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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Wednesday, May 21, 1986

16-Across : Composer Porter

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,343
Across
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Memorable U.S. Socialist : DEBS
5
Part of R.F.D. : RURAL
10
Indicate : SHOW
14
"There ought to be ___!" : ALAW
15
___ Gay, famed bomber : ENOLA
16
Composer Porter : COLE
17
Houston university : RICE
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Broadway intersection, e.g. : SIDESTREET
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Likes : TAKESTO
22
Altar screen : REREDOS
23
Marquee name : STAR
24
Scatter : STREW
25
Sanguine one : OPTIMIST
28
Tongue : SPEECH
32
Irate : SORE
33
Atkins or Huntley : CHET
35
University of ___, Moscow : IDAHO
36
"We ___ the World" : ARE
37
Led : STEERED
39
Peccancy : SIN
40
Ninnies : GEESE
42
Apogee : APEX
43
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
44
Ethyl acetate et al. : ESTERS
46
Marries : ESPOUSES
48
Quail : COWER
50
V.M.I., e.g. : INST
51
"Marching ___" : ASTOWAR
54
Brown sealskins : MATARAS
57
Lewis opus : MAINSTREET
59
Pianist Peter : NERO
60
Obey : MIND
61
Dike, Eunomia and Eirene : HORAE
62
Kind of miss : NEAR
63
Cheers, in Cádiz : OLES
64
Addax's cousin : ELAND
65
Indian unsorted flour : ATTA
Down
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Objet ___ : DART
2
Lamb : ELIA
3
Fannie Hurst best seller : BACKSTREET
4
Kind of pie? : SWEETIE
5
Circumscribe : RESTRICT
6
Freshwater mussel : UNIO
7
Steiger or Serling : ROD
8
On the qui vive : ALERT
9
Devices amplifying light waves : LASERS
10
Used a device for fastening : SCREWED
11
Used a straddler : HOED
12
Ersatz butter : OLEO
13
Imbrues : WETS
19
Quaking : TREPID
21
He made the pants too long : SAM
24
Vat for macerating : STEEPER
25
Indelible orange : OSAGE
26
Ponders : PORES
27
Jets' former home : SHEA
29
Reilly's address? : EASYSTREET
30
Backbone : CHINE
31
Sharpens : HONES
34
Very, in Versailles : TRES
37
Goat antelopes : SEROWS
38
Made amends : EXPIATED
41
Endorses : SECONDS
43
Joachim's wife : SUSANNA
45
Envelop : SWATHE
47
Where Kitchener is: Abbr. : ONT
49
Flynn or Fauntleroy : ERROL
51
Shot and powder, for short : AMMO
52
Lateen, e.g. : SAIL
53
Prong : TINE
54
Nasty : MEAN
55
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
56
Ortolan : SORA
58
Controversial amendment : ERA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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