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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, August 29, 1990

55-Down : Pesky mite

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Jeanette K. Brill has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,904
Across
1
Gelid : COLD
5
Broom made of twigs : BESOM
10
Bridge coup : SLAM
14
Island or port now called Xiamen : AMOY
15
Marry on the run : ELOPE
16
"Welcome ___," Altman film : TOLA
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Operatic offering by Puccini : MADAMABUTTERFLY
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Erne or eagle : PREDATOR
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Nerve networks : RETIA
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Morning condensation : DEW
23
Canadian Indians : DENE
25
Shiny fabric : SATEEN
29
Hors d'oeuvres : CANAPES
32
Portent : OMEN
33
Squelched : SATON
34
Adage : SAW
36
Operatic offering by Gounod : ROMEOETJULIETTE
40
Male sheep, to a Londoner : TUP
41
Fluff, in Frankfurt : FLAUM
42
Stem : REIN
43
Touch up old furniture : RESTAIN
45
Domesticated European polecat : FERRET
47
Genre : KIND
48
Type of scan : CAT
49
At right angles to a ship's keel : ABEAM
52
Subject to obligation : MORTGAGE
57
Operatic offering by Wagner : GOTTERDAMMERUNG
60
Succulent plant : ALOE
61
Join : UNITE
62
"To ___ and a bone ... ": Kipling : ARAG
63
Tear : REND
64
Less feral : TAMER
65
Racquets and paddles : BATS
Down
1
David, for one : CAMP
2
Actor Sharif : OMAR
3
Mineral deposit : LODE
4
Pair : DYAD
5
Like some paths : BEATEN
6
Nudge : ELBOW
7
Like some pickles : SOUR
8
Choose : OPT
9
Lincoln Ctr. building : MET
10
A star of "She-Devil" : STREEP
11
Golf shot : LOFT
12
" ___ Want for Christmas ... ": 1946 song : ALLI
13
Pre-Columbian Amerind : MAYA
18
Created : MADE
19
Operatic offering by Verdi : ERNANI
23
Fact : DATUM
24
Chemical compound : ENOL
25
Ilk : SORT
26
___-propre (self-respect) : AMOUR
27
Home of the Sun Devils : TEMPE
28
Abilene-to-Fort Worth dir. : ENE
29
Style of cooking : CAJUN
30
Glyceride is one : ESTER
31
"Socrate" composer : SATIE
33
Reserved : STAID
35
Departed : WENT
37
Wolfe's "___ and the River" : OFTIME
38
Verve : ELAN
39
Misdo : ERR
44
Emulated Tai and Randy : SKATED
45
Dell denizen : FARMER
46
Major ending : ETTE
48
"Le ___ de Monte Cristo," by Dumas père : COMTE
49
Gelling agent : AGAR
50
Tree trunk : BOLE
51
Backward note : ETON
52
Disfigure : MAIM
53
Kind of bag : GRAB
54
Halo : AURA
55
Pesky mite : GNAT
56
Roe : EGGS
58
Muffler's menace : RUT
59
Gene material : DNA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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