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Jeanette K. Brill
Jeanette K. Brill

New York Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1987

Author:
Jeanette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 20.1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jeanette K. Brill has 78 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,923
Across
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Enclose : CAGE
5
Roster : LIST
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Roman emperor: 68-69 : GALBA
14
Kind of test : ORAL
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Court name : ASHE
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Mishmashes : OLIOS
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___ me tangere (hands off!) : NOLI
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Erode : WEAR
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Setting for "Rain" : SAMOA
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Robert Donat film: 1939 : GOODBYEMRCHIPS
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Electrical unit : AMPERE
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Fictional Jane : EYRE
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Novelist Levin : IRA
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Maroon : ENISLE
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Woven with ridges : WALED
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Captures, as game : BAGS
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Bender : TEAR
40
Film starring Gary Cooper: 1932 : AFAREWELLTOARMS
43
Moslem magistrate : CADI
44
Toward shelter, at sea : ALEE
45
Accordion part : PLEAT
46
Meredith's "The ___ of Richard Feverel" : ORDEAL
48
Finial : EPI
50
Advantage : EDGE
53
State of lawlessness : ANOMIE
58
Dreyfuss-Mason film: 1977 : THEGOODBYEGIRL
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Small cabaret : BOITE
63
Money in Milan : LIRE
64
___ the finish : INAT
65
Omni or Kingdome : ARENA
66
Freeman's "Robert ___" : ELEE
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Interdiction : VETO
68
Fortification : REDAN
69
European gulls : MEWS
70
Barbara or Anthony : EDEN
Down
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Cuban dance : CONGA
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"___ Without Windows," 1964 song : AROOM
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Lively dance : GALOP
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Suppress, in a way : ELIDE
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F. Lee Bailey, e.g. : LAWYER
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"___ the Moon," 1953 song : ISEE
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Abash : SHAME
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English actress: 1847-1928 : TERRY
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Land of plenty : GOSHEN
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Flaccid : LIMP
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Bronx cheers : BOOS
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___ rule (generally) : ASA
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"The Bartered ___" : BRIDE
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Arête : CREST
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Fourth person : ABEL
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Cit. of Padua : ITAL
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Dry : SERE
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Tibetan monk : LAMA
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Once, once : ERST
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City on the Brazos : WACO
33
Out yonder : AFAR
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Star of "Shane" : LADD
35
Lake or canal : ERIE
37
October potable : ALE
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Kind of club : GLEE
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Ralph ___ Emerson : WALDO
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Deem : OPINE
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Sea between Greece and Turkey : AEGEAN
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Earners : PAYEES
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Jewish folklore figure : GOLEM
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Roman official : EDILE
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Pointed arch : OGIVE
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Dug for coal : MINED
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Incensed : IRATE
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Singer John : ELTON
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Sped : TORE
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Sped : HIED
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Volcano in Sicily : ETNA
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Concoct : BREW
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Estop : BAR

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