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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Friday, January 25, 1991

12-Down : Editor's directive

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,053
Across
1
Film director Joshua : LOGAN
6
Cummerbund : SASH
10
Extensive : VAST
14
Headache remedy : BROMO
15
Shield border : ORLE
16
Division term : INTO
17
Wooden shoe : SABOT
18
Stratagem : PLAN
19
Like some colleges : COED
20
How a risky problem is handled : LIKEAHOTPOTATO
23
Letter before omega : PSI
24
Slender finial : EPI
25
Calm under stress : COOLASACUCUMBER
34
Upset : IRKED
35
What Noah's neighbors needed : ARKS
36
Avail : USE
37
Dross : SLAG
38
Mountain lakes : TARNS
40
Gaelic : ERSE
41
Type of dog or dollar : TOP
42
Vocal solo, sometimes : ARIA
43
Ready for battle : ARMED
44
Let out a secret : SPILLEDTHEBEANS
48
Cheer in Castilla : OLE
49
Okla. Indian : OTO
50
Ring memento : CAULIFLOWEREAR
58
Italian wine region : ASTI
59
Bakery flute : ROLL
60
L.S.U. mascot : TIGER
62
Bergère, e.g. : SEAT
63
Mosque feature : OGEE
64
Irregular : EROSE
65
"He saith among the trumpets, ___ ... ": Job 39:25 : HAHA
66
Kern's "Very ___, Eddie" : GOOD
67
Mars cars : DENTS
Down
1
Some N.F.L. defensemen : LBS
2
Type of history : ORAL
3
Asian desert : GOBI
4
Mad way to run? : AMOK
5
Steno's need : NOTEPAD
6
Hawthorne's wife : SOPHIA
7
A Guthrie : ARLO
8
Blind part : SLAT
9
Nags : HENPECKS
10
Abel was the first : VICTIM
11
Wild ox of puzzledom : ANOA
12
Editor's directive : STET
13
Fuss : TODO
21
Kiang : ASS
22
Composition : OPUS
25
Prehistoric tombs : CISTS
26
Ship's lowest deck : ORLOP
27
Giraffe's kin : OKAPI
28
Karl Shapiro's "The ___" : LEG
29
It weighs 200 milligrams : CARAT
30
Ossuarium : URN
31
Tuptim's land : BURMA
32
Ruhr valley city : ESSEN
33
Cattails : REEDS
38
Arboreal amphibian : TREEFROG
39
Lend a hand : AID
40
Prior, to Prior : ERE
42
Chesterton's "___ Survey" : ALLI
43
Called off a mission : ABORTED
45
Davidovich of "Blaze" : LOLITA
46
Ululated : HOWLED
47
Summer, in Toulon : ETE
50
Singer in black : CASH
51
On the Red : ASEA
52
A D-day beach : UTAH
53
Trademark : LOGO
54
Toast topper : OLEO
55
Gael's republic : EIRE
56
Ancient Greek competition : AGON
57
Take five : REST
61
Legal matter : RES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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