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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Monday, January 31, 1977

21-Across : Origin of the Euphrates

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,033
Across
1
Ice-cream measures : DIPS
5
Tussle : SCRAP
10
Bed part : SLAT
14
One of the Andreanofs : ADAK
15
Partner of ho : HEAVE
16
Swanky : POSH
17
Embassy member : MILITARYATTACHE
20
Stances : POSTURES
21
Origin of the Euphrates : TURKEY
22
Three, in Málaga : TRES
23
Letter beginning : SIRS
24
Go up : ASCEND
27
Disagreed : DIFFERED
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Surprisers of Goldilocks : BEARS
32
Cyclades island : MELOS
33
Lend an ___ : EAR
34
Coffee brewers : URNS
35
Gog's associate : MAGOG
36
Allot : METE
37
Phoebus : SUN
38
Pops : COLAS
39
What an evangelist does : SAVES
40
Gives out : EMANATES
42
Discourages : DETERS
43
Freeman Gosden : AMOS
44
Italian finger game : MORA
45
Not so hard : EASIER
48
Milton locale : PARADISE
52
Tactful group : DIPLOMATICCORPS
54
Dies ___ : IRAE
55
Guam capital : AGANA
56
Sterlet and shad eggs : ROES
57
Care for : TEND
58
Count ___ : NOSES
59
Snicker's : SNEE
Down
1
Like some cellars : DAMP
2
Personal: Prefix : IDIO
3
Buddies : PALS
4
Glides lightly : SKITTERS
5
Participated in : SHARED
6
Small planet : CERES
7
Sting and X : RAYS
8
Girl's name : AVA
9
Quibble over trifles : PETTIFOG
10
Rare : SPARSE
11
Soo feature : LOCK
12
Arthur of tennis : ASHE
13
"___ also serve ... " : THEY
18
___ on the heat : TURNS
19
Sods : TURFS
23
Places for ICBM's : SILOS
24
Treat badly : ABUSE
25
Injection material : SERUM
26
Large-leafed plant : CANNA
27
Contemporary of Manet : DEGAS
28
Town officer : REEVE
29
Gourmand or gourmet : EATER
30
Kind of parade or circle : DRESS
32
Certain people : MALES
35
Subway-crew member : MOTORMAN
36
Certain swordsmen : MATADORS
38
Brief acting role : CAMEO
39
Ice pinnacle : SERAC
41
___ down (made final) : NAILED
42
Biblical sewer : DORCAS
44
Havana memory : MAINE
45
Do copy-desk work : EDIT
46
Atmosphere, in Aragon : AIRE
47
Hand measure : SPAN
48
School groups: Abbr. : PTAS
49
Curtain or ore : IRON
50
Graf von ___ : SPEE
51
Common Latin word : ESSE
53
Past : AGO

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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