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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Thursday, January 11, 1990

4-Down : Kind of number

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F H J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,674
Across
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___ Rivera, suburb of L.A. : PICO
5
Ale ingredient : MALT
9
Actresses Eichhorn and Eilbacher : LISAS
14
Jewish month : ADAR
15
Brainchild : IDEA
16
"___ mio" : OSOLE
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Wood measure : CORD
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Runnymede document: 1215 : MAGNACARTA
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Animal lacking in color : ALBINO
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Avaricious person : GRABBER
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In ___ (as one) : UNISON
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Prill is one : ORE
27
Turtle's upper shell : CARAPACE
29
Save : UNLESS
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Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
34
An acid : AMINO
36
Poker player's kitty : POT
37
Opp. of long. : LAT
38
McCarthy's fellow traveler : SNERD
39
U.N. labor org. : ILO
40
See 61 Across : EGO
41
"___ porridge hot ... " : PEASE
42
Tropical tree : CACAO
44
Actress Senta : BERGER
46
Pit surrounding a plum seed : ENDOCARP
48
"___ was saying ... " : ASI
49
Welder, e.g. : SEAMER
50
Highly disciplined : SPARTAN
54
Scandinavian : NORDIC
57
Red varieties of quartz : CARNELIANS
60
Radamès's beloved : AIDA
61
With 40 Across, a second self : ALTER
62
Singer Laine : CLEO
63
Calendar abbr. : TUES
64
Convenes : MEETS
65
N.C. college : ELON
66
Austen novel: 1816 : EMMA
Down
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S.A. rodent : PACA
2
Adored one : IDOL
3
Auto part : CARBURETOR
4
Kind of number : ORDINAL
5
Tree or cocktail : MIMOSA
6
Okla. city : ADA
7
Part of a journey : LEG
8
Zip : TANG
9
Site of a 1925 peace conference : LOCARNO
10
Juan Perón's successor: 1974 : ISABEL
11
Kind of apple : SORB
12
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
13
Gunlock part : SEAR
19
On all sides : AROUND
21
Asiatic palm : NIPA
24
City in N Colombia : OCANA
25
Waterloos : NEMESES
27
Israelite leader: Deut. 1:36 : CALEB
28
Saying : ADAGE
30
Part of a sac surrounding the heart : EPICARDIUM
31
Of the sun : SOLAR
32
Condescend : STOOP
35
Actress Papas : IRENE
38
"Dynasty," for one : SERIAL
41
Annoys : PESTERS
42
Lake or singer : COMO
43
Needle-shaped : ACERATE
45
Jan. birthstone : GARNET
47
Actor in "Cheers" : DANSON
50
Confidence game : SCAM
51
Ashen : PALE
52
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Pleasant French city? : NICE
55
Footnote abbr. : IDEM
56
House, in Spain : CASA
58
Everything : ALL
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Modernist : NEO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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