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Joan Whitman
Joan Whitman

New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1982

7-Down : Adds liquor

Author:
Joan Whitman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joan Whitman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,875
Across
1
Hair shirt : CILICE
7
Thin : LEAN
11
Football pass : LATERAL
12
Displaying simple elegance : ATTIC
14
Link together : CATENATE
15
Weak tea, in Britain : CATLAP
17
Apt rhyme for Tara : OHARA
18
Lots and lots of lots : ACRES
20
More S than E : SSE
21
Moos : LOWS
22
Countertenors : ALTOS
23
Nick's pet : ASTA
24
Heavenly body : ORB
25
Refuse : DROSS
26
Kind of pigeon : STOOL
27
Autumnal activity : REAPING
29
___ de Beaupré : STEANNE
31
Late shipping tycoon's nickname : ARI
32
Common deciduous tree : OAK
33
Perfumed : SCENTED
37
Amusing : COMICAL
41
Toothsome : TASTY
42
Iranian coins : RIALS
44
Imitate : APE
45
Mel and Ed of baseball : OTTS
46
Egyptian group : COPTS
47
Tuscan town : STIA
48
Actress Claire : INA
49
Lab tube : PIPET
50
Where the Marxes spent a day : RACES
51
String for racquets : CATGUT
53
Waterfall : CATARACT
55
A contemporary of The Bard : PEELE
56
"Dream ___ Dream of Me," 1931 song : ALITTLE
57
Disposed of : SOLD
58
Bond issue : CONSOL
Down
1
Variety of red grape : CATAWBA
2
Anatomical canals : ITERS
3
Capp's ___ the Hyena : LENA
4
Cash's "Ballad of ___ Hayes" : IRA
5
List : CATALOG
6
Chooses : ELECTS
7
Adds liquor : LACES
8
Japanese outcasts : ETAS
9
The d.a. : ATT
10
Swedish soprano: 1843-1921 : NILSSON
11
City in NE Pakistan : LAHORE
13
Prepare to knit : CASTON
14
Tinge : COLOR
16
Frequent painter of Washington : PEALE
19
Rough exterior of bark : ROSS
22
He commands an army : ARNIE
23
Town on the Dnestr River : ATAKI
25
Foul : DIRTY
26
Coal beds : SEAMS
28
Sam's lengthy error : PANTS
30
Hammer, pliers, etc. : TOOLS
33
Indifferent to pleasure or pain : STOIC
34
Forty winks : CATNAP
35
Country homes : ESTATES
36
Sink : DROP
37
Range hybrid : CATTALO
38
Whistle of disapproval : CATCALL
39
For each : APIECE
40
Smallest : LEAST
43
Drug made from dried roots : IPECAC
46
Commended a G.I. : CITED
47
Artist Andrea del ___ : SARTO
49
Haul : PULL
50
Pied Piper followers : RATS
52
Earth: Prefix : GEO
54
Material for a toy soldier : TIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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