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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, March 16, 1979

42-Down : Observations

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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S
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H
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P
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P
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P
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J
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O
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P
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A
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M
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U
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R
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B
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K
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,720
Across
1
Late pop singer Elliot : CASS
5
Kind of flood : FLASH
10
"___ tale's best for winter": Shak. : ASAD
14
In ___ (having troubles) : AJAM
15
Stop the engines at sea : LIETO
16
Coin of Cuba : PESO
17
Tatterdemalion : RAGAMUFFIN
19
Regard as abominable : HATE
20
Divvy up costs : PRORATE
21
Attack : BELABOR
23
Stadium part : TIER
24
An aye for an aye, in Mexico : SISI
25
Add : APPEND
28
Dump : JETTISON
32
Follower of sun or moon : SHINE
33
Grow tiresome : PALL
34
Teen-age affliction : ACNE
35
Dactyl : TOE
36
Lichenous : MOSSY
37
Exploit : USE
38
Terminates : ENDS
40
Barbados ___ (ornamental plant) : ALOE
41
Gave it a whirl : TRIED
43
Chemical change : REACTION
45
"___ Baby," 1916 song : PRETTY
46
Oft-forgotten member of a Churchill quartet : TOIL
47
Site of Anna's adventures : SIAM
48
In ___ (ahead) : THELEAD
51
False "handles" : ALIASES
55
Painter of "El Mocho" : HURD
56
Maneuver in a dogfight : BARRELROLL
58
Windigo : OGRE
59
Patois : LINGO
60
Tropical nut : KOLA
61
Bamboolike grass : REED
62
Krupp Works site : ESSEN
63
Hart : STAG
Down
1
Goldfish, for one : CARP
2
Emile ___, author of "Momo": 1978 : AJAR
3
Starch from palms : SAGO
4
Make more stylish : SMARTEN
5
Like some columns or chair legs : FLUTED
6
Permanent pen person : LIFER
7
W.W. I overseas army : AEF
8
Red-backed sandpiper : STIB
9
In truth : HONESTLY
10
Loss of power to use or understand words : APHASIA
11
Hardtack : SEABISCUIT
12
Anent : ASTO
13
Energetic one : DOER
18
Ship to be remembered : MAINE
22
Kindled : LIT
25
Michaelmas daisy : ASTER
26
Communicate, in a way : PHONE
27
Short-time lodging : PIEDATERRE
28
Skipper who sailed to Colchis : JASON
29
Additionally : ELSE
30
Start : ONSET
31
Impoverished : NEEDY
33
Game divided into chukkers : POLO
36
O.K. at the P.O., as a letter : MAILABLE
39
Berated : SCOLDED
41
Lonesome Pine way : TRAIL
42
Observations : REMARKS
44
Connection : TIE
45
Commit a foul on the gridiron : PILEON
47
Beetle Bailey's boss : SARGE
48
Owner of a magic hammer : THOR
49
Like the Parthenon sculptures : HUGE
50
Place for a throne : DAIS
52
Chimney stuffing : SOOT
53
Fitzgerald : ELLA
54
Dross : SLAG
57
Modern Nightingales, for short : RNS

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

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