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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Monday, April 29, 1991

28-Down : Defective purchases

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,147
Across
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Very large number : HOST
5
Goddess of the rainbow : IRIS
9
Particular : ITEM
13
Tooth ailment : ACHE
14
British farm : CROFT
15
Canonical hour : NONE
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Executive Mansion : WHITEHOUSE
18
Kind of skirt : SLIT
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Riel part : SEN
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Dealing with a full deck : SANE
21
Exercises : WIELDS
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Builds : ERECTS
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Vigor : STARCH
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Command to Fido : HEEL
29
Muse of poetry : ERATO
30
___ Hoople : MAJOR
33
Sidestep : EVADE
35
Vase on a pedestal : URN
38
"There ought to be ___!" : ALAW
39
Collect : AMASS
40
In mid-Atlantic : ASEA
41
Actress MacGraw : ALI
42
Having an inclination : PRONE
43
Devoutness : PIETY
44
Find out : LEARN
46
Act : DEED
48
Beset : HARASS
50
Window coverings : DRAPES
54
Korea, to the Japanese : CHOSEN
56
Waste allowance : TRET
58
Uraeus : ASP
59
Moue : POUT
60
___ effect (atmospheric heating phenomenon) : GREENHOUSE
63
Church part : APSE
64
Roof edges : EAVES
65
Words of understanding : ISEE
66
Prophet : SEER
67
Fixed Easter eggs : DYED
68
Afford : LEND
Down
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Part of a ship's bow : HAWSE
2
Earthy yellow pigment : OCHER
3
Glisten : SHINE
4
Vietnamese holiday : TET
5
Mashie, e.g. : IRON
6
Rakes : ROUES
7
Conditions : IFS
8
Servant supervisors : STEWARDS
9
Arthropod animal : INSECT
10
Kind of cookie : TOLLHOUSE
11
Author Bagnold : ENID
12
N.Y.C. baseball team : METS
14
He's on a $10,000 bill : CHASE
17
Alcohol-acid combination : ESTER
22
Dies ___ : IRAE
24
Food, in the services : CHOW
26
Ribbed : TEASED
28
Defective purchases : LEMONS
30
Ewe said it : MAA
31
Everyone : ALL
32
"___ Rock," Presley hit : JAILHOUSE
34
Actor Johnson : VAN
36
No longer active: Abbr. : RET
37
Kind of sayer : NAY
39
Classified : ARRANGED
40
Radamès's beloved : AIDA
42
Whittle : PARE
43
Capital of Western Australia : PERTH
45
March 31, 1991 : EASTER
47
Sir Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
49
One of the Allens : STEVE
51
Temporary inaction : PAUSE
52
Krupp works site : ESSEN
53
Velocity : SPEED
54
Busy group in early Apr. : CPAS
55
Famous diamond : HOPE
57
Thatch material : REED
61
Thornback : RAY
62
"Black gold" : OIL

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