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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

BODY LANGUAGE

New York Times, Sunday, August 1, 1982

68-Down : Sordini

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 522 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 129, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,954
Across
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Secular : LAIC
5
Discharge : EGEST
10
Abound : TEEM
14
At full speed, poetically : AMAIN
19
Church calendar : ORDO
20
Lethargy : SOPOR
21
River or cartoonist : ARNO
22
Annuity, to Pierre : RENTE
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Intimidated : BROWBEATEN
27
Uneven : EROSE
28
Normand of silents : MABEL
30
Plenary : ENTIRE
31
R.R. reading matter in the 40's : SCRIPT
33
Geometric figure : SOLID
34
"___ Swell," 1927 tune : THOU
35
Parts of a grand : CNOTES
36
Stylish shop : SALON
37
Furniture pieces : DRESSERS
41
Monticles : HILLS
42
Vigorous physical effort : ELBOWGREASE
44
Harper or Brenda : LEE
45
Small whirlpool : EDDY
46
Pentacle : STAR
47
Artificial: Abbr. : IMIT
48
Guide : LEAD
49
Legal matter : RES
50
Decisive conflict : ARMAGEDDON
54
Above: Prefix : SUPRA
55
Must : HASTO
58
Set right : ALIGN
59
Seal : CACHET
60
Illegal : BOOTLEG
62
Set of verses : STAVE
63
Close friend : COMRADE
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Habituated : ENURED
65
Greek letter : THETA
66
Age : RIPEN
67
Sniggled : EELED
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Kind of fern : MAIDENHAIR
71
Ammo material : TNT
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See, in reference books : VIDE
75
Contented sound : PURR
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Iowa college town : AMES
77
On the briny : ASEA
78
Noted painter of birds : EDE
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Rosary bead : PATERNOSTER
83
Shoot of a plant : SPEAR
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Party game : SARDINES
86
Poplar : ASPEN
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Leave : DEPART
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Extremities : ENDS
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Stair part : RISER
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Gambols : CAPERS
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Posture : STANCE
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Split : RIVEN
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Arterial trunk : AORTA
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Insincere agreement : LIPSERVICE
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Daunt : DISHEARTEN
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Foyt rival : UNSER
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"___ a man with ... " : IMET
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Door sign : ENTER
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Beloved of Rochester : EYRE
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"Broom Hilda" cartoonist : MYERS
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Only : MERE
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He played Belasco : RAINS
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Feat : DEED
Down
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Cut off : LOP
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Timetable abbr. : ARR
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Aug. 13 in Italy : IDI
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On the sly : COVERTLY
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Bars at the bar : ESTOPS
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"For whither thou ___ ... " : GOEST
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Flèche weapon : EPEE
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Oriental sauce : SOY
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Organ device : TREMOLO
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Clerical chore : TABBING
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Slipped a cog : ERRED
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Grimace : MOW
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Sandy : ARENOSE
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Natural body passage : MEATUS
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Con : ANTI
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Where Caesar was borne : ITER
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Hawaiian state bird : NENE
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One sign of spring : ARIES
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Command : BEHEST
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Down, to Drake : ALOW
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Sly and nasty : SNIDE
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Native Israeli : SABRA
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Teach : TRAIN
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Loire feeder : CHER
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Duplicate event : SLAM
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Incubus, for one : DEMON
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Erected : REARED
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Composed : SEDATE
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Ceremonial citron for Succoth : ETROG
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Hogback : RIDGE
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Glutted : SATED
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Simoleons : LUCRE
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Adjusted a loom for weaving : GATED
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Gladden : ELATE
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Turkish royal court : DIVAN
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Coarse hominy : SAMP
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" ... lovely as ___" : ATREE
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Pung : SLED
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Coconut fibers : COIRS
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Full-grown oxen : BEEVES
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Iroquoian Indian : ONEIDA
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Bake eggs : SHIRR
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Court officer : CRIER
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Vetches : TARES
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Sordini : MUTES
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Misanthrope : HATER
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Kind of corner : AMEN
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Approaches : NEARS
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Bakery purchase : TART
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Cater basely : PANDER
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Seemed : APPEARED
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Grasping apparatus : PINCERS
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Artlessness : NAIVETE
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Bone: Comb. form : OSSE
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Modern British poet : SPENDER
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Partitions : SEPTA
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More obtuse : DENSER
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Plucky ones : DARERS
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Kitchen utensil : RICER
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Octavus Roy ___ : COHEN
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Urban blight : SLUM
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Lilliputian : TINY
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Vaulted church section : APSE
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Winter sight : RIME
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Italian wine center : ASTI
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Enthusiasm : VIM
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"___ Mist," 1928 piano solo : INA
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Nautical chain : TYE
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Prior to, to Prior : ERE
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Sparks or Rorem : NED

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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