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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Tuesday, September 30, 1975

23-Across : French marshal

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, 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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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,544
Across
1
Nonsense : BLAH
5
Dramatis personae : CAST
9
Steep slope : SCARP
14
Baltic capital : RIGA
15
With competence : ABLY
16
Sharpshooter, at times : AIMER
17
Sir Anthony : EDEN
18
Kind of boy or box : POOR
19
Ingenuous : NAIVE
20
Verbatim : WORDFORWORD
23
French marshal : NEY
24
Lacks : WANTS
25
Bay windows : ORIELS
27
"Peter Pan" author : BARRIE
30
Familiar : USUAL
32
Oily liquid : OLEIN
33
Row : SPAT
34
Wood strip : LATH
38
Space Needle's home : SEATTLE
40
Turn back : REPULSE
42
Half: Prefix : SEMI
43
Literary also-ran : HACK
45
Its capital is Shillong : ASSAM
46
Under, poetically : NEATH
48
Users of cues : ACTORS
49
Trues : ALIGNS
52
Kind of tube or sanctum : INNER
54
Mal de ___ : MER
55
Penmanship : CALLIGRAPHY
60
Marketplace : AGORA
62
Otherwise : ELSE
63
Hammock holder : TREE
64
Math ratios : SINES
65
Sense : FEEL
66
Deserve : EARN
67
Manner : STYLE
68
Mr. Speaker : TRIS
69
Puts color in : DYES
Down
1
Concoct : BREW
2
Italian resort : LIDO
3
Textile apparatus : AGER
4
Biblical wall décor : HANDWRITING
5
Al of Chicago : CAPONE
6
Halt prematurely : ABORT
7
Retards : SLOWSUP
8
Novice : TYRO
9
Miss Dee : SANDRA
10
U.S. agency : CIA
11
Chemical compound : AMINE
12
Event for Bacchus : REVEL
13
Quarries : PREYS
21
Like a non-winning heart : FAINT
22
Mailman's stint : ROUTE
26
Like picture books : ILLUSTRATED
27
Office personage : BOSS
28
Helm direction : ALEE
29
Paper unit : REAM
31
Channel island : SARK
33
Throne, for one : SEAT
35
Likewise : ALSO
36
Russian personage : TSAR
37
Bastes : HEMS
39
Tibetan capital : LHASA
41
Trotter's relative : PACER
44
Eerie story : CHILLER
47
Box : ENCASE
48
Cherished people : ANGELS
49
Gather : AMASS
50
On the up and up : LEGIT
51
Sarcasm : IRONY
53
U.S.-born Japanese : NISEI
56
___ at the post : LEFT
57
"___ tell!" : PRAY
58
Roll-call word : HERE
59
Hankerings : YENS
61
Aunt or uncle: Abbr. : REL

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

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