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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Monday, October 19, 1992

52-Down : Church part

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J P Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,686
Across
1
White House office : OVAL
5
Restoration of a sort, for short : REHAB
10
Kind of seaman : ABLE
14
City on the Dvina : RIGA
15
Foil pursuers : EVADE
16
Fault : FLAW
17
Voodoo : BLACKMAGIC
19
Clotho, for one : FATE
20
Moon goddess : SELENA
21
Plant of the leadwort family : STATICE
23
Purpose : END
25
Merry adventure : LARK
26
Give courage to : EMBOLDEN
31
Pantomimist : MUMMER
34
Landlord's sign : TOLET
35
Car parker : VALET
37
Tomahawk, e.g. : AXE
38
Mongolia's ___ Bator : ULAN
39
Knocked about : ROVED
40
Actual : TRUE
41
Last mo. : DEC
42
Credo : TENET
43
Sureties : BAILS
44
Glacial ridges : ESKARS
46
Educated : LITERATE
48
Soft cheese : BRIE
49
Nothing : NIL
50
Bathsheba's son : SOLOMON
53
Michener products : NOVELS
58
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
59
Poisonous arachnid : BLACKWIDOW
61
Née : BORN
62
Notorious W.W. II appeaser : LAVAL
63
Grandiose tale : SAGA
64
Yield : CEDE
65
Adversary : ENEMY
66
Kind of corner : AMEN
Down
1
Eyes, to Milton : ORBS
2
Anagram for evil : VILE
3
"___ in Calico," 1946 song : AGAL
4
Kind of curtain : LACE
5
Send back : REMAND
6
Topsy's friend : EVA
7
Witches : HAGS
8
Mine entrance : ADIT
9
Like sloops on windless days : BECALMED
10
Verify : AFFIRM
11
Paddy wagon : BLACKMARIA
12
Recent : LATE
13
One of Bo-peep's charges : EWE
18
Genuflected : KNELT
22
Pulled tight : TAUT
24
Galsworthy's "A Man of ___" : DEVON
26
Musical study : ETUDE
27
Double agents : MOLES
28
Slate : BLACKBOARD
29
Wine: Comb. form : OEN
30
Kind of orange : NAVEL
32
Be jubilant : EXULT
33
Texas A.F.B. : REESE
36
Admit : LETIN
39
Look like : RESEMBLE
40
Roofing material : TAR
42
The Graces, e.g. : TRIO
43
Underneath : BELOW
45
Actress Dahl : ARLENE
47
Like a small bell : TINKLY
50
Kind of gin fizz : SLOE
51
Buck heroine : OLAN
52
Church part : NAVE
54
Passport addendum : VISA
55
City on the IJsselmeer : EDAM
56
Theater box : LOGE
57
Kind of dive : SWAN
58
Peter Jennings's network : ABC
60
Eccentric mechanism : CAM

Answer summary:
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