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Bryant White
Bryant White

New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 1992

46-Down : Raincoat

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bryant White has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,404
Across
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Oboe's forerunner : SHAWM
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Tidal adjective : NEAP
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Recipe directive : STIR
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Spanish rubbish : RIPIO
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Arthritis med. : ACTH
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Turner of notes : TINA
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Paramecium, rotifer, etc. : ANIMALCULA
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Gudrun's victim : ATLI
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Triers? : STABBERS
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Trilled, as a canary : ROLLED
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Mineral: Comb. form : LITE
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N.B.A. team : ROCKETS
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Chirps : TWEETS
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Became dim : MISTED
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Wheel part : RIM
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Southeast wind : EURUS
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Sharp crest : ARETE
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Burden : ONUS
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Gulf of Bothnia port : PITEA
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Scorch : SEAR
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Cries sharply : YELPS
42
Honey buzzards : PERNS
44
M less ICCCC : DCI
45
Percolated : SEEPED
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"Always On My Mind" singer : NELSON
49
English cheese : STILTON
51
Japanese merchant ship : MARU
52
An Oscar winner: 1942 : HEFLIN
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Settled courses : POLICIES
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Driver Luyendyk : ARIE
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Lookout sites : CROWSNESTS
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Belgian river : YSER
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Stockings : HOSE
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"The ___ God Brown": O'Neill : GREAT
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Sun. talks : SERS
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Chief, in Köln : OBER
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Biblical dills : ANETS
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Sp. ladies : SRAS
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Clue : HINT
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Samoan capital : APIA
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Gimlet : WIMBLE
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Ancient Semite : MOABITE
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Abalone lining : NACRE
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Small medieval shields : ECUS
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Part of NATO : ATL
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Lighthouse : PHAROS
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Hunters, often : STALKERS
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Monopoly cards : TITLEDEEDS
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Ria : INLET
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Icebox incursions : RAIDS
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Eases : LETSUP
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Numerical comb. form : OCTA
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Step component : RISER
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City on the Hudson : TROY
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Gewürztraminer, e.g. : WINE
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Photographer's agent : EMULSIFIER
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Muffled : MUTED
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Mature : RIPEN
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Tortilla con carne : TACO
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Green land : ERIN
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Working orthographers : SPELLERS
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Chronicles : ANNALS
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Bristle: Comb. form : SETI
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Brazilian rubber tree : SERINGA
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Raincoat : PONCHO
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Alfalfa : LUCERN
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Rebellion leader: 1786 : SHAYS
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Compendious : TERSE
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Links machine : MOWER
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Model : POSE
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Nero's video? : ISEE
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French state : ETAT
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Some N.Y. jets : SSTS
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Morrow of "Northern Exposure" : ROB

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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