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Kenneth Witte
New York Times, Saturday, October 4, 1986
29-Down : Fine and martial followers
Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, 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.
1 T | 2 A | 3 R | 4 N | 5 L | 6 A | 7 N | 8 D | 9 A | 10 R | 11 O | 12 S | 13 E |
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14 A | L | E | E | 15 E | D | I | E | 16 C | E | D | A | R |
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17 R | E | A | P | 18 S | I | G | N | 19 C | H | O | R | E |
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20 A | C | R | O | 21 S | S | T | H | E | 22 B | O | A | R | D | |
23 T | I | E | S | 24 U | S | S | ||||||||
25 B | 26 E | 27 M | I | R | E | 28 F | 29 A | R | T | H | 30 I | 31 N | 32 G |
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33 E | R | O | S | E | 34 P | U | R | R | 35 D | U | E |
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36 F | R | O | M | S | 37 T | E | M | T | O | 38 S | 39 T | E | R | N |
40 I | O | N | 41 R | E | E | S | 42 E | R | A | S | E |
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43 T | R | Y | 44 S | 45 A | I | L | S | 46 S | T | I | L | E | S |
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47 O | R | O | 48 S | E | T | A | ||||||||
49 F | 50 R | O | M | S | 51 O | 52 U | P | T | O | N | 53 U | 54 T | 55 S |
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56 A | R | E | N | A | 57 A | L | I | T | 58 G | L | E | E |
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59 C | A | N | E | D | 60 K | N | E | E | 61 L | A | N | E |
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62 H | Y | D | R | A | 63 S | A | L | E | 64 E | N | D | S |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,479
Across
1
Rainier bathing spot : TARN
5
Reel in a keeper : LAND
9
Originated : AROSE
14
Out of the wind : ALEE
15
Widow of Ernie K. : EDIE
16
Tree of Lebanon : CEDAR
17
Garner : REAP
18
Subscribe : SIGN
19
Milking, e.g. : CHORE
20
All-inclusive, at the track : ACROSSTHEBOARD
23
Some haberdashery : TIES
24
Initials for the Nautilus : USS
25
Soil, in a way : BEMIRE
28
Least amount : FARTHING
33
Unevenly notched : EROSE
34
Clowder sound : PURR
35
Proper : DUE
36
All-inclusive, at sea : FROMSTEMTOSTERN
40
Type of jet engine : ION
41
Actor who played Nicholas Nickleby : REES
42
Scrape : ERASE
43
Small, stout canvas : TRYSAILS
46
John ___, cousin of Mr. Doe : STILES
47
Gold, in Granada : ORO
48
Director Vittorio De ___ : SETA
49
All-inclusive, at dinner : FROMSOUPTONUTS
56
Houston's The Summit, e.g. : ARENA
57
Touched terra firma : ALIT
58
Mirth : GLEE
59
Worked with rattan : CANED
60
Genu : KNEE
61
Victor Hugo work : LANE
62
Nine-headed serpent : HYDRA
63
Special : SALE
64
Ceases : ENDS
Down
1
Famed hill in Meath : TARA
2
Composer Wilder : ALEC
3
Nurture : REAR
4
Family patronage : NEPOTISM
5
Tenant : LESSEE
6
Portals to silver : ADITS
7
Not distant : NIGH
8
Dover sand hill : DENE
9
Address abruptly : ACCOST
10
Same tale in new form : REHASH
11
Yerby's "An ___ of Sanctity" : ODOR
12
Chalcedony : SARD
13
Afore : ERE
21
Begets : SIRES
22
Pack animal : BURRO
25
Suit : BEFIT
26
A meaning for X : ERROR
27
Listless : MOONY
28
Vents one's anger : FUMES
29
Fine and martial followers : ARTS
30
Conceptual : IDEAL
31
Role for Swit : NURSE
32
Columbus's birthplace, to René : GENES
34
Baker's implement : PEEL
37
Parts of minuets : TRIOS
38
Fight : SETTO
39
Draftsman's tool : TRIANGLE
44
Jayhawker neighbor : SOONER
45
Fleet of 1588 : ARMADA
46
Divan : SETTEE
48
Barker's banter : SPIEL
49
Ravel : FRAY
50
Tear out : REND
51
Dumbarton ___ : OAKS
52
Radius's neighbor : ULNA
53
___ Bator : ULAN
54
Conduce : TEND
55
Receives : SEES
56
Heine's sigh : ACH
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.