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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Monday, January 4, 1993

19-Across : Teacher, at home

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,763
Across
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Meadows : LEAS
5
Songbird : WREN
9
Cowboys' pokers : SPURS
14
Destructive peak in Sicily : ETNA
15
Male lead : HERO
16
Conical dwelling : TEPEE
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Aleutian outpost : ATTU
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Personal: Comb. form : IDIO
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Teacher, at home : RATER
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Pacifists, in slanguage : PEACENIKS
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Élève's place : ECOLE
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Two to two, e.g. : EVEN
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Other : ELSE
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Navy equivalent of M.Sgt. : CPO
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Margin : EDGE
31
Seek ambitiously : ASPIRE
35
Harvests : REAPS
37
Pindar products : ODES
39
Marriage vows : IDOS
40
Gaelic : ERSE
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Task : STINT
42
Female swans : PENS
43
Where the Irrawaddy flows : ASIA
44
Camper's abode : TENT
45
Union general : MEADE
46
Cactus or beverage : MESCAL
48
Florence's river : ARNO
50
Actor Chaney : LON
51
Cupid : EROS
53
Land of the leprechauns : EIRE
55
Stage : PHASE
58
Irenic period : PEACETIME
63
Pitcher's ___ bag : ROSIN
64
Joan Miró's forte : ARTE
65
Over : ANEW
66
Alpha's opposite : OMEGA
67
Treasury agts. : TMEN
68
Corn bread : PONE
69
Doyens : DEANS
70
Infamous marquis : SADE
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They're loose or tight : ENDS
Down
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What hurdlers do : LEAP
2
Feminine suffix : ETTE
3
Rectangular pier : ANTA
4
Hollandaise is one : SAUCE
5
Yammered : WHINED
6
An 18th-century overcoat : REDINGOTE
7
Actor Estrada or King : ERIK
8
Lethal loop : NOOSE
9
Emphasize : STRESS
10
Calumet : PEACEPIPE
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Capable of : UPTO
12
Movie unit : REEL
13
Withered : SERE
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Holiday preceders : EVES
25
Hindmost : LAST
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Bossy's best : CREAM
27
Intrinsically : PERSE
28
Desert water hole : OASIS
30
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
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Perfect : IDEAL
33
Sonata finale : RONDO
34
Site of Krupp works : ESSEN
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Dove, at times : PEACESIGN
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Prayed : ENTREATED
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Battle site: 1944 : STLO
45
Less's associate : MORE
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The Summit and Spectrum : ARENAS
49
___ Creed: A.D. 325 : NICENE
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Gaiters : SPATS
54
A day's march : ETAPE
55
Urge : PROD
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Charity begins here : HOME
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On the briny : ASEA
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Columnist Bombeck : ERMA
60
Privy to : INON
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Set right : MEND
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Flock members : EWES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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