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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Thursday, November 6, 1975

58-Across : Mideast leaders

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,581
Across
1
Filers' aids : TABS
5
Matron's garment, in old Rome : STOLA
10
Mariner Tasman : ABEL
14
Take ___ view of : ADIM
15
Italian film name : LOREN
16
Actress Powers : MALA
17
Make callous : CASEHARDEN
19
Footnote abbr. : IBID
20
Scrambled fare : OMELETTE
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Heeded : OBEYED
23
Scotty's foot parts : TAES
24
Jackets : ETONS
25
Potatoes or yams : TUBERS
28
More verdant : GRASSIER
31
"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
32
Cheers the team on : ROOTS
33
___-la-la : TRA
34
Holiday drinks : NOGS
35
Direr : WORSE
36
School orgs. : PTAS
37
Chew the fat : GAB
38
French river : SOMME
39
Silly persons : GEESE
40
Light buggy : STANHOPE
42
Excluded : BARRED
43
Simon and Armstrong : NEILS
44
French composer : LALO
45
Enoch et al. : ARDENS
47
Like Wall St. on a Sunday : DESERTED
51
Rex or Donna : REED
52
Like a certain snowman : ABOMINABLE
54
___ nostrum : MARE
55
Joyce ___ Oates : CAROL
56
Exaggerated : TALL
57
Mining nail : SPAD
58
Mideast leaders : KHANS
59
Of an age : ERAL
Down
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Mexican dish : TACO
2
Furniture style : ADAM
3
Alpine wind : BISE
4
Ore refineries : SMELTERS
5
Schedules : SLATES
6
Legal wrongs : TORTS
7
Gen. Wingate : ORDE
8
Michele or Brenda : LEE
9
Clutter up page margins : ANNOTATE
10
City on 38 Across : AMIENS
11
Grandma, on occasion : BABYSITTER
12
Author Wiesel : ELIE
13
Alan of films : LADD
18
"___ melodies are sweet, but ... " : HEARD
22
Mr. Dithers, to Dagwood : BOSS
24
Uneven : EROSE
25
Strong tastes : TANGS
26
Lusitania's destroyer : UBOAT
27
Heyday of Whiteman, Bernie, etc. : BIGBANDERA
28
Singer Eydie : GORME
29
Expunge : ERASE
30
Leveled, in Leeds : RASED
32
Easy victories : ROMPS
35
Symbol of Lord Chancellor's office : WOOLSACK
36
Harangue : PERORATE
38
Calf's neighbor : SHIN
39
Physician : GALEN
41
In demand : NEEDED
42
Garden herbs : BASILS
44
Pale yellow : LEMON
45
"___ and the Man" : ARMS
46
Use a scythe : REAP
47
Mrs. Copperfield : DORA
48
Skier's transport : TBAR
49
Miss Raines : ELLA
50
Valley : DELL
53
Scrooge word : BAH

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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