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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, October 7, 1981

24-Across : Belligerence

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,656
Across
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___ Huron, Mich. : PORT
5
Kind of devil : DARE
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Capote's "The Grass ___" : HARP
13
Drive : MOTOR
14
Atlas abbr. : ELEV
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On the safer side at sea : ALEE
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Bryant or Gillette : ANITA
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Simple's partner : PURE
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Reasonable : SANE
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One goal of the E.P.A. : DECONTAMINATION
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Willys-Knight, e.g. : CAR
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Foulard : TIE
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Belligerence : CONTENTIOUSNESS
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Heed : OBEY
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Scottish hillside : BRAE
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Part of a baby's routine : NAP
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Spun, as a web : WOVE
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City on the Rhine : BASEL
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Sound : HALE
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Double this for a Hebrew hymn : ELI
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Certain : SURE
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Kind of jacket : ETON
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Extrication : DISENTANGLEMENT
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Resinous substance : LAC
49
Alliance acronym : OAS
50
Ingenuous : UNSOPHISTICATED
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Harvest : REAP
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Source of a fiber for rope : AGAVE
62
Japanese beverage : SAKE
63
Lear's consuming emotion : RAGE
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Continue a subscription : RENEW
65
Jejune : ARID
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O'Casey or Connery : SEAN
67
Steps or degrees : PEGS
Down
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Southern dish : PONE
2
Of the ear : OTIC
3
Newspaper sect. : ROTO
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Medium's state : TRANCE
5
Leave : DEPART
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Astringent : ALUM
7
Soprano Grist : RERI
8
Ultimate : EVENTUAL
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Hie : HASTEN
10
U.S.S.R. mountain range : ALAI
11
Splitsville, U.S.A. : RENO
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Flatten by hammering : PEEN
13
Like Carroll's Hatter : MAD
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"Tall, ___ and terrific" : TAN
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Comfort, in Cannes : AISE
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Intimidated : COWED
25
Ancient Greek weights or coins : OBOLI
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Island discovered by Columbus: 1493 : NEVIS
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Nautical chain : TYE
28
Author of "Rosmersholm" : IBSEN
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Pay dirt : ORE
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Kinsman on the mother's side : ENATE
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Stylish shop : SALON
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Exhausted : SPENT
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Messes up : BUTCHERS
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Heavenly Altar : ARA
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Haw's partner : HEM
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Retort irritably : SNAP
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Married on the run : ELOPED
45
Achieved : GOTTEN
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Medieval lyric poem : LAI
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Steep slope : ESCARP
50
Sky Bear : URSA
51
Approximate : NEAR
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Pen name of H. H. Munro : SAKI
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"Dies ___," ancient hymn : IRAE
54
Roman-fleuve : SAGA
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1958 Pulitzer recipient : AGEE
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Distinctive flavor : TANG
57
Twilights : EVES
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Morning moisture : DEW

Answer summary:
1 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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