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Kenneth Witte
Kenneth Witte

New York Times, Thursday, September 15, 1988

12-Down : Iron: Comb. form

Author:
Kenneth Witte
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Kenneth Witte has 30 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,191
Across
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Gregory Peck role: 1956 : AHAB
5
Siffle : HISS
9
Offends : MIFFS
14
Egyptian queen of the gods : SATI
15
Stein-Plimpton book : EDIE
16
Small bay : INLET
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Malay craft : PROA
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Hitchcock's "___ Window" : REAR
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Emporium : STORE
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Skeptic's comment : IMFROMMISSOURI
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___ fainéant (do-nothing king) : ROI
24
Roof adornment : EPI
25
Weighty weight : TON
26
Skeptic's seasoning? : AGRAINOFSALT
32
Bravo or Grande : RIO
33
Comic Jay : LENO
34
High flier : EAGLE
38
Man is one : ISLE
40
Swordfish's sword : SERRA
43
Soul-seller Dorian : GRAY
44
Cartographer's collection : ATLAS
46
Shade : TINT
48
Mamie's mate : IKE
49
"Tell it ___" (skeptic's comment) : TOTHEMARINES
53
Bill's possible future : ACT
56
Monk's title : FRA
57
Hulk Hogan victory : PIN
58
Skeptic : DOUBTINGTHOMAS
64
Yippie Hoffman : ABBIE
65
Ovid : NASO
66
African shrub : ALOE
68
Defensive ditches : MOATS
69
Having wings : ALAR
70
Car part : TANK
71
Winter forecast : SLEET
72
Zeus's spouse : HERA
73
Being, to Aquinas : ESSE
Down
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Viper : ASP
2
Spy name : HARI
3
Molecule element : ATOM
4
African secessionist state: 1967-70 : BIAFRA
5
Juliet and Cordelia : HEROINES
6
Manuscript word : IDEM
7
"Owa tagu ___" : SIAM
8
Sequence : SERIES
9
This may be guided : MISSILE
10
Division word : INTO
11
Mock : FLOUT
12
Iron: Comb. form : FERRO
13
Beer mug : STEIN
21
Muddy the waters : ROIL
22
Menton is one : SPA
26
A Met score : ARIA
27
Main point : GIST
28
Aeronautics maneuver : ROLL
29
J. Denver's "___ World" : ONE
30
Special talent : FORTE
31
Traffic ticket : TAG
35
Smile broadly : GRIN
36
Actress Veronica : LAKE
37
The night's thousand : EYES
39
Ingest : EAT
41
Flange : RIM
42
Poet's repetition for effect : ANAPHORA
45
Most compassionate : SOFTEST
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Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g. : TRIO
50
Cycle beginning : TRI
51
Mrs. Van Buren : HANNAH
52
Pokey person : INMATE
53
Tea Party inciter : ADAMS
54
Computer-language acronym : COBOL
55
Old Roman trumpets : TUBAE
59
Fall for a trick : BITE
60
Strong wind : GALE
61
Ivan or Peter : TSAR
62
"Woe is me!" : ALAS
63
"My Three ___" (TV oldie) : SONS
67
Supplement, with "out" : EKE

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

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