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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, August 18, 1987

10-Down : Slush

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,797
Across
1
Jellifies : GELS
5
Place : STEAD
10
Phase : STEP
14
Declare : AVOW
15
Valentino's dance : TANGO
16
Volcanic output : LAVA
17
He portrayed Tevye onstage : ZEROMOSTEL
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The yoke's on them : OXEN
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Saint ___ cross : ANDREWS
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Realm : EMPIRE
23
Jimjams : DTS
24
Govt. agency : FDA
25
Perfume : CENSE
28
Sniggler's catch : EEL
30
Provide food for a fee : CATER
35
Guadalajara gold : ORO
36
Signifying, with "of" : INDICATIVE
38
Hanks-Gleason film: 1986 : NOTHINGINCOMMON
41
Ancestors : ASCENDANTS
42
___ out (supplement) : EKE
43
Father of Indira Gandhi : NEHRU
44
Xenon, e.g. : GAS
45
Metal fastener : SCREW
47
"Norma ___" : RAE
49
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
50
Upset : SHAKEN
54
Turtleneck, e.g. : SWEATER
58
Anderson of "WKRP" : LONI
59
Nuclear-explosion hot spot : GROUNDZERO
62
Dobbin's fare : OATS
63
Laszlo Loewenstein : LORRE
64
Director Kazan : ELIA
65
Prior spouses : EXES
66
___ out (defeated narrowly) : EDGED
67
Judge : DEEM
Down
1
Mideast's ___ Strip : GAZA
2
Level : EVEN
3
Manor head : LORD
4
Rapiers : SWORDS
5
Packs : STOWS
6
Russian news agcy. : TASS
7
Tolkien creature : ENT
8
Iron or Bronze : AGE
9
Apportioned sparingly : DOLED
10
Slush : SLOP
11
Hack : TAXI
12
Perpetually : EVER
13
Window section : PANE
18
Allot : METE
22
Neighbor of Hong Kong : MACAO
24
Spark makers : FLINTS
25
Schwarzenegger role : CONAN
26
Jagged : EROSE
27
Indentation : NOTCH
28
Hire : ENGAGE
29
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
31
Unit of pressure: Abbr. : ATM
32
Track official : TIMER
33
Elicit : EVOKE
34
Extend a subscription : RENEW
36
Neighbor of Ill. : IND
37
Lab measures: Abbr. : CCS
39
"Leave ___ to heaven": Shak. : HER
40
Harden : INURE
45
Acorn, e.g. : SEED
46
Off one's rocker : CRAZED
48
Fish : ANGLE
49
Possessed : OWNED
50
Type of gin : SLOE
51
Fraud : HOAX
52
Feed the kitty : ANTE
53
Osculate : KISS
54
Certain : SURE
55
Beginning for vision : TELE
56
Lake seen at Lakewood, Ohio : ERIE
57
Wander : ROAM
60
Reel's partner : ROD
61
Assoc. : ORG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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