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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Tuesday, January 21, 1975

26-Down : Ointment

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,292
Across
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Booty : SWAG
5
Certain N.C.O.'s : SFCS
9
Theater curtain : SCRIM
14
Milldam : WEIR
15
Inventor of the revolver : COLT
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Banal : TRITE
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Hindu soul: Var. : ATMA
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Fish gill: Fr. : OUIE
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Le Mans entry : RACER
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F.D.R. goals in W.W. II : THEFOURFREEDOMS
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Dulles's successor at State : HERTER
24
Wild : FERAL
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"___ go bragh!" : ERIN
27
Coils of yarn : SKEINS
31
Thin nail : BRAD
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Old auto : NASH
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Bar legally : ESTOP
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Rower : OAR
39
Beached : AGROUND
41
Greek nickname : ARI
42
Darling, in Dijon : CHERI
44
Sahara feature : DUNE
45
Football's Page : ALAN
46
Guarantee : ASSURE
48
Drink in gulps : SWIG
50
To-dos : FLAPS
53
No. 1 wood : DRIVER
57
Journalism : THEFOURTHESTATE
61
Greek-dialect group : EOLIC
62
Sills specialty : ARIA
63
Winglike parts : ALAE
64
Kind of preview : SNEAK
65
Nordhoff's partner : HALL
66
"___ and trouble" : TOIL
67
Difficult years : TEENS
68
Pointed tools : AWLS
69
Sea birds : ERNS
Down
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Mower's wake : SWATH
2
"___ people ... " : WETHE
3
Love, in France : AIMER
4
Emulated Tweed : GRAFTED
5
Type of pad : SCOURING
6
Crowd plus one : FOUR
7
Escarpment : CLIFF
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Flashed, as lightning : STREAKED
10
Nurtures : CRADLES
11
Carty of baseball : RICO
12
Bit of news : ITEM
13
French seas : MERS
21
Ended, in verse : OER
22
Vocal pauses : ERS
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Ointment : NARD
28
Certain type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Mrs. Helmer : NORA
30
Start a casino wheel : SPIN
31
Chica or Raton : BOCA
32
Cheers : RAHS
33
War god : ARES
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Trifle : SOU
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Attila and friends : HUNS
39
Pressure chambers : AIRLOCKS
40
Fresh starts at cards : NEWDEALS
43
Hoodlum : RUFFIAN
45
Stir up : AGITATE
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___ de vie : EAU
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Tax org. : IRS
51
Capital of Ceskoslovensko : PRAHA
52
Object of a final grasp : STRAW
54
Heroism : VALOR
55
Tin: Fr. : ETAIN
56
Staggers : REELS
57
Lab routine : TEST
58
Sharpen : HONE
59
Robt. ___ : ELEE
60
Bunker, e.g. : HILL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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