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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Thursday, January 29, 1976

56-Across : Volcano

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 4, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,665
Across
1
Brainstorm : IDEA
5
Aspersion : SLUR
9
Mother of Pollux : LEDA
13
Hard or soft : SELL
14
Scottish island : IONA
15
Antitoxin : SERUM
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U. S. writer : HEMINGWAY
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Asian capital : LHASA
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"A ___," work by 16 Across : MOVEABLEFEAST
21
Saarinen : EERO
22
"___ the ramparts ... " : OER
23
Regulatory comm. : ICC
26
Composer Harris : ROY
27
Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
28
N.Y.C. police org. : PBA
31
London district : SOHO
33
Exclaimed : CRIEDOUT
35
Work by 16 Across : THESUNALSORISES
39
Cognomen : LASTNAME
40
Hawaiian goose : NENE
41
Print measures : ENS
42
Map routes: Abbr. : RDS
43
Knicks' org. : NBA
46
___ good deed : DOA
47
Merry, in Paris : GAI
48
Ages : EONS
50
Paris friend of 16 Across : GERTRUDESTEIN
56
Volcano : PELEE
57
Memorable : REDLETTER
59
Blackened : INKED
60
Take out : DELE
61
Beneficiary in a suit : USEE
62
Kind of tube : TEST
63
U. S. chemist : UREY
64
Name for 16 Across : PAPA
Down
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Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
2
Judge : DEEM
3
Actor Lincoln : ELMO
4
Teeming : ALIVE
5
Stogie, in Siena : SIGARO
6
Chest of drawers : LOWBOY
7
Single : UNAL
8
Martha of show biz : RAYE
9
Operetta man : LEHAR
10
Paleozoic et al. : ERAS
11
Dry-mop's target : DUST
12
Doctors' org. : AMA
15
Van Winkle, e.g. : SLEEPER
17
___-do-well : NEER
20
Page number : FOLIO
23
Cordage fiber : ISTLE
24
Joel Grey portrayal : COHAN
25
Fischer's forte : CHESS
27
___ poetica : ARS
28
Presented, as a problem : POSED
29
Ex-tennis star Maria : BUENO
30
On the briny : ATSEA
32
East, to Germans : OST
33
Little one: Suffix : CLE
34
Tumult : DIN
36
Not seeded : UNRATED
37
Low point : NADIR
38
Times of day: Abbr. : AMS
43
Cleopatra's ___ : NEEDLE
44
Critic Crowther : BOSLEY
45
Stake : ANTE
47
Perform a hostess's duty : GREET
49
Arrangement : SETUP
50
Autry or Kelly : GENE
51
Wapitis : ELKS
52
Indic language : URDU
53
Stag or hart : DEER
54
"___ deal!" : ITSA
55
Turnip, in Scotland : NEEP
56
Alternative in Poe story : PIT
58
Cartoonist Gardner : REA

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

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