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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, January 2, 1987

5-Across : A jack in euchre

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,569
Across
1
Knob on a shield : BOSS
5
A jack in euchre : BOWER
10
Soothing substance : BALM
14
What many states do : ABUT
15
Soprano Valkki : ANITA
16
Kind of strut on a plane : OLEO
17
A Melville captain : RIGA
18
Embellishes the ugly : SUGARCOATS
20
Busts, e.g. : STATUES
22
Be stubborn : PERSIST
23
Sow's smallest piglet : RUNT
24
Harass : BESET
25
Rate for taxes : APPRAISE
28
Starts, at Doral : TEESUP
32
Vendue : SALE
33
Brume : MIST
35
Member of a Syrian sect : DRUSE
36
Old-time actor Erwin : STU
37
Chains : FETTERS
39
Rod : GAT
40
Singer Mann : AIMEE
42
Pochard : SMEE
43
Epiphany trio : MAGI
44
Mussulman : MOSLEM
46
Hermit : ANCHORET
48
Remove property, in law : ELOIN
50
Wyatt, the old-time lawman : EARP
51
Drools : SLAVERS
54
"Great Expectations" woman : ESTELLA
57
Sucrose producers : SUGARBEETS
59
Land bounded by the Mekong : LAOS
60
Waste allowance : TRET
61
Choleric : IRATE
62
Neb. aborigine : OTOE
63
Evenings, in Roma : SERE
64
British sand hills : DENES
65
Rossini's "La Scala di ___" : SETA
Down
1
Candy units : BARS
2
R.I.P. notice : OBIT
3
Comfits : SUGARPLUMS
4
Height : STATURE
5
Normal allotted period for a worker's task : BASETIME
6
Burden : ONUS
7
Peruke : WIG
8
Military storehouse : ETAPE
9
Hardest to find : RAREST
10
Enthusiast : BOOSTER
11
Turkish regiment : ALAI
12
"___ go, Mets!" : LETS
13
Part of M.V.P. : MOST
19
Beliefs : CREEDS
21
Actress Merkel : UNA
24
Ring bearer : BESTMAN
25
State in NE India : ASSAM
26
Place for a "steak-out" : PATIO
27
Poses : SITS
29
Victorian sweetmeat : SUGARPLATE
30
Custom : USAGE
31
Kind of jury : PETIT
34
Carl Ed's comical hero : TEEN
37
Palp : FEELER
38
Alcoves : RECESSES
41
Hoist : ELEVATE
43
Its capital is Cuernavaca : MORELOS
45
Grisly : MORBID
47
What men doff to Key : HAT
49
Its capital is Grenoble : ISERE
51
Sky speedsters : SSTS
52
Use a coachman : LURE
53
"Happy Days ... " composer : AGER
54
Feminine suffix : ETTE
55
Terhune novel : LOOT
56
On the Laptev : ASEA
58
Suffix with Euclid : EAN

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4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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