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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Monday, July 5, 1982

59-Across : Vex

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 43-Down isn't quite accurate, since pikas are actually lagomorphs (related to hares and rabbits), not rodents; left as in the original.

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G
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L
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A
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D
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C
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O
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O
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S
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B
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I
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T
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S
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R
E
N
I
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A
U
G
H
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T
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E
R
O
S
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A
V
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S
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R
I
L
E
Y
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G
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N
E
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B
I
L
L
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I
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J
E
A
N
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K
I
N
G
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I
T
S
A
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D
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N
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S
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A
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W
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A
K
E
S
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A
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G
A
S
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C
H
A
I
M
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S
E
A
L
S
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K
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I
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N
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S
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E
A
R
N
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E
A
G
L
E
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I
C
A
L
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S
T
E
G
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O
M
Y
I
A
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S
N
E
V
A
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L
E
S
S
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R
E
G
R
E
T
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A
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L
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I
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N
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R
O
T
C
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K
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N
G
D
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A
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V
I
D
H
O
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T
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E
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L
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I
R
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N
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E
L
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T
E
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B
A
L
I
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N
O
N
E
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D
I
V
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N
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R
I
L
E
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K
N
A
R
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F
A
S
T
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A
L
A
N
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,927
Across
1
Pleased : GLAD
5
Pigeon sounds : COOS
9
Two ___ (quarter) : BITS
13
Italian painter: 1575-1642 : RENI
14
Cipher : AUGHT
16
God of love : EROS
17
Rara ___ : AVIS
18
He has the life! : RILEY
19
Kelly or Hackman : GENE
20
Six-time Wimbledon champ : BILLIEJEANKING
23
"___ girl!" : ITSA
24
Enjoys a spread : DINES
25
Rouses : AWAKES
28
Turkish generals : AGAS
30
___ Weizmann, Israel's first president : CHAIM
31
Furs attached to bottoms of skis : SEALSKINS
36
Merit : EARN
37
Golfer's thrill : EAGLE
38
Suffix with myth : ICAL
39
Mosquito : STEGOMYIA
41
Indy runner-up: '77 and '78 : SNEVA
42
Not so much : LESS
43
Rue : REGRET
44
Stranger : ALIEN
47
Mil. corps created in 1916 : ROTC
48
Famous Mideast inn : KINGDAVIDHOTEL
54
Bani-Sadr's land : IRAN
55
Choice : ELITE
56
S. Pacific island : BALI
57
Not any : NONE
58
Kin of a love seat : DIVAN
59
Vex : RILE
60
Tree knot : KNAR
61
Speedy : FAST
62
King born in Brooklyn : ALAN
Down
1
Snatch : GRAB
2
Third son of Jacob : LEVI
3
Indigo : ANIL
4
Aversion : DISLIKING
5
Pat : CARESS
6
Answer board of a sort : OUIJA
7
Eye amorously : OGLE
8
Jets' home : SHEA
9
Start : BEGIN
10
"Goodnight" girl : IRENE
11
Lifting device : TONGS
12
Compass pt. : SSE
15
Bible translator of Henry VIII's day : TYNDALE
21
Separate thing : ITEM
22
Confection : KISS
25
Roscoe Tanner's specialty : ACES
26
"___ Now, My Love?": 1966 song : WHAT
27
Thun's river : AARE
28
Sponsorship : AEGIS
29
Festive : GALA
31
States : SAYS
32
Poisonous snake : KINGCOBRA
33
Champagne bucket : ICER
34
Church section : NAVE
35
Board : SLAT
37
Corrected : EMENDED
40
Cassini : OLEG
41
Patriot Warner : SETH
43
Shrew or pika : RODENT
44
Rubber city : AKRON
45
Vine : LIANA
46
Word with ear or tube : INNER
47
Moreno and Hayworth : RITAS
49
Arabic letter : ALIF
50
___ voce (orally) : VIVA
51
Follow : TAIL
52
Fitzgerald : ELLA
53
Attachment : LIEN
54
Sign : INK

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