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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Monday, January 26, 1976

42-Down : Took certain steps

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,662
Across
1
Tourists' aids : MAPS
5
Does last-minute studying : CRAMS
10
Gem of a girl : OPAL
14
Atlantic fish : OPAH
15
Goddesses of the seasons : HORAE
16
Scottish hillside : BRAE
17
Living-room set : TELEVISION
19
Gull's cousin : TERN
20
Blew up : EXPLODED
21
Treats badly : ABUSES
23
Extends : LIES
24
On the glacial side : STOSS
25
Horrifies : APPALS
28
Eolithic period : STONEAGE
31
Relative : NIECE
32
"Over ___" : THERE
33
Sailor : GOB
34
Fish : GARS
35
Wood and potato : CHIPS
36
Rosemary, for one : HERB
37
U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
38
Earbenders, generally : BORES
39
Strained : TENSE
40
Made less severe : LOOSENED
42
Flitted : DARTED
43
John ___ Garner : NANCE
44
Fortune's partner : FAME
45
Rio or Casa : GRANDE
47
Pecuniary : MONETARY
51
Theater area : LOGE
52
Forbids : PROSCRIBES
54
Currier's partner : IVES
55
Curt : TERSE
56
Kind of root : CUBE
57
Kind of man : BEST
58
Buchephalus, for one : STEED
59
Billing for backward rats : STAR
Down
1
Speck : MOTE
2
Peak : APEX
3
Feeler : PALP
4
Trounces : SHELLACS
5
Scolds : CHIDES
6
No bed of ___ : ROSES
7
Parched : ARID
8
Peking leader : MAO
9
Defunct A. L. team : SENATORS
10
Dimwitted : OBTUSE
11
Flack merchant : PRESSAGENT
12
Swiss river : AARE
13
Eye part : LENS
18
Curtain material : VOILE
22
Kind of china : BONE
24
Hitchcock's thirty-nine : STEPS
25
Kind of cake : ANGEL
26
Upright or player : PIANO
27
V.I.P.'s : PERSONAGES
28
Drew back : SHIED
29
British shrub : GORSE
30
Subsided : EBBED
32
___ R's : THREE
35
Mental images : CONCEPTS
36
Unbelievers : HERETICS
38
Give a little : BEND
39
More insipid : TAMER
41
Least mad : SANEST
42
Took certain steps : DANCED
44
Defensive ditch : FOSSE
45
Smooth-tongued : GLIB
46
Travel widely : ROVE
47
Writer Thomas : MORE
48
Neighbor on : ABUT
49
Biblical king : REBA
50
Belgian river : YSER
53
Inactive: Abbr. : RET

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

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