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Bryant White
Bryant White

New York Times, Saturday, February 27, 1993

17-Across : Electromagnetic unit

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 313 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Bryant White has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,817
Across
1
Variant of Hindustani : URDU
5
Sacra Romana ___ : ROTA
9
Dispatch : HASTE
14
Stalk in a marsh : REED
15
Mild yellow cheese : EDAM
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Sacrificial place : ALTAR
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Electromagnetic unit : ABCOULOMB
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Tombaugh's discovery : PLUTO
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Tenor Slezak : LEO
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A Zoroastrian : PARSI
22
Short notes : LINES
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Ernest Lehman products : SCRIPTS
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Von Stroheim classic : GREED
27
Winner's letter : VEE
28
Deprive of bones : DEOSSIFY
31
Earthy clay : OCHER
34
Some singles : BUNTS
35
___ wolf (pirate) : SEA
36
Followers of phis : CHIS
37
Prickly pear : NOPAL
38
Fomalhaut, e.g. : STAR
39
___ Mahal : TAJ
40
TV image's smallest element : PIXEL
41
"Beau ___" : GESTE
42
Scorpion, for one : ARACHNID
44
"East of Eden" protagonist : CAL
45
Emulate Columbo : CROON
46
Cherrystone, e.g. : MOLLUSK
50
Black tea : PEKOE
52
Potter's vitreous layer : GLAZE
54
Three-way joint : TEE
55
Supped at home : ATEIN
56
Shielding : DEFENSIVE
58
Actress Garber : TERRI
59
A ___ apple : ASIN
60
Alt. : ELEV
61
Hupmobile contemporary : ESSEX
62
Affirmative votes : YEAS
63
Sergeant's "As you ___" : WERE
Down
1
Eurasian range : URALS
2
Old stringed instrument : REBEC
3
Ambience factor : DECOR
4
Japanese plant : UDO
5
Be simpatico : RELATE
6
These make scents : ODORS
7
Fife caps : TAMS
8
___ hyperbola (Newtonian phrase) : AMBIGENAL
9
Unfortunate : HAPLESS
10
Axis foes : ALLIES
11
Pious Russian Protestants : STUNDISTS
12
London gallery : TATE
13
A son of Aphrodite : EROS
18
___ crust (elite) : UPPER
24
Currier's partner : IVES
26
North African weight : ROTL
28
Tricked : DUPED
29
Exploit : FEAT
30
Manageable, as a ship : YARE
31
Eight: Comb. form : OCTA
32
Red-bellied trout : CHAR
33
Certain terrorists : HIJACKERS
34
December 26 in Canada : BOXINGDAY
37
Boy, in Barcelona : NINO
38
Vend : SELL
40
A symbol of immortality : PHOENIX
41
Famed Greek physician : GALEN
43
To believe, in Brest : CROIRE
44
Defrauds : COZENS
46
Clique : MAFIA
47
Practical : UTILE
48
Lop off : SEVER
49
Brewer's mash tub : KEEVE
50
Cracker spread : PATE
51
Opposites of hivers : ETES
53
___-majesté : LESE
57
Emulate Dorcas : SEW

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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