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Stanley B. Whitten
Stanley B. Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, October 24, 1984

6-Down : Strong curse

Author:
Stanley B. Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Stanley B. Whitten has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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B
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U
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R
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R
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C
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A
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B
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A
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L
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C
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P
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L
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S
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A
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E
15
A
N
O
D
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L
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O
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N
A
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A
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R
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C
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P
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B
L
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B
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A
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S
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P
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O
R
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L
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N
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C
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T
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A
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R
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N
C
O
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M
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M
A
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A
O
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E
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E
A
R
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L
B
L
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C
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K
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W
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E
L
L
J
R
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A
L
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I
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T
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N
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L
O
U
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R
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T
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O
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N
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O
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D
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S
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N
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T
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S
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C
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G
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R
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V
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D
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A
M
O
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A
M
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N
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U
P
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D
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,769
Across
1
Aaron or Raymond : BURR
5
Junta : CABAL
10
Between pvts. and sgts. : CPLS
14
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
15
Battery terminal : ANODE
16
Plunder : LOOT
17
Revolutionary general : NATHANAELGREENE
20
Inexpensive : CHEAP
21
Brahma, Vishnu and Siva : TRIMURTI
22
Lifeless : BLAH
24
Indonesian island : BALI
25
Egyptian cobra : ASP
28
City on the Oka : OREL
30
Delicious beverage : NECTAR
34
C.P.O., e.g. : NCO
35
Sound from a nursery : MAMA
36
First-class : AONE
37
Authority on celebrities : EARLBLACKWELLJR
42
High: Prefix : ALTI
43
Young adult : TEEN
44
Gehrig or Boudreau : LOU
45
Pulitzer Prize journalist : RESTON
48
Toward the mouth : ORAD
49
Important star : SUN
50
"___ the night before ... " : TWAS
52
Step ___ (hurry) : ONIT
54
Small keyboard instruments : CELESTAS
57
W African river : NIGER
61
"Julia" Oscar winner : VANESSAREDGRAVE
63
Gosden's radio role : AMOS
64
Church commune in Iowa : AMANA
65
Author Wiesel : ELIE
66
Aerie : NEST
67
Raised the ante : UPPED
68
Secluded valley : DELL
Down
1
Judge's bench : BANC
2
Beehive State : UTAH
3
Network of nerves : RETE
4
G.I.'s therapy : REHAB
5
Container : CAN
6
Strong curse : ANATHEMA
7
A South African : BOER
8
Extemporize : ADLIB
9
Gofer : LEGMAN
10
Relating to office work : CLERICAL
11
Dickey or Wilbur : POET
12
Anderson of WKRP : LONI
13
Sault ___ Marie : STE
18
Assurance : APLOMB
19
Regulation : RULE
23
Russian sea : ARAL
25
Have ___ to the ground : ANEAR
26
Peel off, in a way : SCALE
27
Harbors : PORTS
29
Milk: Comb. form : LACTO
31
Charges : TOLLS
32
Region in France : ANJOU
33
Old TV movie : RERUN
38
Most petite : LITTLEST
39
Petroleum distillate : KEROSENE
40
Break from a habit : WEAN
41
Conclusion : ENDING
46
Is indebted : OWES
47
Capital of the Bahamas : NASSAU
51
Seal : STAMP
53
Exhausted : TIRED
54
Arrived : CAME
55
Slaughter of baseball : ENOS
56
Not care ___ : ARAP
58
Storm : GALE
59
Satanic : EVIL
60
Rod's companion : REEL
61
Commodious vehicle : VAN
62
Book by William Wharton : DAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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