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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Thursday, August 28, 1986

23-Down : Swift

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,442
Across
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Become bored : PALL
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Athletic tracks : OVALS
10
Form of pollution : SMOG
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Mine, to Denise : AMOI
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County in Ky. : LARUE
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"___ Loves Mambo," 1954 song : PAPA
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Dodger infielder: 1937-47 : COOKIELAVAGETTO
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Printing mark : ASTERISK
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Relating to a cereal : OATEN
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"And Then There Were ___": Christie : NONE
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Spread outward : FLARED
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He wrote "The Master Builder" : IBSEN
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Gladden : ELATE
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Former model-talk-show personality : CANDYJONES
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Limned : DREW
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Supplement, with "out" : EKE
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Bonne ___ (Happy New Year): Fr. : ANNEE
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Swiss canton : URI
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Reduce a sail : REEF
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Baseball Hall of Famer : PIETRAYNOR
44
Match site : ARENA
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Sheriff's men : POSSE
47
Melodious : ARIOSE
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Eager : AGOG
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"___ for Adano" : ABELL
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Role for Dustin Hoffman : GRADUATE
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Composer of "King Porter Stomp" : JELLYROLLMORTON
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Away from the wind : ALEE
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Revoke a legacy : ADEEM
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In ___ (entirely) : TOTO
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Soaks flax : RETS
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Hair dye : HENNA
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Gush forth : SPEW
Down
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S.A. rodent : PACA
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Hebrew prophet : AMOS
3
Pillage : LOOT
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Compared : LIKENED
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Liquid portion of a fat : OLEIN
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"___ Triste": Sibelius : VALSE
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Sultanabad, today : ARAK
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Anne Jackson stage vehicle: 1964 : LUV
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Red or Dead : SEA
10
Impaled : SPEARED
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Having a dull finish : MATTE
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Chose : OPTED
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Talmudic scholar's title : GAON
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Sardonic literary style : IRONY
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Get one's ___ (annoy) : GOAT
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Swift : FLEET
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Powerful beam : LASER
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Decorator of sorts : ICER
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Clam follower : BAKE
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Snick or ___ : SNEE
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Nine: Comb. form : ENNEA
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Mocks : JAPES
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Cat-___-tails : ONINE
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Operates : RUNS
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God of love : EROS
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Cable : WIRE
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Woven fabrics : FAILLES
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Nickname, in Navarra : APODO
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Fermented milk foods : YOGURTS
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___-poly : ROLY
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A poplar : ABELE
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Sublease : RELET
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Composer Harold : ARLEN
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Alpha, beta, ___ : GAMMA
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Slightly open : AJAR
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Secluded valley : GLEN
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Over : ATOP
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Carry : TOTE
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Sufficient, poetically : ENOW
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Bowl sound : RAH
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"___ to Napoleon": Schoenberg : ODE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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