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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Thursday, January 6, 1983

24-Down : Spring flower

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: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,112
Across
1
Prank : LARK
5
Open : AGAPE
10
Friendly : WARM
14
Russian czar : IVAN
15
Wand for Mehta : BATON
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Chess opening : FEGATELLOATTACK
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Heath : ERICA
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Toxophilite's delight : ARCHERY
22
Highlanders' skirts : KILTS
25
Gob : TAR
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Landon, to friends : ALF
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Boudreau of baseball : LOU
30
Inhales, in a way : SNIFFS
34
"Star Wars" hero : SOLO
36
Cry of sorrow : ALAS
39
Prepare to be dubbed : KNEEL
40
Chess opening : FOURKNIGHTSGAME
43
___ from (excluding) : ASIDE
44
Fruit or tree : PEAR
45
Boss : STUD
46
Fortifications : REDANS
48
Buddy : PAL
50
T.C.U. group : SRS
51
"Airways, ___" Dos Passos : INC
52
Pumpkins, melons, etc. : PEPOS
54
Goddess of wisdom : MINERVA
57
Stranger : ALIEN
61
Chess opening : SICILIANDEFENSE
64
Prolific auth. : ANON
65
Fold : PLEAT
66
Comic-strip lass : ETTA
67
Unwanted engine sound : PING
68
Alabama city : SELMA
69
Rodolfo in "La Bohème" : POET
Down
1
Kind of buoy or line : LIFE
2
Affirm : AVER
3
Cereal grass : RAGI
4
Aptitude : KNACK
5
Honest one : ABE
6
Liquid meas. : GAL
7
Rand's shrugger : ATLAS
8
Impoverished : POOR
9
Decrees : ENACTS
10
Drainage ditches : WATERINGS
11
Pteroid : ALAR
12
Spirited : RACY
13
"Ferd'nand" cartoonist : MIK
18
Follow : TAIL
19
Ingrate's nonword : THANKS
23
This may create interest : LOAN
24
Spring flower : TULIP
26
___ as (to the extent that) : ASFAR
27
Free : LOOSE
28
Liquid : FLUID
31
Deeds : FEATS
32
Limb bone : FEMUR
33
Luges : SLEDS
35
Bishop's happy task : ORDAINING
37
Maturity : AGE
38
Form : SHAPE
41
Dog shelter : KENNEL
42
Snare : TRAP
47
Certificates : SCRIPS
49
Bread unit : LOAF
52
Type of discussion : PANEL
53
Repose : SLEEP
54
Short skirt : MINI
55
Image : ICON
56
___ of tears : VALE
58
Division word : INTO
59
This: Sp. : ESTE
60
Orderly : NEAT
61
Jughead : SAP
62
Weir : DAM
63
Schedule abbr. : ETA

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