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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Tuesday, July 5, 1977

26-Down : Met soprano Mitchell

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,188
Across
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Great amount : REAMS
6
Rescue : SAVE
10
Arf or woof : BARK
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Decorative : ORNAMENTAL
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Relative of a yucca : ALOE
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Never? Well, almost : ONCEINALIFETIME
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C or F, e.g. : KEY
20
Souvenir : TOKEN
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Mill product : STEEL
22
___ majesty : LESE
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Wind direction: Abbr. : SSE
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Where a Venus was found : MELOS
27
Constellation : ASTERISM
32
Brainchild : IDEA
33
Pennsylvania city : EASTON
35
Haggard novel : SHE
36
A playground pair? : TWOFORTHESEESAW
39
Bolivian export : TIN
40
Prefaces : PROEMS
41
Term in knitting : PURL
42
Offerings on a Florida menu : SNAPPERS
44
Grazes on the lea : FEEDS
45
Curtain support : ROD
46
Qualified : ABLE
48
Elder statesmen : SAGES
51
"Saki" was his pen name : MUNRO
53
Cave dweller : BAT
56
Cheap production? : THREEPENNYOPERA
59
"___ Old Cowhand" : IMAN
60
Retinue group : ATTENDANTS
61
C.S.A. troops : REBS
62
"___ Sorry Now?" : WHOS
63
Satiny : SLEEK
Down
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Swindle : ROOK
2
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
3
Suffix with buoy and exult : ANCY
4
Miss West : MAE
5
Strikes sharply : SMITES
6
Kind of dance : SNAKE
7
Salt tree : ATLE
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Conceited : VAIN
9
Sprite : ELF
10
Bombard : BATTER
11
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
12
City once saved by geese : ROME
13
Boat-bottom timber : KEEL
15
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
18
Dead Sea monastic : ESSENE
22
What slugabeds do : LOAF
23
Facing a glacier : STOSS
24
Gloves for Bench : MITTS
25
Booth or Newman : EDWIN
26
Met soprano Mitchell : LEONA
27
Burnt residue : ASHES
28
Part of a goblet : STEM
29
Offspring : ISSUE
30
Piece of pottery : SHARD
31
Whimpers : MEWLS
33
Made a mistake : ERRED
34
Agent: Suffix : ATOR
37
Resist : OPPOSE
38
Fencing gear : EPEE
43
Dolls up : PREENS
44
Headline-makers in spring : FLOODS
46
Bancroft and Boleyn : ANNES
47
___ Mawr : BRYN
48
Budge : STIR
49
"O, woe!" : AHME
50
Snatch : GRAB
51
Mode of procedure: Abbr. : METH
52
Golden-rule preposition : UNTO
53
Part of N.B. : BENE
54
Comedian Johnson : ARTE
55
Chore : TASK
57
Rover's offering : PAW
58
Crony : PAL

Answer summary:
3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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