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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, November 29, 1988

5-Across : Dried plum

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,266
Across
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Bygone days : PAST
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Dried plum : PRUNE
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Numbers men, for short : CPAS
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High: Prefix : ALTI
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Bitter : ACRID
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Killer whale : ORCA
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Wharf : PIER
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Declaims violently : RANTS
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Optical glass : LENS
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Rub off : ABRADE
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Lies at rest : REPOSES
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First lady, May 7, 1988? : WINNINGCOLORS
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Conductor Dorati : ANTAL
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Heroic story : SAGA
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Bounder : CAD
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Greek physician of note : GALEN
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Valley : DALE
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Newman-Cruise film: 1986 : THECOLOROFMONEY
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Fair : SOSO
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Parrots' pates : PILEA
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Letter before aitch : GEE
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From afar: Comb. form : TELE
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Bell sound : CLANG
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Flag bearer : COLORSERGEANT
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Tell : NARRATE
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Lengthier : LONGER
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King of Norway : OLAF
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Dutch city, with "The" : HAGUE
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Challenge : DARE
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In ___ (in position) : SITU
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Blue-pencils : EDITS
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A deadly sin : ENVY
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Achilles' soft spot : HEEL
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Descartes and Coty : RENES
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Beams : RAYS
Down
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Edible fruit : PAPAW
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Excuse : ALIBI
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Strict : STERN
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Capital of Albania : TIRANA
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Kind of home or leave : PARENTAL
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Corporate monogram : RCA
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Samovar : URN
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Peteman's material : NITRO
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A Ford : EDSEL
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Centennial State : COLORADO
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Shanghaiers' kin : PRESSGANG
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Teen-age skin problem : ACNE
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Lip : SASS
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Australian wild dog : DINGO
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Opposite of neg. : POS
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Lively round dance : GALOP
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Small-sized reading glasses : CLERICS
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Toward shelter : ALEE
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Pennies: Abbr. : CTS
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"Cat on ___ Tin Roof" : AHOT
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Profane : DESECRATE
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___ prosequi : NOLLE
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Regard : EYE
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Vivid : COLORFUL
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Intrepid : FEARLESS
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Tropical fruit : MANGO
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Guido's high note : ELA
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Kind of gap : GENDER
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Different : OTHER
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Aptly named novelist : READE
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Capital of Guam : AGANA
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Brazen : NERVY
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Low cards : TREYS
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Snack : NOSH
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Type of rummy : GIN
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Shoshonean : UTE

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