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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 1979

40-Across : Habituates

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 4, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,703
Across
1
Upward shove : BOOST
6
Incursion : RAID
10
Controversial planes : SSTS
14
Item on a personnel chief's checklist : APPEARANCE
16
Discontinued : QUIT
17
Tchaikovsky ballet : NUTCRACKERSUITE
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Curve in a road : ESS
20
Entreat : PLEAD
21
Author of "Cry, the Beloved Country" : PATON
22
Hannah ___, Van Buren's bride : HOES
23
"___ Joey" : PAL
24
Varnish ingredient : ROSIN
27
___ wisdom (sage advice) : PEARLSOF
32
Son of Boaz and Ruth : OBED
33
Brags : BOASTS
35
Prefix with angle or lingual : TRI
36
Orchestral fairy tale by Prokofiev : PETERANDTHEWOLF
39
Have breakfast : EAT
40
Habituates : ENURES
41
Medicinal plant : ALOE
42
Setting for a display : SHOWCASE
44
Singing birds : WRENS
45
Lubricate : OIL
46
Wan : ASHY
48
Shoot forth : SPURT
51
___ Lama : DALAI
53
"Was ___ vision ... ?": Keats : ITA
56
Opera by Humperdinck : HANSELUNDGRETEL
59
See 9 Down : ALTE
60
Expression of affection : ENDEARMENT
61
Hatchet man : GOON
62
Wilder's "The ___ of Our Teeth" : SKIN
63
Org. formed in 1954 at Manila : SEATO
Down
1
Spoiler : BANE
2
Musical composition : OPUS
3
Chooses : OPTS
4
Dry, as wine : SEC
5
Large game fish : TARPON
6
"A Day at the ___" : RACES
7
Singer-composer Paul : ANKA
8
Like some drinks : ICED
9
With 59 Across, Adenauer : DER
10
Severe windstorm : SQUALL
11
Clubs or spades : SUIT
12
Broz : TITO
13
English gun : STEN
15
Rattling chest sound : RALE
18
Meager : SPARSE
22
Conceal : HIDE
23
Byways : PATHS
24
What novices don't know : ROPES
25
West Indian sorcery : OBEAH
26
Sharp argument : SETTO
27
Military chaplain : PADRE
28
Ancient Roman ruins : ESTE
29
Woman's shoulder scarf : STOLE
30
Synthetic fiber : ORLON
31
Sometime partners of drums : FIFES
33
Hackneyed : BANAL
34
Burden : ONUS
37
Narrate : RECITE
38
On guard : WARY
43
Deteriorate : WORSEN
44
Buzzes : WHIRRS
46
Plymouth settler in 1620 : ALDEN
47
Norse prose narrative : SAGA
48
Go after and bring back : SHAG
49
With 55 Down, California city : PALO
50
"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
51
Dip a doughnut : DUNK
52
Elder's "___ Alone Survived" : ANDI
53
Shrub with small white flowers : ITEA
54
Campsite sight : TENT
55
See 49 Down : ALTO
57
"___ Misérables" : LES
58
Scottish uncle : EME

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