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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Wednesday, August 18, 1976

14-Across : Result of a head-knocking

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,867
Across
1
Vaudeville turns : ACTS
5
Hebrew teacher : RABBI
10
Biblical gift-bearers : MAGI
14
Result of a head-knocking : LUMP
15
50th-state separator : OCEAN
16
Radio-tube worker : AGER
17
Tennyson in a rut : BREAKBREAKBREAK
20
Menu offerings : ENTREES
21
Singer Ethel : WATERS
22
Crags : TORS
23
Persian fairy : PERI
24
Kind of scout : TALENT
27
Maxim's bequest to gangsters : SILENCER
31
Onto : AWARE
32
Gun gals : MOLLS
33
Comic Olsen : OLE
34
France's Le ___ : MANS
35
Staff people : AIDES
36
English title : DAME
37
Ingrid Bergman's daughter : PIA
38
Violin : STRAD
39
Second-brightest stars : BETAS
40
Sharp side pains : STITCHES
42
Regal fur : ERMINE
43
Dutch painter : HALS
44
Margarine's start : OLEO
45
Plot : SCHEME
48
Shows spirit : PRANCES
51
George F. Root in a rut : TRAMPTRAMPTRAMP
54
Seep : OOZE
55
Downspout connections : EAVES
56
Lost : ASEA
57
Cows : AWES
58
Cubic meter : STERE
59
Be alive with : TEEM
Down
1
Priest's robe : ALB
2
"___ the disease and kill the patient" : CURE
3
Secret Service sleuths : TMEN
4
Splashes : SPATTERS
5
Stack : ROBERT
6
Farm measures : ACRES
7
Buzzers : BEES
8
Bleat : BAA
9
Old-time desk features : INKWELLS
10
Agronsky of TV : MARTIN
11
Askew : AGEE
12
Equipment : GEAR
13
Bugs : IRKS
18
Danish money : KRONE
19
Denudes : BARES
23
Like a soft carpet : PILED
24
Pounds down : TAMPS
25
Impend : AWAIT
26
Hawaiian island : LANAI
27
Washing and baking items : SODAS
28
Raccoon's cousin : COATI
29
Violinist Mischa : ELMAN
30
Della or Peewee : REESE
32
Bogs : MIRES
35
Muscle users : ATHLETES
36
Jimmy Carter, for one : DEMOCRAT
38
Rogue : SCAMP
39
Actor George : BRENT
41
School chores : THEMES
42
Pass : ELAPSE
44
Abalone : ORMER
45
Promenade : STOA
46
Loser's eating : CROW
47
Smog component : HAZE
48
Facilitate : PAVE
49
Relaxation : EASE
50
River duck : SMEE
52
Kind of trap : RAT
53
Jack of clubs, in loo : PAM

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