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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, November 16, 1982

61-Across : W.W. I battle site

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,061
Across
1
Sheridan or Blyth : ANN
4
Bobby of tennis fame : RIGGS
9
Two-wheeler : BIKE
13
Cat sound : MEOW
15
Small egg : OVULE
16
Score for 11 Down : ADIN
17
Yugoslav money : PARA
18
Infatuate : BESOT
19
Splinter : REND
20
Lanky : TALL
22
Carryalls : TOTEBAGS
24
___ Shan, Asian range : TIEN
27
Prefix with ton : MEGA
28
Renegade : DESERTER
32
Auriculate : EARED
35
TV anchorman : DANRATHER
37
Four-time Wimbledon champ : LAVER
39
With: Fr. : AVEC
40
Divas' songs : ARIAS
42
Spouse : WIFE
43
Calendar units : YEARS
45
Not associated : UNRELATED
47
Drinking toast : SKOAL
49
Laymen : SECULARS
50
Of no effect : NULL
52
Coup d'___ : ETAT
53
Maximum for a power plant : PEAKLOAD
57
Headstream of the Ubangi : UELE
60
Small case : ETUI
61
W.W. I battle site : YPRES
64
Moreno : RITA
66
"He hath spread ___ ... " : ANET
67
Thick : DENSE
68
Vassal : SERF
69
Darnel : TARE
70
Incline : SLOPE
71
Unit for Connors : SET
Down
1
Elec. unit : AMP
2
Orderly : NEAT
3
Ibsen heroine : NORA
4
What riflers do : ROB
5
"___ Got a Crush ... " : IVE
6
Sudden blast : GUST
7
Dimness : GLOOM
8
Seat for two or three : SETTEE
9
TV interviewer : BARBARAWALTERS
10
Concept : IDEA
11
Six-time Wimbledon champ : KING
12
They might meet in a bowl : ENDS
14
TV superstar : WALTERCRONKITE
21
Money in Ankara : LIRA
23
On a par, in Paris : EGAL
25
Kett : ETTA
26
Former Indian leader : NEHRU
28
6/6/44 : DDAY
29
Projecting edges : EAVES
30
Behave furtively : SNEAK
31
Gear for charioteers : REINS
33
Broadway hit : EVITA
34
Be respectful (to) : DEFER
36
Street show : RAREE
38
Cincinnati team : REDS
41
Religious body : SECT
44
Author Bellow : SAUL
46
Hawaiian feast : LUAU
48
Underwriting association : LLOYDS
51
Suit part : LAPEL
53
Fuel from a fen : PEAT
54
Where Vulcan forged : ETNA
55
Mischa Elman's teacher : AUER
56
Ian Fleming character : DRNO
58
Epitaph verb : LIES
59
To be, to Berthe : ETRE
62
Sixth sense : ESP
63
View : SEE
65
Astern : AFT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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