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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Wednesday, October 7, 1981

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.4
Jeanette K. Brill has 78 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,656
Across
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___ Huron, Mich. : PORT
5
Kind of devil : DARE
9
Capote's "The Grass ___" : HARP
13
Drive : MOTOR
14
Atlas abbr. : ELEV
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On the safer side at sea : ALEE
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Bryant or Gillette : ANITA
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Simple's partner : PURE
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Reasonable : SANE
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One goal of the E.P.A. : DECONTAMINATION
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Willys-Knight, e.g. : CAR
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Foulard : TIE
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Belligerence : CONTENTIOUSNESS
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Heed : OBEY
34
Scottish hillside : BRAE
35
Part of a baby's routine : NAP
36
Spun, as a web : WOVE
37
City on the Rhine : BASEL
39
Sound : HALE
40
Double this for a Hebrew hymn : ELI
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Certain : SURE
42
Kind of jacket : ETON
43
Extrication : DISENTANGLEMENT
48
Resinous substance : LAC
49
Alliance acronym : OAS
50
Ingenuous : UNSOPHISTICATED
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Harvest : REAP
60
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Source of a fiber for rope : AGAVE
62
Japanese beverage : SAKE
63
Lear's consuming emotion : RAGE
64
Continue a subscription : RENEW
65
Jejune : ARID
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O'Casey or Connery : SEAN
67
Steps or degrees : PEGS
Down
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Southern dish : PONE
2
Of the ear : OTIC
3
Newspaper sect. : ROTO
4
Medium's state : TRANCE
5
Leave : DEPART
6
Astringent : ALUM
7
Soprano Grist : RERI
8
Ultimate : EVENTUAL
9
Hie : HASTEN
10
U.S.S.R. mountain range : ALAI
11
Splitsville, U.S.A. : RENO
12
Flatten by hammering : PEEN
13
Like Carroll's Hatter : MAD
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"Tall, ___ and terrific" : TAN
21
Comfort, in Cannes : AISE
24
Intimidated : COWED
25
Ancient Greek weights or coins : OBOLI
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Island discovered by Columbus: 1493 : NEVIS
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Nautical chain : TYE
28
Author of "Rosmersholm" : IBSEN
29
Pay dirt : ORE
30
Kinsman on the mother's side : ENATE
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Stylish shop : SALON
32
Exhausted : SPENT
37
Messes up : BUTCHERS
38
Heavenly Altar : ARA
39
Haw's partner : HEM
41
Retort irritably : SNAP
44
Married on the run : ELOPED
45
Achieved : GOTTEN
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Medieval lyric poem : LAI
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Steep slope : ESCARP
50
Sky Bear : URSA
51
Approximate : NEAR
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Pen name of H. H. Munro : SAKI
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"Dies ___," ancient hymn : IRAE
54
Roman-fleuve : SAGA
55
1958 Pulitzer recipient : AGEE
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Distinctive flavor : TANG
57
Twilights : EVES
58
Morning moisture : DEW

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

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