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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, May 1, 1987

52-Across : Thrum

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,688
Across
1
Singer Lenya : LOTTE
6
Clinker : SCAR
10
Nobelist in Physics: 1944 : RABI
14
Revoke, as a legacy : ADEEM
15
Well : HALE
16
Site of the Pison : EDEN
17
Changeable : PERMUTABLE
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At variance with : AJAR
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Tasted : SAMPLED
21
Vacuum abhorrer : NATURE
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Slackens : EASES
25
Aunts, in Almeria : TIAS
26
Skivvies : SHIRTS
29
Wear out one's welcome : OVERSTAY
33
Medieval merchants' guild : HANSE
34
Litigant : SUER
35
Lives : ARE
36
A pt. of speech : ADV
37
Dishearten : DEPRESS
40
Actress Arthur : BEA
41
Season after printemps : ETE
42
Bursae : SACS
43
A Chan portrayer : TOLER
45
Kind of conclusion : FOREGONE
48
Wainscot sections : PANELS
49
Use a pony : TROT
50
Durocs : SWINE
52
Thrum : FRINGE
54
Impedimental officialese : REDTAPE
58
Chimere : ROBE
59
Changeable : REVERSIBLE
62
Moreporks : OWLS
63
Actor Dixon : IVAN
64
Plant inflorescence : UMBEL
65
Fitting : MEET
66
Margays : CATS
67
Resembling a certain fuel : PEATY
Down
1
Enfolds : LAPS
2
Concert halls : ODEA
3
Duration : TERM
4
Moderates : TEMPERS
5
Tried to equal or excel : EMULATED
6
Faint adumbration : SHADE
7
Bandleader Calloway : CAB
8
The works : ALL
9
Comes back onstage : REENTERS
10
Gauchos' lariats : REATAS
11
Changeable : ADJUSTABLE
12
Grin's companion : BEAR
13
About : INRE
18
Trueheart of comics : TESS
22
Melody : AIR
24
Origins : SOURCES
26
W.W. II big-brass base : SHAEF
27
"It ___ Be You," 1924 song : HADTO
28
Changeable : INVERTIBLE
30
Fivers : VEES
31
Spinning : AREEL
32
Age components : YEARS
34
Nine inches : SPAN
38
Abstruse : ESOTERIC
39
Wears well : STANDSUP
44
Quondam : ONETIME
46
___ Evans (Chubby Checker) : ERNEST
47
Guildhall statue : GOG
48
___ glass (tall mirror) : PIER
51
Br. naval group : WRENS
52
"___ Sea to Sea": Kipling : FROM
53
Poet laureate: 1715-18 : ROWE
55
Swedish pop quartet : ABBA
56
Kind of whip : PLET
57
Slippery : EELY
60
A Gabor : EVA
61
Keeve : VAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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