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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Tuesday, October 1, 1991

27-Across : Roman poet

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,302
Across
1
Departed : LEFT
5
Catch on a trunk : HASP
9
___ avis : RARA
13
"And ___ down alone": Housman : ILIE
14
Forearm bones : ULNAS
16
Moa's cousins : EMUS
17
Overlook : MISS
18
Farrier : BLACKSMITH
20
Thai monetary units : BAHTS
22
Farm machines : REAPERS
23
Household : MENAGE
26
Dundee headgear : TAM
27
Roman poet : HORACE
28
Cardinal : REDBIRD
32
Singer Peerce : JAN
33
Kitchen implement : PEELER
35
Weird-sounding lake : ERIE
36
Eggs on : URGES
38
Kind of code : ZIP
39
Verify : PROVE
40
Peak : APEX
41
Site of Harford Comm. College : BELAIR
43
Actor Beatty : NED
44
Wintry gale : NORTHER
46
Argots : IDIOMS
48
Rya, e.g. : RUG
49
Magician's word : PRESTO
50
Obliteration : ERASURE
53
After-dinner items : MINTS
56
Seth Thomas was one : CLOCKMAKER
59
Molding : OGEE
60
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
61
Franklin product : STOVE
62
Withered : SERE
63
Dabs : PATS
64
County capital : SEAT
65
Hibernia : ERIN
Down
1
Precarious perch : LIMB
2
An essayist's pen name : ELIA
3
Piscatory purveyor : FISHMONGER
4
Canopy : TESTER
5
Boston Statehouse, to O. W. Holmes : HUB
6
Entirely : ALL
7
Gin : SNARE
8
Step : PACE
9
"I ___ You," 1942 song : REMEMBER
10
Turkish title : AMIR
11
Boring routines : RUTS
12
Ski wood : ASH
15
Peggy Fleming, e.g. : SKATER
19
Mining nail : SPAD
21
Sinecures : SNAPS
24
Perfect tennis serve : ACE
25
Eccentric fuddy-duddy : GEEZER
27
One of the Marxes : HARPO
28
Fix : REPAIR
29
Hardware dealer, in London : IRONMONGER
30
Cleaves : RIVES
31
Proof of title : DEED
32
San ___ Capistrano, Calif. : JUAN
34
Epithet for Abner : LIL
37
Pries out : EXTRACTS
39
Light refractor : PRISM
41
Widows of agas : BEGUMS
42
Food fish : IDE
45
Shuck : HUSK
47
Indolent : OTIOSE
49
Sri Lanka product : PEKOE
50
Cinders of comics : ELLA
51
Radix : ROOT
52
Cry of frustration : RATS
54
Actress Garr : TERI
55
Spotted : SEEN
56
Detonator : CAP
57
Stowe girl : EVA
58
No longer active: Abbr. : RET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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