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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Thursday, June 27, 1991

20-Across : Confident reply to a request, with "It's"

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 15,206
Across
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Memorable pome taster : ADAM
5
Catalogue : LIST
9
Mead's "Coming of Age in ___" : SAMOA
14
Arnaz : DESI
15
___ Royale National Park : ISLE
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Play the ham : EMOTE
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Vittles : EATS
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Nicholas II was the last : TSAR
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"The ___ of Money," 1986 film : COLOR
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Confident reply to a request, with "It's" : RIGHTUPMYALLEY
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African river : UELE
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A digit : ONE
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Adaptable : LABILE
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Plant disease : SMUT
30
Winglike structure : ALA
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Out of the way : ASIDE
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Dinghy or dory : BOAT
35
Practiced extortion : BLED
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Novel by John Barth : THEENDOFTHEROAD
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Ride ___ on (control) : HERD
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"Essays" name : ELIA
41
Olfaction, for one : SENSE
42
Ar follower : ESS
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Information : DATA
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Arranged : STAGED
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Nothing : NIL
46
Glance : PEEK
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Average Joe : MANINTHESTREET
54
"___ Nation," 1988 film : ALIEN
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Coup d'___ : ETAT
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Six-stringed instrument : VIOL
58
Ignoramus : DUNCE
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Calm period : LULL
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Lake in Ireland : ERNE
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Muslim prince : EMEER
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Marceau is one : MIME
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Require : NEED
Down
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Summer drink : ADE
2
TV's "___ John" : DEAR
3
Site of fine wine : ASTI
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Led astray : MISGUIDED
5
Mimic from Ottawa : LITTLE
6
Point of dispute : ISSUE
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Affront : SLAP
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Name : TERM
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Intersecting : SECANT
10
Soap plant : AMOLE
11
Gangster's gal : MOLL
12
Nebraska City's county : OTOE
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Ethereal : AERY
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Hayes or Redding : HELEN
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Williams's "Sweet Bird of ___" : YOUTH
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Woodworking machine : LATHE
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Fireplace residue : ASHES
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Feretories : BIERS
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Bulgarian capital : SOFIA
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Conductor Eduardo ___ : MATA
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Lengthwise : ALONG
31
Rental agreement : LEASE
32
Supplementary : ADDED
34
Part from the party : BOLT
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End neither in the red nor black : BREAKEVEN
37
Allotted : DEALT
38
Glyceride, e.g. : ESTER
43
Jackson Day event : DINNER
44
Decide : SETTLE
45
Dorothy, to Em : NIECE
46
Hymn or poem : PSALM
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Constructed : MADE
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Grad : ALUM
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___ days' wonder : NINE
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Tiller : HELM
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Small case : ETUI
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Gaels' republic : EIRE
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Actor Franchot : TONE
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Showed the way : LED

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