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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Thursday, October 13, 1977

4-Down : Lowered in esteem

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q W }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, 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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A
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,288
Across
1
Republic or lake in Africa : CHAD
5
Vilify : ABUSE
10
Pundit : SAGE
14
Swiss river : AARE
15
Element important in nucleonics : BORON
16
Boris Godunov, for one : TSAR
17
Kind of movie : TRAVELOGUE
19
Make the first bet : OPEN
20
Apart : SEPARATE
21
Rail at : REVILE
23
Shiftless : LAZY
24
Stander on the corner : OGLER
25
Baucis, to Philemon : SPOUSE
28
Legate : EMISSARY
31
"Gay ___" : PAREE
32
Pale yellow : MAIZE
33
Kind of cup or bag : TEA
34
Fruit throwaway, at times : RIND
35
Hereditary social class : CASTE
36
Edict : FIAT
37
Santa ___ : ANA
38
Nostrils : NARES
39
Gauntlet : GLOVE
40
Transitory or terrestrial : TEMPORAL
42
Pat and Daniel : BOONES
43
Break out : ERUPT
44
Kind of time, score or song : PART
45
Fido or Spot : CANINE
47
Down-to-earth : SENSIBLE
51
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
52
Gossip : TALETELLER
54
Shell-game items : PEAS
55
Philip Nolan, for one : EXILE
56
Selene, to the Romans : LUNA
57
One form of quinine : SALT
58
Cause to have second thoughts : DETER
59
Trivium and quadrivium : ARTS
Down
1
Vonnegut's "___ Cradle" : CATS
2
Loser of a fabled race : HARE
3
Not give ___: Slang : ARAP
4
Lowered in esteem : DEVALUED
5
Burning : ABLAZE
6
Spoils : BOOTY
7
Encourage : URGE
8
Ala., Ga., Fla. et al. : SOU
9
Frequent "Star Trek" command : ENERGIZE
10
Heat generators : STOVES
11
Ambition : ASPIRATION
12
Celt : GAEL
13
Bald eagle's relative : ERNE
18
Wipe the slate : ERASE
22
Differently : ELSE
24
Leaves off : OMITS
25
Fat eschewer : SPRAT
26
Author of "The Age of Reason" : PAINE
27
Plant cultivated for its beauty : ORNAMENTAL
28
Studio furnishing : EASEL
29
Rend; break; tear : REAVE
30
Contemporary of Dickens : YATES
32
Danton's colleague : MARAT
35
Reprimanded, British style : CARPETED
36
Small fleet : FLOTILLA
38
It may be common or proper : NOUN
39
Furze; juniper : GORSE
41
Former U.S. Treasurer: 1952 : PRIEST
42
Persiflage : BANTER
44
Author of "The Old Wives' Tale" : PEELE
45
Upper case, in printers' jargon : CAPS
46
Territory : AREA
47
Fissure : SLIT
48
Mackle : BLUR
49
It follows Shrovetide : LENT
50
Time divisions : ERAS
53
Tool for a shantyman : AXE

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

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