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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, November 18, 1988

27-Down : Churlish children

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,255
Across
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Pigpen : STY
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Clutch : GRAB
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Scotland's ___ Flow : SCAPA
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Mars, to Plato : ARES
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Hard to find : RARE
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Busted a bronco : TAMED
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Bristle : SETA
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Out in the Atlantic : ASEA
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Mo. river : OSAGE
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Indefeasible legatee : HEIRAPPARENT
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Rowan : ASH
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U.S. four-dollar coin issued in 1879 : STELLA
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Where the Danube ends : BLACKSEA
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Horrors : CREEPS
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Pulitzer music prize winner: 1976 : ROREM
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Velleity : WISH
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Tiny body of land in a river : AIT
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Pleasant, in Paris : AMENE
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Wahoo, e.g. : ELM
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Place to run for : COVER
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Beach acquisition : TAN
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Algonquian : CREE
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Betel palm : ARECA
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Nocturnal nuisance : SNORER
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Gave more capacity to : DEEPENED
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Rhizome : STOLON
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Shank : LEG
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Pomposity : SUPERIORAIRS
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Greens : SALAD
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Thin tuft : WISP
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Forest Hills champ: 1986 : NOAH
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Its capital is Grenoble : ISERE
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She, in Sedan : ELLE
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Aware of : ONTO
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Attendant on Bacchus : SATYR
68
Hollow-stemmed grass : REED
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Comprehend : SEE
Down
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Obi : SASH
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Dilo or dita : TREE
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Abominable Snowman : YETI
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Diagrams : GRAPHS
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File : RASP
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Neighborhood : AREA
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Bulls' opposites : BEARS
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Pitter : STONER
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Rook : CASTLE
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Candlenut tree : AMA
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Dowel : PEG
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He wrote "Fables in Slang" : ADE
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Crusader's foe : SARACEN
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"___ no questions": Goldsmith : ASKME
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Do aquatints : ETCH
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Sourdough, for one : LEAVEN
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Per : APIECE
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Churlish children : BRATS
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Family in a Miller play : LOMANS
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"We ___ amused": Queen Victoria : ARENOT
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Jug : EWER
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Was sick : AILED
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Valuable violin, for short : STRAD
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Pochard : SMEE
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Gambol : CAPER
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Condiment : OREGANO
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Gizzard : CROP
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Series of prayers : ROSARY
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Dodger : ELUDER
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Ran off to marry : ELOPED
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Later : NEWER
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Miff : RILE
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Key : ISLE
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Charged atoms : IONS
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Scold : RATE
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Cordwainery product : SHOE
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Sibling, for short : SIS
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"Brought ___ lamb to the slaughter": Isaiah 53:7 : ASA
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Rent : LET

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

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