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Bryant White
Bryant White

New York Times, Friday, March 6, 1992

45-Down : Saharan sights

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Bryant White has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,459
Across
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Shipworm : BORER
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Impassive : STOIC
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"And upon a cherub ___": Psa. 18:10 : HERODE
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Jewish laws : TORAHS
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Altered in form : MUTATED
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Loosely woven cotton fabric : ETAMINE
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Island group at Galway Bay : ARANS
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Showery month : APRIL
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F.D.R. was one: 1928-32 : GOV
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Fortitude : GRIT
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Movie house: Sp. : CINE
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Persian gazelle : CORA
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Novelist Fleming : IAN
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Sicilian volcano : AETNA
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Summary of principles : CREED
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Breaks a wedding vow : CHEATSON
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Brilliantly colored fish : WRASSE
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Food : NUTRITION
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Natives of Jim Hogg County, e.g. : TEXANS
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Directives : PRECEPTS
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Tarkington's "___ Adams" : ALICE
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Disaccustoms : WEANS
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Mao's successor : HUA
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Hookah : PIPE
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"Shane" man : LADD
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Gossip : DIRT
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Suffix with boy or girl : ISH
47
Zoroastrian : PARSI
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Two-wheeled carriage : SULKY
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Rare element in platinum ores : RHODIUM
51
Jeering one : TAUNTER
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___-camp : AIDEDE
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Planetarium : ORRERY
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Erased : DELED
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Base-stealing leader: 1952 : REESE
Down
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Alkaloid used in medicine : BETAINE
2
Praying female figure : ORANT
3
Erodes : ROTS
4
Town near Arnheim : EDE
5
Diaskeuast : REDACTOR
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Breastbones : STERNA
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A memorable Fields : TOTIE
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Actinal : ORAL
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"___ the Walrus," Beatles tune : IAM
10
Tropical fleas : CHIGOES
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Fanfare : HURRAH
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Blows Z's : SNORES
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Merlin's medium : MAGIC
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Dodge : EVADE
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Seals and walruses : PINNIPEDS
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Rail's relative : CRANE
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In harmony : ATUNE
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Manors, for short : ESTS
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Gators' cousins : CROCS
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Has ___ up one's sleeve : ANACE
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Physics Nobelist: 1911 : WIEN
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Early Christian informer : TRADITOR
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An ungulate : TAPIR
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Hebrew prophet : ELISHA
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Sword-shaped : XIPHOID
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Love potion : PHILTRE
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Flop : TURKEY
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Brown and gray butterfly : SATYR
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___ up to (became genial) : WARMED
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Summa cum ___ : LAUDE
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Saharan sights : DUNES
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Skin, in Sonora : PIEL
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Certain : SURE
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E.T.O. head : DDE
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Land measure : ARE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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