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Brown
Brown

New York Times, Friday, June 17, 1983

Author:
Brown
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 36.8
Brown has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,274
Across
1
Pledges of love : TROTHS
7
Invasions : RAIDS
12
Ancient vehicle : CHARIOT
13
Adorn : ENRICH
15
Scene of W.W. I fighting : ARGONNE
16
U.S. mountain range : SIERRAS
18
Pose : SIT
19
Head count : CENSUS
21
German philosopher : KANT
22
___-garde : AVANT
24
Brief, dramatic role : CAMEO
26
Normal condition : PAR
27
Lily type : SEGO
28
Roosevelt coin : DIME
29
Greek letter : KAPPA
31
Conceals : VEILS
33
Brewer's purchase : BARLEY
34
Comes into view : APPEARS
37
Swords : RAPIERS
38
Pocket contents : CHANGE
39
Food shops, for short : DELIS
40
Waterway : CANAL
41
Long vestment : COPE
42
Holiday times : EVES
46
Finish : END
47
Be theatrical : EMOTE
49
Underhanded one : SNEAK
50
Greek porch : STOA
52
Go all out against : ASSAIL
54
Sault ___ Marie : STE
55
Forage plant : SORGHUM
57
Institution's agent : TRUSTEE
59
Fine wool : MERINO
60
Lost American pilot : EARHART
61
Soft drinks : SODAS
62
Spurns : REPELS
Down
1
Flourish : THRIVE
2
Riffraff : RAGTAG
3
Spanish Main moola : ORO
4
Color : TINCT
5
Give an edge to : HONE
6
Certain designs : STENCILS
7
Begin again : RESUME
8
Flavor for a liqueur : ANISE
9
Anger : IRE
10
Dagger : DIRK
11
Cornmeal-and-pork dish : SCRAPPLE
12
Spanish homes : CASAS
14
Wicker container : HANAPER
17
Becomes lost : STRAYS
20
Snead and Houston : SAMS
23
Nine-day devotion : NOVENA
25
Giraffe's relative : OKAPI
28
Disastrous : DIRE
30
Up : ARISEN
32
Golf thrill : EAGLE
33
Package of hay : BALE
34
Means of approach : ACCESS
35
Specter : PHANTOM
36
Guitars' early kin : PANDORES
37
Modern firearm : REPEATER
39
Dowries : DOTS
41
Orderly universe : COSMOS
43
Chaste : VESTAL
44
Van Gogh's "The Potato ___" : EATERS
45
Trapshooting : SKEET
48
___ Loa : MAUNA
49
Drink noisily : SLURP
51
Prefix meaning "soil" : AGRO
53
Dies ___ : IRAE
56
Secreted : HID
58
Haggard novel : SHE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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