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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Thursday, June 13, 1991

57-Across : A Severn feeder

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,192
Across
1
High-I.Q. club : MENSA
6
Role for Gregory Peck: 1956 : AHAB
10
Kind of board or trap : CLAP
14
Public warehouse : ETAPE
15
Big bundle : BALE
16
Spy Mata : HARI
17
Crescent-shaped : LUNAR
18
Ancient range in Asia Minor : IDAS
19
Fixed quantity : UNIT
20
U.S. financier and bon vivant : DIAMONDJIMBRADY
23
Petition : SUE
24
One of the Apodes : EEL
25
Honolulu landmark : DIAMONDHEAD
31
Invalid's food : PAP
34
Gene Autry's team : ANGELS
35
First defenseman to lead N.H.L. in scoring : ORR
36
Farm fixture : SILO
37
Governs : RULES
38
School org. : PTA
39
Wild ducks : TEALS
40
Fox or turkey follower : TROT
41
Mortaring tool : HOE
42
Scrooge before reforming : MEANIE
43
Baste : SEW
44
"The Jazz Singer" star: 1980 : NEILDIAMOND
46
Strain : TAX
47
Puckerel : IMP
48
"Field of Dreams" field : BASEBALLDIAMOND
57
A Severn feeder : AVON
58
Benign : GOOD
59
Contest for Larry Mahan : RODEO
60
Storage receptacles : BINS
61
Race track : OVAL
62
Secure a sail : TRICE
63
Take the ___ off (dull) : EDGE
64
Hawaiian goose : NENE
65
Doughboys : YANKS
Down
1
Pinochle action : MELD
2
Small case : ETUI
3
Zola novel : NANA
4
Canned meat : SPAM
5
Spray products : AEROSOLS
6
Put up with : ABIDED
7
Muslim pilgrimage : HADJ
8
Turkish regiment : ALAI
9
Soil : BESMEAR
10
Boor : CHURL
11
A Turner who was baptized Julia : LANA
12
Parched : ARID
13
Compassion : PITY
21
Some pigeons, e.g. : NUNS
22
Four-poster : BED
25
Pub game : DARTS
26
Habituate : INURE
27
Warmly lit : AGLOW
28
Keep an appointment : MEET
29
Hailey novel : HOTEL
30
Stat for Saberhagen : ERA
31
"___ Man," Billy Joel song : PIANO
32
Dog-tired : ALLIN
33
Put forth a perplexing problem : POSED
36
Garment edge : SEAM
38
Taro fare : POI
39
Event spurred by Sam Adams: 1773 : TEAPARTY
41
Jinxed shape? : HEXAGON
42
Actress Rogers or Hines : MIMI
44
Collar : NAB
45
Cheat : DIDDLE
46
Anxious : TENSE
48
Innocent : BABE
49
Eager : AVID
50
Rome creation : SONG
51
Mezzo-soprano Shirley : LOVE
52
Type of shark : LOAN
53
New Orleans Saints' coach : MORA
54
Norse deity : ODIN
55
Isthmus : NECK
56
Distaff deer : DOES

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

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