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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Friday, August 16, 1985

19-Down : Arabic alphabet starter

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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W
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A
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N
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E
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B
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W
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M
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R
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T
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K
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D
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S
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C
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C
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C
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F
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,065
Across
1
Ebb : WANE
5
Thick, flat piece : SLAB
9
Proverbs : SAWS
13
Attention getter : AHEM
14
Obsession : MANIA
16
Beehive State : UTAH
17
Hope/Crosby/Lamour film : ROADTOSINGAPORE
20
Vein of mineral : STREAK
21
This has horns : DILEMMA
22
Feeds the kitty : ANTES
24
Slammer : STIR
25
Fitting : APT
27
" ... encourage the ___": J.F.K. : ARTS
29
Influence : AFFECT
33
"The Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
35
Latin I word : AMAT
37
Concerning : INRE
38
Lean-directed film : APASSAGETOINDIA
41
Plates in a galley : TINS
42
Monk's room : CELL
43
Abounds : TEEMS
44
Last : ENDURE
46
Switch : LASH
48
Simian : APE
49
Col. mil. group : ROTC
51
Bart or Belle : STARR
53
Neighbor of Brazil : URUGUAY
56
" ... strain at a gnat, and swallow ___" : ACAMEL
59
Holden/Bendix film : STREETSOFLAREDO
62
Nix, to Fritz : NEIN
63
A Liszt offering : ETUDE
64
Some are split : ENDS
65
Member of a d.a.'s staff : ASST
66
Kind of billing : STAR
67
Berliner's budget : ETAT
Down
1
What Mars never bars : WARS
2
"Cat on ___ Tin Roof" : AHOT
3
Close by : NEARATHAND
4
German naval base in W.W. II : EMDEN
5
Stag party : SMOKER
6
Article in a Spanish newspaper : LAS
7
Cuckoo : ANI
8
Ties : BINDS
9
Overnice : SUPERFINE
10
Jot : ATOM
11
Sympathetic : WARM
12
Type of butter : SHEA
15
Musical direction : AGITATO
18
Turkic people : TATARS
19
Arabic alphabet starter : ALIF
23
Scaffold : STAGE
25
Having wings : ALATE
26
Charlemagne's sire : PEPIN
28
Olfactology subject : SMELL
30
"Terms of ___" : ENDEARMENT
31
Pinch together : CRIMP
32
Rib : TEASE
34
Rising : ASSURGENT
36
U.S.A.F. ICBM : ATLAS
39
Phonograph recording disk : ACETATE
40
Cornell's town : ITHACA
45
Debauchee : ROUE
47
Less fresh : STALER
50
Saclike structures : CYSTS
52
Street show : RAREE
53
J.E.C.'s alma mater : USNA
54
Abbrs. on some maps : RTES
55
He wrote "The Angry Hills" : URIS
57
Galeazzo Ciano's wife : EDDA
58
Kipling's "The ___ Legion" : LOST
60
Umpire's call : OUT
61
Government org. : FDA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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