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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, April 22, 1992

44-Across : Failure to understand

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { C F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,506
Across
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S.C.'s Senator Thurmond : STROM
6
Bridge coup : SLAM
10
Bucket : PAIL
14
Fragrance : AROMA
15
Mexican coin : PESO
16
Armbone : ULNA
17
Truman's birthplace : LAMAR
18
Declare positively : AVER
19
Chinese secret society : TONG
20
Suitability : APPROPRIATENESS
23
Word with meal or cake : OAT
24
Alias, for short : AKA
25
Extrication : DISENTANGLEMENT
34
Pro ___ : RATA
35
Makes slick : OILS
36
Unused : NEW
37
Send out : EMIT
38
"The ___ and the Ecstasy": Stone : AGONY
40
Celestial being: Fr. : ANGE
41
Burrows or Beame : ABE
42
Bridge : SPAN
43
Certain : SURE
44
Failure to understand : MISAPPREHENSION
49
Regretful herb? : RUE
50
Anger : IRE
51
Theatrical walk-ons : SUPERNUMERARIES
60
Soon : ANON
61
Judge : DEEM
62
Rich dessert : TORTE
63
Conception : IDEA
64
Famed lioness : ELSA
65
Typewriter type : ELITE
66
Specks : DOTS
67
F.D.R.'s was New : DEAL
68
Fortification : REDAN
Down
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Room in a casa : SALA
2
Golf hazard : TRAP
3
Frolic : ROMP
4
General Bradley : OMAR
5
Dark red : MAROON
6
Lacedaemon : SPARTA
7
Tribe of Israel : LEVI
8
On the briny : ASEA
9
Fatally : MORTALLY
10
Revolutionary War general : PUTNAM
11
Plant of the lily family : ALOE
12
Travelers' lodging places : INNS
13
Falls behind : LAGS
21
Caress : PAT
22
Scarcely makes do, with "out" : EKES
25
Envision : DREAM
26
Metrical feet : IAMBI
27
Pads for porkers : STIES
28
Consume : EAT
29
Not a soul : NOONE
30
Kind of rummy : GIN
31
Boredom : ENNUI
32
River in Brazil : NEGRO
33
Partner of 'twixt : TWEEN
38
Added : APPENDED
39
Needlefish : GAR
40
Beast of burden : ASS
42
Urge on : SPUR
45
Spheres of activity : ARENAS
46
Wintry : HIEMAL
47
Misstep : ERR
48
Less messy : NEATER
51
Uttered : SAID
52
Destroy : UNDO
53
Pound, for one : POET
54
River in Africa : UELE
55
Flat-top hill : MESA
56
Fletcher, to Lansbury : ROLE
57
Perennial spring plant : IRID
58
Singer James : ETTA
59
Observed : SEEN

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