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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Thursday, August 6, 1987

27-Across : Coming twice a year

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,785
Across
1
Once, once : ERST
5
To-let items, in want ads : ROOMS
10
Search thoroughly : COMB
14
Wild hog : BOAR
15
Acclaim : ECLAT
16
Cap-___ (entirely) : APIE
17
Adriatic wind : BORA
18
Card game (variety of seven-up) : PEDRO
19
Torn : RENT
20
Jack Nicholson vehicle: 1970 : FIVEEASYPIECES
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Verve : ELAN
24
Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" : POE
25
Between mars and mai : AVRIL
27
Coming twice a year : BIANNUAL
32
Discharge : EGEST
33
Throb : PANG
34
Architect I. M. : PEI
35
Dumas trio : THREEMUSKETEERS
39
Cape : RAS
40
Early Olympics site : ELIS
41
"___ vincit amor" : OMNIA
42
Recondite : ESOTERIC
45
Old Greek measure of length : STADE
46
Wall St. term : OTC
47
British servicewoman : WAAC
48
O. Henry 1906 publication : THEFOURMILLION
55
Fifty percent : HALF
56
Male lead in "Carousel": 1945 : RAITT
57
Like two peas in ___ : APOD
59
Succulent plant : ALOE
60
"___ Mood," 1939 song : INTHE
61
Darnel : TARE
62
Not any : NONE
63
Quoted : CITED
64
Poll-taker Roper : ELMO
Down
1
Recede : EBB
2
Housetop : ROOF
3
Hindu garment : SARI
4
Cross over : TRAVERSE
5
Abrogation : REPEAL
6
Indian, for one : OCEAN
7
Early auto manufacturer : OLDS
8
Astor or Pickford : MARY
9
Block : STOPPAGE
10
Lurch from side to side : CAREEN
11
Oil-cartel acronym : OPEC
12
"___ eyes have seen ... ": Howe : MINE
13
Wagers : BETS
21
The finest : ELITE
22
Charged atom : ION
25
Turkish officials : AGHAS
26
Left-hand page : VERSO
27
Fundamental : BASIC
28
Writing fluids : INKS
29
Defeat : UPEND
30
High perch : AERIE
31
Actress Eilbacher : LISA
32
Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. : ETRE
33
Hungarian dog : PULI
36
Kind of oxide : MERCURIC
37
The whole thing : TOTAL
38
Make feeble : EMACIATE
43
Chewy candy : TOFFEE
44
D.D.E.'s domain in W.W. II : ETO
45
Like some nuts : SALTED
47
Flexible twig : WITHE
48
Holier ___ thou : THAN
49
Nimbus : HALO
50
N.C. college : ELON
51
Hindu queen : RANI
52
Gedman's gear : MITT
53
Iridescent stone : OPAL
54
A Crosby : NORM
58
___ volente (God willing) : DEO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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