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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, September 13, 1983

53-Across : Magical command

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 1
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,362
Across
1
Confidence game : SCAM
5
Sharp crest : ARETE
10
Down with, in Arles : ABAS
14
Israeli dance : HORA
15
___ cotta : TERRA
16
Short blast : TOOT
17
To ___ (everyone) : AMAN
18
More unfriendly : ICIER
19
Corrida participant : TORO
20
Blond sleepyhead : GOLDILOCKS
22
Concerned with : INTO
23
Against : ANTI
24
Hate to face : DREAD
25
Strange : WEIRD
28
Dog created by Knight : LASSIE
32
Entrance court : ATRIUM
34
Writes : PENS
35
Sault ___ Marie : STE
38
Md. lawyer who dabbled in verse : FRANCISSCOTTKEY
41
Bo's big hit : TEN
42
Veracious : TRUE
43
More careful : WARIER
44
Take away, in law : DEVEST
46
Feel : SENSE
47
English county : SHIRE
50
Jot : IOTA
52
Turner or Cantrell : LANA
53
Magical command : OPENSESAME
59
Norwegian king : OLAF
60
Short-legged dog : CORGI
61
One : UNIT
62
___ up (confined) : PENT
63
Linen fabric : TOILE
64
Part of P.R. : RICO
65
"Bette Davis ___," 1981 hit song : EYES
66
Like some lingerie : SHEER
67
Verve : ELAN
Down
1
Heavy nap : SHAG
2
Singer Perry : COMO
3
Russian lake : ARAL
4
Type of orange or duck : MANDARIN
5
Inclined : ATILT
6
Draw back : RECOIL
7
Author Knight (see 28 Across) : ERIC
8
Long journey : TREK
9
Corn units : EARS
10
Finery : ATTIRE
11
Pat, Daniel or Richard : BOONE
12
Main artery : AORTA
13
Got up : STOOD
21
Candidate for a boot camp : INDUCTEE
24
Aversion (for) : DISTASTE
25
Blow gently : WAFT
26
Raison d'___ : ETRE
27
Khomeini's land : IRAN
29
Church projections : APSES
30
N.Y.S.E. and Amex regulator : SEC
31
Kind of job or field : SNOW
33
An ICBM : MIRV
35
Pelt : SKIN
36
Golf gadgets : TEES
37
"Jane ___" : EYRE
39
Petition : SUE
40
Bogart's quest in a 1947 film : TREASURE
44
Bank checks : DRAFTS
45
Prickle : TINGLE
47
Skier's milieu : SLOPE
48
Alex, Bill or Jack : HALEY
49
Silly : INANE
51
Willow : OSIER
53
Fall mos. : OCTS
54
Cry of disdain : POOH
55
Site of Villa Maria College : ERIE
56
Indigo : ANIL
57
Isinglass : MICA
58
School on the Thames : ETON

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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