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Joan Whitman
Joan Whitman

New York Times, Saturday, May 29, 1982

6-Down : Temporary stitches

Author:
Joan Whitman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Joan Whitman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,890
Across
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Tangle : MAT
4
Peruvian Indian : ANTI
8
Loggia del Mercato site : PISA
12
One of Cleopatra's maids : IRAS
14
Peers of the ___ : REALM
16
R. Strauss character : OCHS
17
Pekin fiber : SILK
18
Thumb one's nose : COCKASNOOK
20
Stage dance : CAKEWALK
22
ESP pioneer : RHINE
23
Either of the Dromios : TWIN
24
"Mercure" composer : SATIE
26
Had a showdown : DUELED
28
Becomes enraged : SEESRED
32
Beach fabric : TERRY
33
Sight at Chichén Itzá : RUINS
35
Sequestered room : ODA
36
Order having teeth : ELKS
37
Lanyards : CORDS
38
"Ho sete! Ho sete!" is one : DUET
39
Goddess banished from Olympus : ATE
40
Certain botanical progeny : CLONE
41
Metaphysical poet : DONNE
42
Kind of urban race : MAYORAL
44
Sets upright : STANDS
46
Jerome Hines, e.g. : BASSO
48
Winglike : ALAR
49
Short news paragraphs : ITEMS
51
A neighbor of Minnesota : MANITOBA
55
Sitting duck's kin : CLAYPIGEON
57
Lustrous black : EBON
58
Lap dog, for short : PEKE
59
"Laugh-In" lass : CARNE
60
Power : DINT
61
Fired : AXED
62
River to the North Sea : YSER
63
American humorist : NYE
Down
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Assorted: Abbr. : MISC
2
Sutherland specialty : ARIA
3
Mean business : TALKTURKEY
4
Mysterious : ARCANE
5
New wd. : NEOL
6
Temporary stitches : TACKS
7
Kind : ILK
8
Shetlands : PONIES
9
Image : ICON
10
Pump : SHOE
11
Inquire : ASK
13
Barbecue tools : SKEWERS
15
Glossy-coated carnivores : MARTENS
19
Recoils : SHIES
21
Cunning : WILY
25
Digressions : ASIDES
26
Fraternity letter : DELTA
27
Talks foolishly : DROOLS
29
Petition of a sort : ROUNDROBIN
30
Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
31
Type of line : DATE
32
Chicago's Sting is one : TEAM
34
Ossuary : URN
37
"Moby Dick," e.g. : CLASSIC
38
Gave : DONATED
40
Writer's ___ : CRAMP
41
"Persistence of Memory" painter : DALI
43
Complied with : OBEYED
45
Roscoe of tennis : TANNER
47
Hebrew seven-week periods : OMERS
49
Holly : ILEX
50
Appropriate : TAKE
52
Tops : AONE
53
Like shad : BONY
54
Certain entrance fee : ANTE
55
April V.I.P. : CPA
56
He wrote "The Beggar's Opera" : GAY

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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