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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Friday, February 12, 1982

15-Across : ___ sight (fantastic)

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,784
Across
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Norse god : ODIN
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Bea Arthur TV role : MAUDE
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Playing-card spots : PIPS
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Relative of the shimmy : HULA
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___ sight (fantastic) : OUTOF
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Source of a bitter drug : ALOE
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Chief Justice: 1888-1910 : MELVILLEWFULLER
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Prepared clams, in a way : STEAMED
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Most painful : SOREST
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Some "biscuits" for a D.J. : LPS
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Energy units : ERGS
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Charge : FEE
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Pac.'s counterpart : ATL
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Rope : TETHER
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Fine wood shavings : EXCELSIOR
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Jot : IOTA
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Stringed instrument : VIOLA
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Business deg. : MBA
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Boredom : ENNUI
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She, in Savoie : ELLE
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Ornithophiles' purchases : BIRDSEEDS
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Double phenomenon in a canyon : REECHO
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Forerunner of N.R.C. : AEC
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View : SEE
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Waiter's concern : TIPS
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Couples: Abbr. : PRS
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In the same place: Lat. : IBIDEM
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Most composed : COOLEST
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Chief Justice: 1796-99 : OLIVERELLSWORTH
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Mulct : FINE
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Seaweeds : ALGAE
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Mixture : OLIO
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I.R.S. agents : FEDS
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Checks : STEMS
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Llama's land : PERU
Down
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Electrical units : OHMS
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Composition for two voices : DUET
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"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
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Word with stores : NAVAL
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Bothers : MOLESTS
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Ancient, in Aberdeen : AULD
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Shoshone : UTE
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Search for water : DOWSE
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Try : EFFORT
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Holy Land : PALESTINE
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Escapees from Pandora : ILLS
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Auden, e.g. : POET
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Sun. discourse : SER
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Prey for a pride : IMPALA
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Now-and-then yen : URGE
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Nervous excitement : FEVER
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Pearl Buck's "The___" : EXILE
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___ des Beaux-Arts : ECOLE
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___ of the devil (imp) : LIMB
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Gives new life to a knife : HONES
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Practice piece for Paderewski : ETUDE
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Uplift : RAISE
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Optional courses : ELECTIVES
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Sash in Sasebo : OBI
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This separates "Ta" and "Boom" : RARA
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In ___, as a bond or deed : ESCROW
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Bears witness : DEPOSES
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Covering for a cave man : HIDE
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Sacchini creations : OPERAS
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Small, silvery fish : SMELT
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Regatta entry : SLOOP
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Netman Nastase : ILIE
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Fasten : BIND
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Quahog : CLAM
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A Gardner who sounds noble : ERLE
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Mix : STIR
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" ... waken ___ with me": Tennyson : THOU
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Side of the wicket, in cricket : OFF
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Opposite of sml. : LGE

Answer summary:
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