : KNOTHOLE
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Yellow flags : IRISES
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English wool-manufacturing city : LEEDS
24
Scrutinize : SCAN
25
Step on it : SCURRY
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Apply the paddle : CHASTISE
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Toned down : MUTED
32
Cite : QUOTE
33
The heart of the matter : NUB
34
Needing irrigation : ARID
35
Dipsy doodle : CURVE
36
Try : STAB
37
Rita or Grande : RIO
38
Watered silk : MOIRE
39
Eydie's man : STEVE
40
Drift : TENDENCY
42
In rows : TIERED
43
Frame for toting hay : RACK
44
Bellhop's beat : HOTEL
45
Cenobite of ancient Palestine : ESSENE
48
Become exhausted : PETEROUT
51
Antonym for freedom : CONSTRAINT
53
Place for a bishop's throne : APSE
54
Is penitent : RUES
55
Harness strap : TRACE
56
Met baritone Boucher : GENE
57
Discoverer of heavy hydrogen : UREY
58
It's sometimes irrefusable : OFFER
59
Cicero's "I was" : ERAM
Down
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Deposit money : BANK
2
___ Ude, U.S.S.R. city : ULAN
3
It's often broken on Jan. 2 : RESOLUTION
4
Describing scholars : LETTERED
5
"Broadway ___": 1929 : MELODY
6
Baal and Mammon : IDOLS
7
Bullish period : RISE
8
Kays' followers : ELS
9
Albee's "A ___ Balance" : DELICATE
10
Lamentation : PLAINT
11
Seaver's colleagues : REDS
12
___ fixe : IDEE
13
God for whom a month was named : MARS
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Expunge : ERASE
21
Rancher's charges : HERD
24
Rush-hour discourtesy : SHOVE
25
Sting : SMART
26
Pierre or Marie : CURIE
27
Treat leather : CURRY
28
Meddlesome one : INTERLOPER
29
Blandly urbane : SUAVE
30
Waned : EBBED
32
Mentally agile : QUICK
35
"Emperor" or "Brandenburg" : CONCERTO
36
"Bargain basement" on a cruise : STEERAGE
38
Intended : MEANT
39
Location : SITE
41
Stylish : DRESSY
42
Actress Audrey : TOTTER
44
Ergo : HENCE
45
Beige : ECRU
46
Whiskey or Scotch : SOUR
47
Dirk of yore : SNEE
48
Memorable chanteuse : PIAF
49
Middies study here : USNA
50
Come down in buckets : TEEM
52
Sandy's response : ARF

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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