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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Friday, September 25, 1992

61-Across : Swift, diving duck

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q U V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,662
Across
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Miler Sebastian ___ : COE
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"The Aba ___ Honeymoon," 1914 song : DABA
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Old Chinese unit of weight : LIANG
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___ mater : ALMA
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Author Ludwig : EMIL
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Histrion : ACTOR
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Restore to a former position : REINSTATE
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He roomed with Ruth : REESE
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Sayers's detective : LORDPETERWIMSEY
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River islet : AIT
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Kind of poem : TONE
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Storekeepers' favorites : SPENDERS
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Takes up again : RENEWS
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Gladden : ELATE
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Cardinal point : EAST
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Sheep's cry : BAA
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Prokofiev work : PETERANDTHEWOLF
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Res. of Menlo Park : TAE
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Authentic : REAL
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He wrote "A Lonely Rage" : SEALE
44
Attack with gunfire : STRAFE
47
Some Bach pieces : TOCCATAS
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This can be Great : DANE
51
Bluejack, e.g. : OAK
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Catherine Marshall biography : AMANCALLEDPETER
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Unit of weight : CARAT
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Swift, diving duck : GOLDENEYE
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Sappho's Muse : ERATO
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Object of worship : IDOL
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Franklin's mother : SARA
65
Hinder : DETER
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Broadway musical : NINE
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Conducted : LED
Down
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Scientist Sagan : CARL
2
Deli item : OLEO
3
Muslim ruler : EMIR
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Mal ___ (headache in Le Havre) : DETETE
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He loves: Lat. : AMAT
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Chomp : BITE
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On the qui vive : ALERT
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Like a gull : LARINE
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Service people of yesteryear : ICEMEN
10
Sweetsop : ATES
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A winning margin : NOSE
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Joel or Zane : GREY
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Musical tempo : ANDANTE
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Cast-iron frying pan : SPIDER
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Value : WORTH
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Clan subdivisions : SEPTS
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Feature of some skirts : PLEAT
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Trencherman : EATER
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Coty or Lacoste : RENE
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Nasser's successor : SADAT
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Armed vessel, Brit. style : EBOAT
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Half a Wash. city : WALLA
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What yeggs crack : SAFES
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W.W. II battle site : STLO
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Quebec Coliseum, for one : ARENA
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Get away : ESCAPE
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Saps : WEAKENS
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Congenitally joined together : ADNATE
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Commission merchant : FACTOR
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Prepare eggs, in a way : CODDLE
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Baylor of N.B.A. fame : ELGIN
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Made a hole-in-one : ACED
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Dick Turpin's Black Bess : MARE
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"How now! ___?": Hamlet : ARAT
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Napoleon victory site: 1796 : LODI
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N.C. college : ELON
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Duck or color : TEAL
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Rochester's Jane : EYRE
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Perused : READ

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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