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Morton B. Braun
Morton B. Braun

New York Times, Friday, October 26, 1979

55-Down : Ingredient of beer

Author:
Morton Braun
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Morton B. Braun has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Morton Braun is an alias for Morton B. Braun.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,944
Across
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Deficiency : LACK
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Meccas for shoppers : MARTS
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Units of elec. resistance : OHMS
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"0" in W.W. II codes : OBOE
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"I'll Never Smile ___" : AGAIN
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Decorticate : PEEL
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Red Sox infielder : REMY
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Proscribed : TABOO
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Poll-taker Roper : ELMO
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Stretch out : ELONGATE
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Barrie's "A ___ in Thrums" : WINDOW
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___ Rijn, Utrecht's stream : OUDE
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Hindus' oldest sacred literature : VEDA
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"___ proudly we hailed" : WHATSO
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Rhythmic patterns : CADENCES
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"Road" film star : HOPE
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Enlist again (G.I. slang) : REUP
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One of the Astaires : ADELE
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Gershwin and Levin : IRAS
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Flavorful : SAPID
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Musial or Laurel : STAN
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Canvas covers, for short : TARPS
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Contesting group : SIDE
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Female deer : HIND
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Highly regarded : ESTEEMED
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Establishes : FOUNDS
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Turkestan sea : ARAL
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Saucy : PERT
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Dance of the mid-60's : MONKEY
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Chinese silk center : HANGCHOW
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Opposite of aweather : ALEE
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Lifts the lid : OPENS
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Tops : AONE
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Stravinsky : IGOR
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Lorelei's home : RHINE
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Urge on : SPUR
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Furnishes personnel : MANS
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Equine fathers : SIRES
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Existence : ESSE
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Knowledge : LORE
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U.S. labor leader : ABEL
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Barber who became a warbler : COMO
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Their words are usually conventional : KEYNOTESPEAKERS
5
Sunday stars in Sonora : MATADORS
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Moppet's marble : AGATE
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"In the Boom Boom Room" playwright : RABE
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Niño's uncle : TIO
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___ under (overwhelmed) : SNOWED
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Easily decided matter : OPENANDSHUTCASE
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Retained : HELD
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Chore for a steno : MEMO
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Mixer setting : SLOW
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Songwriter Kahn : GUS
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Thought : IDEA
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Dull : VAPID
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Kind of sale : WHITE
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Israeli dances : HORAS
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Separated : APART
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The bow-and-arrow lad : CUPID
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Fat from a whale's head, used in soaps : CETIN
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Antelope : ELAND
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Transmits : SENDS
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Item for Grant Wood : EASEL
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What QB's must "read" : DEFENSES
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Withered : SERE
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Koch and Bradley : MAYORS
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The O.A.S. is one : ORG
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Velvet : PANNE
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Impair : MAIM
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Korbut : OLGA
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Relative of xenon : NEON
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Testator's choice : HEIR
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Ingredient of beer : HOPS
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Burden : ONUS
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"The Way We ___" : WERE
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Part of a fraternity name : PHI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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