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Stanley B. Whitten
Stanley B. Whitten

New York Times, Tuesday, September 24, 1985

26-Down : Entanglements

Author:
Stanley B. Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Stanley B. Whitten has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,104
Across
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An archangel : MICHAEL
8
Supreme Court Associate Justice: 1932-38 : CARDOZO
15
Intensify : ENHANCE
16
Escorted : USHERED
17
Celebrity status : STARDOM
18
Ireland's Abbey ___ : THEATRE
19
Court target : HOOP
20
Guitar's cousin of yore : LUTE
22
Grecian mountain : ATHOS
23
"If ___ Would Leave You" : EVERI
25
Mr. Kabibble : ISH
26
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
29
Cooking direction : STIR
31
What is is : VERB
35
Martini garnishes : OLIVES
37
Sept. 20, 1984, e.g. : FRI
38
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
39
Prima donna : DIVA
40
Horn sounds : TOOTS
42
All-conqueror : LOVE
43
Satanic : EVIL
44
Drop a pop-up : ERR
45
Assistant : HELPER
47
Market : SELL
48
Campus org. : ROTC
50
Borscht ingredients : BEETS
51
"Ich bin ___ Berliner": J.F.K. : EIN
53
Berlin song: 1915 : ARABY
55
Cafeteria items : TRAYS
58
Chariot route : ITER
59
Andrews or Wynter : DANA
63
Made wavelets : RIPPLED
65
Thief : STEALER
67
Disturb : AGITATE
68
Miss Vicki's groom : TINYTIM
69
Straw hats : PANAMAS
70
Cures : SEASONS
Down
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Netting : MESH
2
Division word : INTO
3
___ Phraya, Thai river : CHAO
4
Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 song hit : HARPERVALLEYPTA
5
R ___ R (leave) : AND
6
School, in Paris : ECOLE
7
Nocturnal primates : LEMURS
8
Attractive : CUTE
9
Cigar tip : ASH
10
Ostriches' cousins : RHEAS
11
Popular radio series: 1930-45 : DEATHVALLEYDAYS
12
Upright: Comb. form : ORTH
13
Goose egg : ZERO
14
Pindaric works : ODES
21
Retaliation in kind : TITFORTAT
24
Neckline shape : VEE
25
People of Cork : IRISH
26
Entanglements : NODES
27
Kicking's partner : ALIVE
28
Mannerly : CIVIL
30
N.Y.C. subway : IRT
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Fly by night : ELOPE
33
Girder fastener : RIVET
34
Root and ginger : BEERS
36
Ship's rear : STERN
41
Río de ___, African bay : ORO
46
Wane : EBB
49
Summits : CRESTS
52
Moslem religion : ISLAM
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Ade book: 1896 : ARTIE
55
Kind of door : TRAP
56
Latvian capital : RIGA
57
Neat as ___ : APIN
58
Sept. 13, e.g. : IDES
60
Choir member : ALTO
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Herr's "no" : NEIN
62
Weapons : ARMS
64
Timetable abbr. : ETA
66
Alfonso's queen : ENA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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