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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Thursday, February 14, 1980

10-Down : "___ We Love," 1941 song

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,055
Across
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Painter of "Young Married Couple" : HALS
5
Presidential pooch : FALA
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___ of bliss : STATE
14
Oriental nurse : AMAH
15
U.S. radio station in Berlin : RIAS
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"Early ___ ... " : TOBED
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Soaring honeymooners? : LOVEBIRDS
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Chou ___ : ENLAI
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" ... love Mary, the Rose of ___" : TRALEE
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Stern, to a matelot : DERRIERE
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Two make a "Jackson" : TENS
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Signaled, in a way : RANG
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British swain's delight? : ABIRDINTHEHAND
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Blackthorn : SLOE
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Site of W.W. II air battle : LAE
34
Fine line : STRIA
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Gift for a 10th wedding anniversary : TIN
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Acrobat : GYMNAST
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Four-star off. : GEN
40
Cross as ___ : ABEAR
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Short verbal admonition : TUT
43
Fabled friar : TUCK
44
Eve, to Alfie? : BIRDOFPARADISE
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Outer brain cover : DURA
49
Sen. Cranston of Calif. : ALAN
50
Dear and deer, e.g. : HOMONYMS
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Composes a billet-doux : WRITES
58
Revise : AMEND
59
They don't build love nests : PARAKEETS
61
French income : RENTE
62
Word with lasting or loving : EVER
63
Pigeonhole : SLOT
64
Village southeast of Nazareth : ENDOR
65
Coffee break : REST
66
Gets sun-bronzed : TANS
Down
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Sentry's first command : HALT
2
Cupid : AMOR
3
"___, Come Back to Me" (Etna's song?) : LAVA
4
A.K.C. member : SHELTIE
5
Warm : FRIENDLY
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"Love in Bloom" is one : AIR
7
Alan or Cheryl : LADD
8
Say : ASSERT
9
Most forbidding : STERNEST
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"___ We Love," 1941 song : TONIGHT
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Ready, willing and ___ : ABLE
12
Hurry or scurry : TEAR
13
Widow of Ernie K. : EDIE
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Bock or root : BEER
22
Olé, in Omaha : RAH
24
Where a teacher charmed a king : SIAM
26
Excuse : ALIBI
27
Faux pas : BONER
28
African cattle disease : NENTA
29
Hundred-eyed giant : ARGUS
30
Nephew's sib : NIECE
31
Humid : DANK
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Use a dirk : STAB
36
Batter's infield bouncer : GROUNDER
37
Nimbus : AURA
38
Robust : STALWART
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Append : ADDONTO
43
Least large : TINIEST
45
Small ___ (children) : FRY
46
Coddle : PAMPER
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"Dancing in the ___" : DARK
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Hound's quarry : HARE
51
Augury : OMEN
52
Heal : MEND
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Except : SAVE
55
Tissue layer : TELA
56
English public school : ETON
57
Fast fliers : SSTS
60
Followers of dos : RES

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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