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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 1989

33-Down : *Hit the brake: infielder

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,639
Across
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Propound : POSE
5
Rudimentary : PRIMAL
11
Anguish : WOE
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Mythic sea monsters : ORCS
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"Spectre de ___," Weber-Fokine ballet : LAROSE
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Gloucester's cape : ANN
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"___ Ideas" : IGET
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*Fervid: reversal = like leftovers : OVERHEATED
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Lovers' ___ : LANE
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Clinic doc : INTERNE
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*Endures: fails : UNDERGOES
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Hence : ERGO
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Brunch, e.g. : MEAL
29
Oust, legally : DISBAR
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Cattle genus : BOS
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Half of MCIV : DLII
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*Successively: hit the hay : INTURN
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Pertinent : APT
38
Tweed rule, e.g. : BOSSISM
40
W.W. II theater : CBI
41
*Grew fast: outcome : SHOTUP
43
Formerly : ONCE
44
Boxers' stats : KOS
45
Fats and waxes : LIPIDS
46
Snuggle up : COSE
48
Whilom : ERST
49
*Close pitch: shower tool : BRUSHBACK
54
Pest in the audience : HECKLER
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A cheese : BRIE
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*Naval absence: clear port : SHORELEAVE
61
Unemployed : IDLE
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Rugged peak : TOR
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Van man : LEADER
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Wool knot : NOIL
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Still : YET
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Wright or Brewer : TERESA
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Dismal : GRAY
Down
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W.W. I soldat : POILU
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Harmonium : ORGAN
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Lift of a wave : SCEND
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Prize : ESTEEM
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Mideast gp. : PLO
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Italian dishes, American style : RAVIOLIS
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A Forsyte : IRENE
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Sahl et al. : MORTS
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Noted netman : ASHE
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Sly glance : LEER
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*Antelope: stem a flood : WATERBUCK
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Unit : ONE
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Complete : END
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"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
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Tree with pink flowers : REDBUD
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Lively dances : GALOPS
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A great Greta : GARBO
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Avifauna : ORNIS
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Some night spots : DISCOS
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Trap: Var. : INMESH
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Swiss canton, formerly : BASLE
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Biblical land of treasure : OPHIR
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*Hit the brake: infielder : STOPSHORT
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Equal: Prefix : ISO
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Crooks : INCURVES
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Strength of a solution : TITER
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On the way out : EBBING
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Cloudy : BLEAR
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Peg Woffington's creator : READE
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Fervency : ARDOR
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Eyelashes : CILIA
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Singer Smith from Norfolk : KEELY
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Hibernian : CELT
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Swiss painter : KLEE
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Pig's pad : STY
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Till : HOE
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Cenozoic, e.g. : ERA

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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