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Brown
Brown

New York Times, Friday, April 20, 1984

31-Across : Tropical mammal

Author:
Brown
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Brown has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,582
Across
1
Fretted : FUSSED
7
Shows approval : CLAPS
12
Condiment : TURMERIC
14
___ corpus : HABEAS
16
Treelike : ARBOREAL
17
Geological period : ICEAGE
18
English poet: 1757-1827 : BLAKE
19
Soft : DOWNY
21
Capek classic : RUR
22
Approval in Apulia, with "va" : BENE
23
Monarch's reception : LEVEE
24
Worthless matter : SLAG
25
Grid. measures : YDS
26
Was angry : FUMED
27
Pinnacle : SPIRE
28
Pouches : SACS
29
Recording systems : STEREOS
31
Tropical mammal : TAPIR
33
Kabul bigwigs : AMIRS
34
Sillographers' creations : SATIRES
36
Tory's adversary : WHIG
37
She turned men into beasts : CIRCE
38
Salmagundis : OLIOS
40
Glove-compartment item : MAP
43
Medicinal plant : ALOE
44
Famous "Long Hunter" : BOONE
45
Weblike membrane : TELA
46
Legendary bird : ROC
47
Muffled : MUTED
48
Sea duck : EIDER
49
Newgate, e.g. : PRISON
51
Biannual occurrence : SOLSTICE
53
Start a journey : SETOUT
54
Tchaikovsky ballet : SWANLAKE
55
Units of force : DYNES
56
Strengthens : STEELS
Down
1
Rolled up : FURLED
2
Papal names : URBANS
3
Word with screen or stack : SMOKE
4
Withered : SERE
5
"You always end ___ you begin": Shak. : ERE
6
Crowns : DIADEMS
7
Backbone : CHINE
8
Covered with frills : LACY
9
Presidential nickname : ABE
10
More lustrous : PEARLIER
11
Large cactuses : SAGUAROS
12
Female cat : TABBY
13
Garlic section : CLOVE
15
Suit fabrics : SERGES
20
Unites : WEDS
23
Pelf : LUCRE
24
Small twig : SPRIG
26
To do: Fr. : FAIRE
27
Trailer trucks, for short : SEMIS
28
Seasoning : SPICE
30
Resort lake : TAHOE
31
Stylish; trim : TAILORED
32
Outrage : ATROCITY
34
Steep slopes : SCARPS
35
Chimney residue : SOOT
36
Hairless patches on pelts : WINDOWS
39
Wind-borne deposit : LOESS
40
Average : MEDIAL
41
Smart ___ (wise guys) : ALECKS
42
Cole Porter song: 1929 : PAREE
44
Baseball taps : BUNTS
45
Deed : TITLE
47
Pout : MOUE
48
Former toiler : ESNE
50
Chip, to J.E.C. : SON
52
Calpurnia's lang. : LAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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