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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, June 11, 1986

47-Across : "Remington ___" of TV

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,364
Across
1
Croc's cousin : GATOR
6
Macho party : STAG
10
Set of actors : CAST
14
"Far ___ Cayuga's waters" : ABOVE
15
Diva's offering : ARIA
16
Home of some vino vendors : ASTI
17
Quarrel : SCRAP
18
Spring on the Rhein : LENZ
19
National Park in 20 Across, with 33 Down : ISLE
20
Largest of five : LAKESUPERIOR
23
Sort : ILK
26
Plea at sea : SOS
27
Jot : ATOM
28
New Orleans team : SAINTS
30
Chief : ARCH
32
Annoy : IRK
35
Head of a tale : ONCE
36
Triple Crown winner: 1935 : OMAHA
37
Old card game : LOO
38
Best seller by Keillor: 1985 : LAKEWOBEGONDAYS
42
Underworld god : DIS
43
Golf-bag items : IRONS
44
Beehive state : UTAH
45
Roman id follower : EST
46
Girth control : DIET
47
"Remington ___" of TV : STEELE
49
Shake ___ (hurry) : ALEG
51
Numbers man, for short : CPA
52
Pulpit talk: Abbr. : SER
53
Leading lady in the 40's : VERONICALAKE
58
Major ending : ETTE
59
Pinocchio's lie detector : NOSE
60
Bring joy : ELATE
64
Regrets : RUES
65
Inter ___ : ALIA
66
Prey or plunder : RAVIN
67
Affected manners : AIRS
68
Spare : LEAN
69
Hard cookies : SNAPS
Down
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Vapor : GAS
2
"Dr. Seuss's ___" : ABC
3
High hill : TOR
4
White House office : OVAL
5
Banquet : REPAST
6
Bargain events : SALES
7
___ bien : TRES
8
Japanese aborigine : AINU
9
Andalusian cold soup : GAZPACHO
10
City in Ill. : CAIRO
11
Absorbs : ASSIMILATES
12
W.W. II battle site : STLO
13
Stadium area : TIER
21
Puts down for the count : KOS
22
Allen or Frome : ETHAN
23
Tristram's love : ISOLDE
24
Verandas in Hilo : LANAIS
25
Moped igniter : KICKSTARTER
29
Society-page word : NEE
30
Flower cluster : AMENT
31
First step to riches? : RAGS
33
See 19 Across : ROYALE
34
Fit to eat, to a rabbi : KOSHER
36
Orchestra member : OBOE
39
Enlarge : WIDEN
40
First : ORIGINAL
41
Payable : DUE
47
Jacuzzi spot : SPA
48
Available bettors : TAKERS
50
Wind-blown loam : LOESS
51
___ out (empty) : CLEAN
53
Alice's friend on TV : VERA
54
Decorative case : ETUI
55
Porter who carried tunes in his head : COLE
56
Mongol turf : ASIA
57
Joie de vivre : ELAN
61
She married Francis Albert : AVA
62
Gratuity : TIP
63
Heggen's Pulver: Abbr. : ENS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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