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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Thursday, August 14, 1975

1-Across : Ball of yarn

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,497
Across
1
Ball of yarn : CLEW
5
Stone Age tool : CELT
9
"___ soit qui ... " : HONI
13
Initiate in a way : HAZE
14
___-Neisse Line : ODER
15
Netherworld : HADES
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Member of a Biblical people : ISRAELITE
18
Flavoring seed : ANISE
19
Currer Bell : CHARLOTTEBRONTE
21
"Mens sana in corpore ___" : SANO
22
News service : UPI
23
Once-a-year celebrity : DAD
26
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
27
Antique auto : REO
28
1860-65 org. : CSA
31
Inter ___ : ALIA
33
Crocodile's ancestor : DINOSAUR
35
Pope Paul VI : GIOVANNIMONTINI
39
Restless fun seeker : GADABOUT
40
Austrian river : ENNS
41
Compass point : SSE
42
Displeasure : IRE
43
Snub : CUT
46
Evil or eagle : EYE
47
High in pitch : ALT
48
Some, in Spain : UNOS
50
Stendhal : MARIEHENRIBEYLE
58
Festoon : ADORN
59
Post-Lenten fare : EASTEREGG
60
V.I.P. in 28 Across : RELEE
61
Jubilation : GLEE
62
Klemperer : OTTO
63
Second-hand : USED
64
Back talk : SASS
65
Conquers : WINS
Down
1
Smart : CHIC
2
Fasten : LASH
3
Browning's "Rabbi Ben ___" : EZRA
4
Endures : WEARS
5
America, in 1775 : COLONY
6
Horace Greeley, e.g. : EDITOR
7
Baltic native : LETT
8
Sloth's milieu : TREE
9
Asian capital : HANOI
10
Norse deity : ODIN
11
"A ___ of robins ... " : NEST
12
Phrase of assent : ISEE
15
Pequod gear : HARPOON
17
Greek W. W. II group : ELAS
20
Good, in Seville : BUENO
23
Pistols, old style : DAGGS
24
Criminal's shield : ALIAS
25
Semiconductor device : DIODE
27
Tire mount : RIM
28
Fictional mutiny : CAINE
29
Cheerful : SUNNY
30
"I ___ from dreams of thee ... " : ARISE
32
Miss Gardner : AVA
33
On-___ (bit of gossip) : DIT
34
Sault ___ Marie : STE
36
Ike's early home : ABILENE
37
One of the Americas : NORTH
38
Cloud, in France : NUE
43
Villain's cry of woe : CURSES
44
Brings together : UNITES
45
"Oh, ___ in England ... " : TOBE
47
Ventilated : AIRED
49
Asian antelope : SEROW
50
Japanese ship name : MARU
51
Summer drinks : ADES
52
Function : ROLE
53
Brain-wave tracings: Abbr. : EEGS
54
Hindu legendary hero : NALA
55
Himalayan creature : YETI
56
2,240 lbs. : LGTN
57
Conceits : EGOS

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

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