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Mary Cee Whitten
Mary Cee Whitten

New York Times, Wednesday, July 3, 1985

Author:
Mary C. Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { K W }, Scrabble score: 336 (avg 1.80)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.9
Mary Cee Whitten has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Mary C. Whitten is an alias for Mary Cee Whitten.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,021
Across
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Pinnacles : ACMES
6
Goose-flesh arouser : FEAR
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A memorable Pitts : ZAZU
14
Actor Peter : BOYLE
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Polish river, to Germans : ALLE
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"Jug-of-wine" poet : OMAR
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Vaudeville "royalty" : BURLESQUEQUEENS
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D.C. group : EPA
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Milkmaid's measure : PAILFUL
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Conrad setting : SEA
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A. A. of mysteries : FAIR
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Needle ___ haystack : INA
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Clears the windshield : DEFOGS
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Allegory : PARABLE
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Poplar popular in puzzles : ABELE
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Woodsy misfit : BABE
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Boy in "The Yearling" : JODY
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Actress Garr : TERI
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Alleviated : EASED
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Eye part : UVEA
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Writer Bombeck : ERMA
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Cager Archibald : NATE
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Sportscaster Musburger : BRENT
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In a miserly way : TIGHTLY
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Wrinkle : CREASE
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Sound detector : EAR
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Cheap trinket : GAUD
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Huxtable or Rehan : ADA
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Partisans : ZEALOTS
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Bex or Dax : SPA
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Makes fun of Ellery? : BURLESQUESQUEEN
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Neural network : RETE
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Bounce : OUST
62
U.S.S.R. range : URALS
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Holly : ILEX
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Framework for plaster : LATH
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Nine: Comb. form : ENNEA
Down
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Singer Lane : ABBE
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___ de grâce : COUP
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Pianist Hess : MYRA
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Architect's add-on : ELL
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Lake dweller's worry : SEEPAGE
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Moslem mendicant : FAQIR
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Hebrew month : ELUL
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Letter for Moses : ALEF
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Necessary : REQUIRED
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Emoter Caldwell : ZOE
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Author Ben ___ Williams : AMES
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Grey of the purple sage : ZANE
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Major or Minor preceder : URSA
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Je ne ___ quoi : SAIS
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Funny-bone neighbor : ULNA
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Maple covering : FOLIAGE
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Renounced : ABJURED
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History-quiz detail : DATE
27
German statesman : EBERT
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Noted Italian physicist : FERMI
29
Londoner's meat pie : PASTY
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___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
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"I ___ Parade" : LOVEA
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British noble family : EDENS
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Canaanite deity : BAAL
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Eucalypt : YATE
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Mezzanine : ENTRESOL
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Abrupt in speech : BRUSQUE
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Skyline overcast : HAZE
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Grimalkins : CATS
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"Pride ___ before ... " : GOETH
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Dugout shelter : ABRI
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Event for seconds : DUEL
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Turquoise cousin : AQUA
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Keen desire : LUST
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O'Casey or Connery : SEAN
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He kicked to conquer : PELE
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Amphora handle : ANSA
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"The Joy of ___": Brandreth : LEX
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Keatsian container : URN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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