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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, February 2, 1988

9-Down : Cenozoic epoch

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,965
Across
1
Finish third : SHOW
5
Classical lang. : LAT
8
Calendar abbr. : SEP
11
"For ___ jolly good ... " : HESA
12
Inventor McCormick : CYRUS
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Portal : DOOR
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Semirural commuter : EXURBANITE
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Grimm beginning : ONCE
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Phil's Pa. home in re 49 Across : PUNXSUTAWNEY
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"Ulalume" writer : POE
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___ fixe : IDEE
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City in N.H. : KEENE
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Registers : ENROLLS
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Pompous : STILTED
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Envoy : LEGATE
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Doe or Barleycorn : JOHN
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Fox follower : TROT
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Bea Arthur TV role : MAUDE
34
Small bottle : VIAL
38
Back talk : SASS
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Rare : SCARCE
41
Sockeye, e.g. : REDFISH
45
Speaking masters : RHETORS
46
___ Gay, famed plane : ENOLA
47
Equipment : GEAR
48
Society-page word : NEE
49
February 2 : GROUNDHOGDAY
53
Courageous : GAME
54
Otologist's instrument : AUDIOMETER
58
Simians : APES
59
Underneath : BELOW
60
Strong wind : GALE
61
Airport info : ETD
62
Opp. of ant. : SYN
63
Brash talk : GUFF
Down
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Haggard heroine : SHE
2
Jinx : HEX
3
Columbus school letters : OSU
4
Distort : WARP
5
Wildcats : LYNXES
6
Come up : ARISE
7
Ballerina's skirt : TUTU
8
Poem : SONNET
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Cenozoic epoch : EOCENE
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___ on (weighed heavily upon) : PREYED
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February 2 : CANDLEMAS
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Tennis unit : SET
14
Peg : DOWEL
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Manufactured : BUILT
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Related : AKIN
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Skin : PELT
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Unique person : ONER
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Therefore : ERGO
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Cereal grain : OAT
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Turf : SOD
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Lamont Cranston's secret identity : THESHADOW
30
Au ___ (menu term) : JUS
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Wood for skis : ASH
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Cask : VAT
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Golf-bag item : IRON
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Farm measure : ACRE
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___-majesté : LESE
38
Shensi capital : SIAN
40
One of the Moluccas : CERAM
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Jamaican music form : REGGAE
42
Transported : ENRAPT
43
Ill-fated : DOOMED
44
Chimney passages : FLUES
45
Area : REGION
47
Devout : GODLY
50
Stroke lightly : DAB
51
Tints : HUES
52
Safecracker : YEGG
55
Greek letter : TAU
56
Sprite : ELF
57
Ump's cousin : REF

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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