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Brown
Brown

New York Times, Friday, October 28, 1977

Author:
Brown
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.8
Brown has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

This constructor could be Ruth Brown, Mary Brown or Lucia T. Brown.

Error in 53-Across clue — "Bachrach" should be "Bacharach"; left as in original.

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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,303
Across
1
Mil. rank : CAPT
5
Speed-checking device : RADAR
10
Esau's land : EDOM
14
Engage : HIRE
15
Run away : ELOPE
16
Cape Cod sight : DUNE
17
The Old Sod : ERIN
18
Spokesman : MOUTHPIECE
20
Adorant's action : REVERING
22
Spring event : EASTER
23
Mixed with : AMONG
24
He said: "Who steals my purse steals trash" : IAGO
25
Look after : ATTEND
27
TV rods : ANTENNAS
31
Aspects : MIENS
32
Digs ore : MINES
33
Grampus : ORC
34
Root vegetable : BEET
35
Patronized a casino : GAMED
36
Continent : ASIA
37
Actress Myrna : LOY
38
Modify : ALTER
39
Propagate : BREED
40
Rev up : ENERGIZE
42
Lippmann's "A Preface to ___" : MORALS
43
Double preposition : INTO
44
Photo colorer : TONER
45
Ready : ALLSET
48
Exhausts : BURNSOUT
51
Listens : GIVESEARTO
53
Bachrach offering : TUNE
54
Turkish title : EMIR
55
Haley's best seller : ROOTS
56
Geraint's wife : ENID
57
Speaker's stand : DAIS
58
"If You Knew ___" : SUSIE
59
Banned insecticides: Abbr. : DDTS
Down
1
Sonny's ex : CHER
2
Yorkshire river : AIRE
3
Nero Wolfe, for one : PRIVATEEYE
4
Urban building : TENEMENT
5
Jog the memory : REMIND
6
Lengthwise : ALONG
7
Fairbanks : DOUG
8
Likely : APT
9
Warmed over : REHEATED
10
Kinetoscope inventor : EDISON
11
Siegmund-Sieglinde number : DUET
12
"___ Upon a Mattress" : ONCE
13
Lake, to Hans : MEER
19
Book parts : PAGES
21
Nessen and Ziegler : RONS
24
Word with ear or tube : INNER
25
Mosey along : AMBLE
26
Attach : TIEON
27
Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
28
Seek info secretly : NOSEAROUND
29
Shakespeare's blithe spirit : ARIEL
30
Oodles : SCADS
32
Passover bread : MATZO
35
Sparkles : GLITTERS
36
Apprehended : ARRESTED
38
Choreographer DeMille : AGNES
39
West German capital : BONN
41
Step sections : RISERS
42
Down in the dumps : MOROSE
44
For all players: Mus. : TUTTI
45
Mellowed : AGED
46
Kind of bean : LIMA
47
Caesar's 57 : LVII
48
Business abbr. : BROS
49
Single item : UNIT
50
Kennedy and Williams : TEDS
52
Birdwatchers' org. : AOU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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