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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 1985

30-Across : Summary

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,024
Across
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Guernsey and Jersey : ELMS
5
Detritus : SCREE
10
Galena and cinnabar : ORES
14
Vault : LEAP
15
Tugger : HOIST
16
Reddish clay : BOLE
17
"Mighty ___ Rose" : LAKA
18
Nevertheless : ALLTHESAME
20
Run off : SKEDADDLE
22
Radio-tube filler : XENON
23
Asian goat antelope : SEROW
24
Shoots the breeze : RAPS
26
Exclamation of triumph : HAH
28
"___ the night before Christmas ... " : TWAS
30
Summary : RESUME
34
Scrape : ERASE
36
Measurers : TAPELINES
38
Careen : LIST
39
Cuttlefish ink : SEPIA
40
Harem rooms : ODAS
41
Case for the A.A.A. : MOTORTRIP
43
Anoint, old style : ANELE
44
Music maker : STEREO
45
Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
47
With: Prefix : SYN
48
Generals' pinups : MAPS
50
___ Arbus, memorable photographer : DIANE
52
Zeno follower : STOIC
55
Food for deer : HARDFERNS
59
Imbued : PENETRATED
61
Acknowledge : AVOW
62
"Woe is me!" : ALAS
63
"Let's Make ___" : ADEAL
64
Actress Nyman : LENA
65
Carry on : RANT
66
"If My Friends Could ___ Now" : SEEME
67
London's Martin : EDEN
Down
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Pipe joints : ELLS
2
Possible tire trouble : LEAK
3
Hies : MAKESHASTE
4
Deck item : SPADE
5
Tail : SHADOW
6
Kind of flat : COLDWATER
7
Tricklet : RILL
8
Acid-alcohol compound : ESTER
9
E Afr. land : ETH
10
Idée fixe : OBSESSION
11
Sheepskin used in bookbinding : ROAN
12
Roper or Zumwalt : ELMO
13
"Wars I Have ___": G. Stein : SEEN
19
Throw out : EXPEL
21
Craft, in Coro : ARTE
25
Neighborhood : AREA
26
Rudder controls : HELMS
27
Rife : ARIOT
29
Toothsome : SAPID
31
Not justified : UNDESERVED
32
Farinaceous : MEALY
33
Krupp Works site : ESSEN
35
Most tempestuous : STORMIEST
37
Fantasy : PIPEDREAM
39
Avast, to a lubber : STOP
42
Become innervated : REACT
43
Al ___, Moslem's limbo : ARAF
46
Bandleader Nelson : RIDDLE
49
Spirit : SHADE
51
Hymnist John Mason ___ : NEALE
52
Box : SPAR
53
Tissue layer : TELA
54
Judah's second son : ONAN
56
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
57
Canonical hour : NONE
58
One of Zeus's disguises : SWAN
60
Arabian cape : RAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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