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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, July 9, 1986

54-Across : Light dessert

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { H J Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,392
Across
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Shakespeare's river : AVON
5
Resorts : SPAS
9
Last word : AMEN
13
Sup : DINE
14
Culpability : GUILT
15
Dreadful : DIRE
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Alabama reptile? : DECATURTLE
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Type of job : SNOW
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Solid alcohol : STEROL
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Alfonso's queen : ENA
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Employ : USE
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New York crustacean? : BUFFALOBSTER
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Woodland deity : SATYR
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Simian : APE
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Actress Caldwell : ZOE
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Monroe's ___ of Good Feeling : ERA
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Tear : RIP
34
Kind of pig or pepper : GUINEA
37
Ohio feline? : CINCINNATIGRESS
41
Mountains in Wyoming : TETONS
42
"Auld ___ Morris," Burns poem : ROB
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Reno-to-Vegas dir. : SSE
44
Be sick : AIL
45
Alice's boss on TV : MEL
46
Sahara water holes : OASES
48
Washington ovine animal? : WALLAWALLAMB
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Boxing great : ALI
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Finish first : WIN
54
Light dessert : MOUSSE
58
Stare : GAZE
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Illinois fowl? : CAIROOSTER
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Augury : OMEN
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Sheepshank and half hitch : KNOTS
65
Joie de vivre : ELAN
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Proboscis : NOSE
67
Rational : SANE
68
Relief : DOLE
Down
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Increases : ADDS
2
S.E. Asian : VIET
3
Fairy-tale opener : ONCE
4
Close at hand : NEARBY
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Big ___, Calif. : SUR
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Abyss : PIT
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Mendelian gene : ALLELE
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Dictation whiz : STENO
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Commercials : ADS
10
Quality of an electronic chip : MINUTENESS
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Irregularly notched : EROSE
12
More recent : NEWER
14
Chasm : GULF
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Circuit : TOUR
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N.Y.C.'s Bella : ABZUG
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"I'll Be Seeing You" composer : FAIN
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Clothing : APPAREL
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Evening, in Paris : SOIR
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Religious group : SECT
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Author Eliav : ARIE
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Teases : TANTALIZES
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Hosp. workers : RNS
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Adjustable piece of metal : GIB
35
Start of Tarheel's motto : ESSE
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"___ Death," in a Grieg opus : ASES
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Spiral : COIL
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Lincoln, to the Todds : INLAW
40
Exaction : TOLL
45
Tomorrow, in Taxco : MANANA
46
Melville novel : OMOO
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Mistreated : ABUSED
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Kind of train : WAGON
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Texas shrine : ALAMO
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Candle items : WICKS
51
Andy's sidekick : AMOS
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W.W. II battle site : STLO
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Circus animal : SEAL
57
Coastal flier : ERNE
59
Chemical suffix : ENE
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Charged atom : ION
62
Map abbr. : RTE

Answer summary:
5 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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