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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 1975

24-Across : Neptune's spear

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 239 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, 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. 9,453
Across
1
Latin dances : SAMBAS
7
Played up to : TOADIED
14
Not one cent went for this : TRIBUTE
16
Joined : ENTERED
17
Farmer's friend : ALMANAC
18
Mitch and Ann : MILLERS
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Bravo, for one : RIO
20
Jazz or Bronze : ERA
21
Certain collegians : COEDS
22
Fast plane : SST
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Neptune's spear : TRIDENT
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Hamitic people : SAHO
29
Italian three : TRE
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Painting style : GENRE
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Did tailoring work : ALTERED
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Hog or map : ROAD
38
"Tango" actor : BRANDO
41
Shields : EGISES
43
Actress Gam : RITA
44
Peasant, in Parma : PAESANO
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U. S. playwright : ODETS
50
___-pros (legal plea) : NOL
51
Boxlike sleigh : PUNG
54
Talks freely : OPENSUP
57
Great Lakes canals : SOO
58
Storehouse : DEPOT
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They: Fr. : ILS
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Gout's target : TOE
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Omar, for one : PERSIAN
66
Ahab or Nemo : CAPTAIN
68
Mark under a consonant : CEDILLA
69
Clapped for more : ENCORED
70
Damsel's pride : TRESSES
71
Sylvan deities : SATYRS
Down
1
Kind of pupil : STAR
2
Actor George : ARLISS
3
Flowering tree : MIMOSA
4
Business degree : BBA
5
Alder, in France : AUNE
6
Onset : START
7
Pro ___ : TEM
8
In reserve : ONICE
9
"___ last!" (finally) : ATLONG
10
Harmful : DELETERIOUS
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Exasperated : IRED
12
Doers: Suffix : EERS
13
Dental degree : DDS
15
Card game : ECARTE
23
Bryant poem : THANATOPSIS
25
Kind of verb: Abbr. : IRR
26
Actress Sandra : DEE
28
Kind of fogy : OLD
31
Five and 9, e.g.: Abbr. : NOS
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Scottish explorer : RAE
33
Mss. workers : EDS
35
Cole Porter's "You're the ___" : TOP
36
Goddess, in Rome : DEA
38
Relative of sis : BRO
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Free, with "of" : RID
40
Used up : ATE
42
Country's output: Abbr. : GNP
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Actress Blyth : ANN
46
Dawn goddess : EOS
47
Floodgate : SLUICE
49
Victor's due : SPOILS
52
Public officer : NOTARY
53
More sticky : GOOIER
55
Slack, in Paris : ETALE
56
Schemes : PLANS
58
Animal : DEER
59
Earth, in Berlin : ERDE
61
Humane soc. : SPCA
63
Upshots : ENDS
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Certain ratio: Abbr. : PCT
65
Pensacola base: Abbr. : NAS
67
Little one : TOT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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