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Morton B. Braun
Morton B. Braun

New York Times, Monday, May 7, 1979

Author:
Morton Braun
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 26.8
Morton B. Braun has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Morton Braun is an alias for Morton B. Braun.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,772
Across
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"___ that pass in the night ... ": Longfellow : SHIPS
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Pull the cork : OPEN
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Don or San : JUAN
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What a Parisian smokes : TABAC
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Farewell, to Caesar : VALE
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Inactive : IDLE
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Computation : ARITHMETIC
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G. H. Ruth : BABE
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Kind of Baron or Cross : RED
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Dinghy owner's need : OARS
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Felt dizzy : REELED
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Pampers : MOLLYCODDLES
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In full measure : TOTALLY
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Sec. Council member : USA
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Assists : ABETS
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Painter called Il Bolognese : GRIMALDI
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Traditional knowledge : LORE
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Heavy sounds : THUDS
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Portal : DOOR
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Rebukes : CENSURES
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Biblical mother-in-law : NAOMI
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Title for Coward or Chaplin : SIR
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Pretended : FEIGNED
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Place in a Hardy novel : CASTERBRIDGE
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Shopping area : ARCADE
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Try to persuade : URGE
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Wreath at Waikiki : LEI
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Vice President in Jefferson's first term : BURR
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Swiss peak : MATTERHORN
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Adjoin : ABUT
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Native of a Soviet Republic : ESTH
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Column style : IONIC
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Places for sci. experiments : LABS
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"Simon ___" : SAYS
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Betel palm : ARECA
Down
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Be featured : STAR
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Hounds' quarry : HARE
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Footnote abbr. : IBID
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Modern descendant of Daniel Boone : PAT
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Groups of groupers : SCHOOLS
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Too : OVERLY
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Fall guy : PATSY
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Mr. Whitney : ELI
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Fatal disease of plants : NECROSIS
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Agreed with : JIBED
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J.F.K.'s Secretary of the Interior : UDALL
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He wrote "The Sandbox" : ALBEE
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Requires : NEEDS
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Promenade : MALL
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Famous cheese : EDAM
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Buck and hind : MATES
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Byproduct of milk : CURD
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Mineral for powder : TALC
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"An ill wind that no one blows good" : OBOE
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Aquatic bird : TERN
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Songwriter Edwards : GUS
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Saying : ADAGE
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Diving bird : LOON
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Structure over a rotunda : DOME
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Rainbow: Comb. form : IRID
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Roman galleys : TRIREMES
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Tansy or thyme : HERB
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"You ___ to come at ten o'clock" : USED
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Lagos is its capital : NIGERIA
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Narrow arms of the sea : FIRTHS
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Rim : EDGE
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Conspiracy : CABAL
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Caribbean island : ARUBA
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Postpone a rocket launch : SCRUB
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Subject of a Wonderland trial : TARTS
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Full of potholes : RUTTY
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Kind of wolf or hand : LONE
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Norse explorer : ERIC
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Resident of Machu Picchu : INCA
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King of Judah : ASA
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Where Aaron died : HOR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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