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Mary Cee Whitten
Mary Cee Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, February 11, 1987

5-Down : Cruel

Author:
Mary C. Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mary Cee Whitten has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Mary C. Whitten is an alias for Mary Cee Whitten.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,609
Across
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Racing program : CARD
5
Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos : FATES
10
Observe Lent : FAST
14
___ Khayyam, 1917 Derby winner : OMAR
15
"___ Lucy" : ILOVE
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Heraldic border : ORLE
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Volcanic output : LAVA
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Like some seals : EARED
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Curb : REIN
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Reagan-Day film: 1952 : THEWINNINGTEAM
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Psychedelic drug: Abbr. : LSD
24
A dawn goddess : EOS
25
Jet passenger's problem : LAG
28
Blind trio : MICE
31
Frail : SLIGHT
35
Skilled : ABLE
37
Covers with turf : SODS
39
Concur : AGREE
40
Caesar-Coca TV series : YOURSHOWOFSHOWS
43
Fullest possible : EVERY
44
Tablet : PILL
45
Asian weight unit : TAEL
46
Vacation spot : RESORT
48
Part of speech : NOUN
50
Between, in Bari : TRA
51
Bravo or Grande : RIO
52
N.Y.S.E. listing : STK
54
Top 1951 film directed by George Stevens : APLACEINTHESUN
62
Blackthorn : SLOE
63
"___ Grows in Brooklyn" : ATREE
64
Single : LONE
65
Tote-board numbers : ODDS
66
Single step : STAIR
67
Evening, in Paris : SOIR
68
Marino bomb : PASS
69
Young adults : TEENS
70
Preminger or Kruger : OTTO
Down
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Indianapolis football pro : COLT
2
Oriental nanny : AMAH
3
Talk wildly : RAVE
4
Speak slowly : DRAWL
5
Cruel : FIENDISH
6
Actor Bates : ALAN
7
Convex moldings : TORI
8
Level : EVEN
9
Grasslike plants : SEDGES
10
What seers have : FORESIGHT
11
Location : AREA
12
Slender : SLIM
13
Hamilton bill : TEN
21
Doctrine : ISM
22
Indian units of weight : TOLAS
25
Stratum : LAYER
26
Over : ABOVE
27
Adhesives : GLUES
29
Hen pen : COOP
30
Attorney General Meese : EDWIN
32
Trifling sum : GROAT
33
Man with an ax : HEWER
34
Electrical wizard : TESLA
36
Making no mistakes : ERRORLESS
38
Chorus member's thrill : SOLO
41
A neighbor of Jordan : SYRIA
42
Befuddles : FLUSTERS
47
"A time ___ away stones ... ": Eccl. 3:5 : TOCAST
49
Extreme degree : NTH
53
Five-time Horse of the Year : KELSO
54
"M*A*S*H" star : ALDA
55
Engine housings : PODS
56
Major ending : ETTE
57
Dies ___ : IRAE
58
German negative : NEIN
59
Chimney dirt : SOOT
60
One : UNIT
61
Pianist Peter : NERO
62
Bribe : SOP

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

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