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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Monday, February 16, 1981

51-Across : Organized framework

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
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. 11,423
Across
1
Tilt : LIST
5
Seed vessels : PODS
9
___ au rhum : BABA
13
Playfully saucy : ARCH
14
Latin-grammar word : AMAT
15
All sewed up : ONICE
17
Genuine Risk in the future : MARE
18
Wander : ROVE
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Author of "Waiting for Lefty" : ODETS
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Over : ATOP
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Sully : SOIL
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Thong : STRAP
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Made over : REDONE
25
Dimension : DEPTH
27
Dimension : WIDTH
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Serviceable : USEFUL
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Clocked : TIMED
36
Large amount : RAFT
38
Unadorned : BARE
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Habituate : ENURE
40
Unwell : ILL
41
Navy guardhouses : BRIGS
42
Liberal ___ : ARTS
43
Sheriff on TV : LOBO
44
Buenos ___ : AIRES
45
Stamina : METTLE
47
Adlai ___ Stevenson : EWING
49
___ miss (at random) : HITOR
51
Organized framework : SCHEME
55
Devil : SATAN
58
Nicholas I, e.g. : TSAR
60
Student's pony : TROT
61
Declaim : ORATE
62
"___ boy!" : ATTA
63
Merit : EARN
64
Kind of diver : SCUBA
65
Relative of cabbage : KALE
66
Greek portico : STOA
67
Mob follower : STER
68
Author Ludwig : EMIL
69
"Sixteen ___," Tennessee Ernie Ford hit : TONS
Down
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Truman's birthplace, in Mo. : LAMAR
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Hot under the Eton : IRATE
3
Young haddock : SCROD
4
Book by 7 Down: 1979 : THEPOWERSTHATBE
5
Described grammatically : PARSED
6
Melville novel : OMOO
7
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist: 1964 : DAVIDHALBERSTAM
8
Memorial pillar : STELE
9
Increases : BOOSTS
10
"The Best ___," by 7 Down : ANDTHEBRIGHTEST
11
Berliner's brew : BIER
12
Official proceedings : ACTA
16
Sixth sense, informally : ESP
24
Brood of pheasants : NIDE
26
"___ Your Dreams Away," Sinatra theme song : PUT
28
The Rover boys, e.g. : TRIO
30
"State ___," film of 1933, 1945 or 1961 : FAIR
31
Yen : URGE
32
Minus : LESS
33
Cosmos or Strikers : TEAM
34
Business-letter phrase : INRE
35
Jeff's partner : MUTT
37
Proceed smoothly : FLOW
41
Judge's seat : BANC
43
Call on a tennis court : LET
46
Following a straight course : LINEAR
48
Republic since 1948 : ISRAEL
50
" ... ___ those lips away": Shak. : OTAKE
52
Muse of poetry : ERATO
53
Andalusian city : MORON
54
Lab equipment : ETNAS
55
"Mayday!" relative : SOS
56
Parts of a circle : ARCS
57
High-strung : TAUT
59
King of the Huns : ATLI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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