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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Saturday, February 22, 1986

19-Across : Corrigan, Doolittle et al.

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,255
Across
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Bambi's dad : STAG
5
Stares in awe : GAPES
10
Philippine volcano : APO
13
Voice quality : TONE
14
Dame ___ Evans : EDITH
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Prolific auth. : ANON
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Egress : EXIT
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Coffee variety : MOCHA
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Rasp : FILE
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Corrigan, Doolittle et al. : PILOTS
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Relatives : KINFOLKS
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John Napier creation : SCENE
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Title bird for Ken Kesey : CUCKOO
25
Bar : ESTOP
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Full : SATED
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Fixed values : CONSTANTS
34
Spring flower : LILAC
36
Norwegian royal name : OLAF
37
Snicker : TEHEE
39
Laughton role: 1932 : NERO
40
Pied Piper's river : WESER
42
Lay waste : DEVASTATE
44
Man the rudder : STEER
46
W Australian city : PERTH
47
Cravat accessory : TIEPIN
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Lixiviate : LEACH
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Winterwear : SNOWSHOE
56
Measurement standard : MODULE
57
___ David's deer : PERE
58
Ghana's capital : ACCRA
60
Balm : ODOR
61
Help out illegally : ABET
62
Yarn coil : SKEIN
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Creil's stream : OISE
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Fa follower : SOL
65
Chinese green tea : HYSON
66
Hinds : ROES
Down
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Miss Liberty's 335 : STEPS
2
Poisonous : TOXIC
3
Old-womanish : ANILE
4
Begin to tackle a job : GETONESFEETWET
5
Muffins : GEMS
6
Commotion : ADO
7
Rebuild after a tragedy : PICKUPTHEPIECES
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Protestant ___ : ETHIC
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Mis-hits a golf ball : SHANKS
10
Source of indigo : ANIL
11
Young Hickory : POLK
12
Eleven has two : ONES
15
Initial ploy : AFOOTINTHEDOOR
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Rorschach, for one : TEST
22
Paddock newcomer : FOAL
24
Beveled : CONED
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The absolute, to Gandhi : TAT
28
Ancient Italian town : ELEA
29
Banderilla : DART
30
Chicago fire starter: 1871 : COW
31
"Death in the Afternoon" cheers : OLES
32
G.O.P. symbol creator : NAST
33
"___ Samurai," 1954 film : SEVEN
35
Miler Sebastian : COE
38
Site for a drum : EAR
41
Former Portuguese money : REIS
43
War-torn town in 1944 : STLO
45
Tautological account : REHASH
48
Pitted : POCKY
50
Video's counterpart : AUDIO
51
Make a contract : CLOSE
52
Toast starter : HERES
53
Hot Springs and Bath : SPAS
54
Biblical mountain : NEBO
55
City SSW of Moscow : OREL
56
Director Delbert : MANN
59
A Brazilian coffee : RIO

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

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