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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Wednesday, October 13, 1976

56-Down : Kind of acre

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,923
Across
1
Frenzied : AMOK
5
Tricycle, for short : VELO
9
Japanese diplomat : SATO
13
Sly look : LEER
14
Russian U.N. name : MALIK
15
Loser's food : CROW
16
Waiter's offering : MENU
17
Fragrance : AROMA
18
Reconcile : HEAL
19
Robert Frost poem, with 53 Across : STOPPINGBYWOODS
22
Yankee pitcher Reynolds : ALLIE
23
Overly : TOO
24
Plus : AND
27
"The People, ___" : YES
28
Lassie et al. : COLLIES
32
Gibbons : LARS
34
American ostrich : RHEA
36
Threnody : DIRGE
37
___ Flow : SCAPA
39
Neighbor of Syr. : ISR
40
Riverboat hazards : SNAGS
41
Ear shell : ORMER
42
Meshed fabrics : NETS
44
Strain at a ___ : GNAT
45
Resounding : PEALING
47
Undergoes : HAS
49
Author Levin : IRA
50
Asian native : LAO
51
Sword parts : HILTS
53
Rest of 19 Across : ONASNOWYEVENING
60
Monk parrot : LORO
61
Nonkeeper of secrets : SIEVE
62
Concert halls : ODEA
63
Westernmost of Aleutians : ATTU
64
Thralls : ESNES
65
Muddy : ROIL
66
Like some company : FAST
67
Coral et al. : SEAS
68
Building wings : ELLS
Down
1
Charity : ALMS
2
Suitable : MEET
3
Wine: Prefix : OENO
4
Well-known drummer : KRUPA
5
Making glossy : VARNISHING
6
Funeral oration : ELOGE
7
Anchor for a swing, often : LIMB
8
Give one's ___ (approve) : OKAYTO
9
Education : SCHOOLING
10
Mars: Prefix : AREO
11
Warty creature : TOAD
12
Swivel-headed birds : OWLS
14
U.S. novelist : MAILER
20
Single layer : PLY
21
Upland plains : WOLDS
24
U.S. columnist : ALSOP
25
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
26
Ibsen's field : DRAMA
28
Free-wheeling criminals : CARTHIEVES
29
Pahlavi subject : IRANI
30
Actress Samantha : EGGAR
31
Sixth hour, in Italy : SESTA
33
Makes clear : SPELLSOUT
35
Compass point : ESE
38
Noun suffix : ARIAN
43
Assuages : SALVES
46
Snares : NOOSES
48
___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
51
Sneaky animal : HYENA
52
Vibrate the soft palate : SNORE
53
Norse king : OLAF
54
___ bene : NOTA
55
Carney et al. : ARTS
56
Kind of acre : WISE
57
Heathen deity : IDOL
58
Armstrong : NEIL
59
Units of acceleration : GALS

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

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