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Mary Cee Whitten
Mary Cee Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, December 18, 1985

69-Across : Brain scans, for short

Author:
Mary C. Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Mary Cee Whitten has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Mary C. Whitten is an alias for Mary Cee Whitten.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,189
Across
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Clock stopper? : FACE
5
Pointless : INANE
10
Mining product : COAL
14
"___ Dream, Can't I?" : ICAN
15
Proboscises : NOSES
16
Arsenal stash : AMMO
17
Start of a quotation from Dryden : THETRUMPETSLOUD
20
Near graduate : SENIOR
21
Lament : DEPLORE
22
___ Girl (Clara Bow) : THEIT
25
"Norma ___" : RAE
26
Cynosure at a ball : BELLE
29
Enero or febrero : MES
31
Thin pancake : CREPE
35
"It's a Sin to Tell ___" : ALIE
36
Spring month in Milano : APRILE
38
Cub Scout unit : DEN
39
Cask : TUN
40
Middle of the quotation : CLANGOR
41
Melancholy : SAD
42
Dutch commune : EDE
43
Leaning : ASLANT
44
Machu Picchu land : PERU
45
Passover feast : SEDER
47
Printemps follower : ETE
48
City near Leipzig : HALLE
49
Mrs., in Madrid : SRA
51
Group character : ETHOS
53
Algeciras is one : SEAPORT
57
Preoccupy : OBSESS
61
End of quotation : EXCITESUSTOARMS
64
Biblical weed : TARE
65
Part of U.S.N.R. : NAVAL
66
Satiate : GLUT
67
Singing brothers' name : AMES
68
Trueheart's love : TRACY
69
Brain scans, for short : EEGS
Down
1
Partner of starts : FITS
2
Aspirin target : ACHE
3
City on the Orne : CAEN
4
Qualify : ENTITLE
5
Harden : INURE
6
___ de plume : NOM
7
Cleo's bosom buddy? : ASP
8
Require : NEED
9
Poly follower : ESTER
10
Bingo official : CALLER
11
Melville opus : OMOO
12
Asian river : AMUR
13
Prospector's find : LODE
18
Architect Mies van der ___ : ROHE
19
Typewriter bar : SPACER
23
Fix upon a stake : IMPALE
24
Consisting of three : TERNATE
26
College in Lewiston, Me. : BATES
27
Get away from : ELUDE
28
___ up (formed a queue) : LINED
30
Seal : SIGNET
32
A Ford : EDSEL
33
Thirtieth-anniversary gift : PEARL
34
Provide : ENDUE
36
Hirt and Capp : ALS
37
Place to park : LOT
40
Edible root : CARROT
44
"A ___ to India," recent film : PASSAGE
46
Catches sight of : ESPIES
48
Man of the road : HOBO
50
"___ You Glad You're You?" : ARENT
52
In a wrathful way : HOTLY
53
___ precedent : SETA
54
A concern of a coed : EXAM
55
Farm fraction : ACRE
56
Nicholas or Ivan : TSAR
58
Perry's penner : ERLE
59
Self-satisfied : SMUG
60
Concordes : SSTS
62
Cavaliers' campus : UVA
63
Cul-de-___ : SAC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 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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