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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Friday, May 2, 1975

57-Down : Man behind the plate

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,393
Across
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Asian native : THAI
5
Blanched : PALED
10
City of Italia : ROMA
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" ... enemy, and they are ___" : OURS
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Clerical garment : AMICE
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Gen. Bradley : OMAR
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Bankrupt : ONTHEROCKS
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Certain humor : CORN
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King Arthur's men: Abbr. : KTS
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Party pooper : BORE
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Nigerian province : SOKOTO
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Count on : RELY
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Saucy : PERT
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Actress Dorothy : MALONE
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Parade components : MARCHERS
33
Albee girl : ALICE
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Multitude : HOST
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Verve : ELAN
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Immerse, as a doughnut : DUNK
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Hat materials : FELTS
38
Cause of ruin : BANE
39
Helm position : ALEE
40
Nazimova : ALLA
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Dream, in France : SONGE
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Resolutely : MANFULLY
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Library user : READER
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Inner: Prefix : ENTO
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Parcel's companion : PART
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Irish port : TRALEE
50
West Indian fish : SESI
51
West or Largo : KEY
54
Vital part : SOUL
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Certain collectors : ROCKHOUNDS
58
Study closely : PORE
59
Enamel, in France : EMAIL
60
Early Asian : MEDE
61
Type of sapphire : STAR
62
Pitching-ace McLain : DENNY
63
Fruit : PEAR
Down
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Had effect : TOOK
2
Go on a safari : HUNT
3
Black and lively : ARTS
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Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
5
Conditional release : PAROLE
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Critic Cleveland : AMORY
7
Parasites : LICE
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German theologian : ECK
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Parfaits : DESSERTS
10
Cause unnecessary trouble : ROCKTHEBOAT
11
Melville title : OMOO
12
Emporium : MART
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Italian river : ARNO
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Dark wood: Fr. : EBENE
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Grampus : ORC
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Famous art buff : ROCKEFELLER
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Italian food : PASTA
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"___ I'm Adam" : MADAM
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Group of wing feathers : ALULA
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Fine stationery : LINEN
29
Goldberg or Pitcher : MOLLY
30
Antelope : ELAND
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Mesabi, e.g. : RANGE
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Show scorn : SNEER
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Phone opener : HELLO
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Hesitated : FALTERED
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Earnest: Prefix : SERIO
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French article : UNE
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Precipitously : RASHLY
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Large duck : PEKIN
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Cookbook abbr. : TSPS
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Elihu or square : ROOT
49
Distinctive air : AURA
50
Analyze verse : SCAN
51
Carpenter's brace : KNEE
52
Old Norse epic : EDDA
53
French river : YSER
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Cockney abode : OME
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Man behind the plate : UMP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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