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Whitten
Whitten

New York Times, Monday, August 1, 1983

Author:
Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Whitten has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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S
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W
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A
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P
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E
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L
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T
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C
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A
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R
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P
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E
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S
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A
R
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R
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W
A
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S
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R
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G
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T
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C
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U
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P
H
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D
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S
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T
A
T
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S
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T
R
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A
K
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N
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O
D
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Y
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E
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A
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S
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S
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E
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T
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B
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V
A
R
D
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H
A
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L
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T
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A
L
S
O
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F
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F
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A
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V
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R
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O
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S
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P
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A
H
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N
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L
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B
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R
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O
D
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R
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A
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D
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M
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N
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,319
Across
1
Exchange : SWAP
5
Make happy : ELATE
10
Goldfish : CARP
14
A first name in mystery-writing : ERLE
15
Kind of clerk : SALES
16
Sandarac tree : ARAR
17
Famous thoroughfare : WALLSTREET
19
University at Houston : RICE
20
Waste : SPOILAGE
21
Kilmer poem : TREES
22
Marcus Porcius : CATO
23
Supports : UPHOLDS
25
Famous thoroughfare : STATESTREET
28
Related : AKIN
29
Poems : ODES
30
Affirmative vote : YEA
33
Famous thoroughfare : SUNSETBOULEVARD
38
Chapeau : HAT
39
Café au ___ : LAIT
40
Likewise : ALSO
41
Famous thoroughfare : FIFTHAVENUE
45
Ornament shaped like a flower : ROSETTE
48
Await decision : PEND
49
Burn ___ in one's pocket : AHOLE
50
Elective : OPTIONAL
54
Indonesian island : BALI
55
Famous thoroughfare : RODEODRIVE
57
Golf club : IRON
58
Straighten : ALINE
59
Lamb's pen name : ELIA
60
Aalborg resident : DANE
61
Repairs : MENDS
62
Loch ___, in NW Scotland : NESS
Down
1
Stitches : SEWS
2
Envelop : WRAP
3
Different: Comb. form : ALLO
4
Water birds : PELICANS
5
Fourth ___ (journalism) : ESTATE
6
Slow musical passages : LARGOS
7
To shelter, at sea : ALEE
8
Golf-bag item : TEE
9
N.Y.C. time : EST
10
Tantalizing inducement : CARROT
11
African gazelle : ARIEL
12
Sped : RACED
13
Squeeze : PRESS
18
Venetian-blind part : SLAT
21
"___ Foolish Things ... ": 1935 song : THESE
23
Indic language : URDU
24
Cut away : PEEL
25
Predatory sea gull : SKUA
26
Hair dye : TINT
27
Cuspid, e.g. : TOOTH
28
Bat wood : ASH
30
Yellow Sea feeder : YALU
31
Gaelic : ERSE
32
Fuss : ADO
34
Pica alternative : ELITE
35
Big man in the White House : TAFT
36
___ the bullet : BITE
37
Mamie, Carl or Mark : VANDOREN
41
Catlike : FELINE
42
Affix : APPEND
43
Presidential rejections : VETOES
44
Wife of Geraint : ENID
45
Violent : RABID
46
Maureen or John : OHARA
47
Wise lawmaker : SOLON
50
Chief Norse god : ODIN
51
Emil Ludwig subject : NILE
52
Advice, in Arles : AVIS
53
Meadows : LEAS
55
Aries : RAM
56
Corrida shout : OLE

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

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