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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, April 6, 1977

49-Across : Metrical feet

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,098
Across
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Disarrange : MUSS
5
Happen : OCCUR
10
Peddle : HAWK
14
Oppositionist : ANTI
15
Marianne or Garry : MOORE
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Anemic's need : IRON
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Jerry and Anne : STILLERANDMEARA
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Be out of sorts : AIL
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Equal, in Paris : EGAL
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Spotlight color : AMBER
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Outside the law : ILLEGAL
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Stewpot : OLLA
27
Medieval lyrics : LAIS
28
Moonshiner : STILLMAN
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Something for the mill : GRIST
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Furrows : SEAMS
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Courtroom vow : IDO
36
Schism : RIFT
37
The world, to Jaques : STAGE
38
Emperor : TSAR
39
Fruit punch : ADE
40
Sadat's capital : CAIRO
41
Punctuation mark : COMMA
42
Extracts or infuses : DISTILLS
44
Presidential pet : FALA
45
Relating to grandparents : AVAL
46
Province of Cuba : ORIENTE
49
Metrical feet : IAMBI
52
Agitate : STIR
53
Duck genus : AEX
54
Cole Porter subject : STILLOFTHENIGHT
58
E flat is one : TONE
59
Sing like young Bing : CROON
60
Source of venison : DEER
61
Small barracuda : SPET
62
Toothsome : SAPID
63
Cruising : ASEA
Down
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Kenyan inhabitants : MASAI
2
Up to this time : UNTIL
3
Paintings of flowers, fruits, etc. : STILLLIFES
4
___ vous plaît : SIL
5
List enders : OMEGAS
6
Deep pink : CORAL
7
Abundant source of energy : COAL
8
Samovar : URN
9
Flushed : RED
10
Wintry : HIEMAL
11
Graceful horse : ARAB
12
"She ___ a yellow ribbon" : WORE
13
Knot in wood : KNAR
18
On the square : LEGIT
19
Promenades : MALLS
24
Bridge seat : EAST
25
N.Z. university : OTAGO
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Mortar ingredient : LIME
28
Scorches : SEARS
29
Handles poorly : MISMANAGES
30
Style of furniture : ADAM
31
Liberated fictional wife : NORA
32
Reunion figure, for short : GRAD
33
"___, Pagliaccio" : RIDI
34
Calm : STILL
37
Room, in Madrid : SALA
38
Lacquered metalware : TOLE
40
Urbane : CIVIL
41
Type of terrier : CAIRN
43
Plaque : TABLET
44
Quaker : FRIEND
46
H.R.E. ruler: 962-73 : OTHOI
47
Giggle : TEHEE
48
Special news edition : EXTRA
49
Adherents : ISTS
50
Over : ATOP
51
Golconda : MINE
52
Warning word : STOP
55
School for would-be lts. : OCS
56
Monk : FRA
57
Mt. in Crete : IDA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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