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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Tuesday, September 15, 1992

3-Down : Mine entrance

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, 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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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,652
Across
1
Pequod's skipper : AHAB
5
Comprehend : GRASP
10
Capital of Calvados : CAEN
14
Rich supply : LODE
15
Prevention amount : OUNCE
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Kind of hoop : HULA
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Special rights : PRIVILEGES
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Citrus drinks : ADES
20
Glutted : SATED
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Influence reciprocally : INTERACT
23
Fictional overseer of slaves : LEGREE
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Facial spasm : TIC
27
Heel : CAD
30
The Altar : ARA
31
Smooth fabric : SATIN
33
Jejune : ARID
35
Book's final word : END
37
More etiolate : WHITER
39
___-majesté : LESE
40
Quick; nimble : AGILE
42
Where the Shannon flows : EIRE
43
Travesties : FARCES
45
Tibetan antelope : GOA
46
Golfer Ballesteros : SEVE
47
Supply : SERVE
48
C. H. Smith pseudonym : ARP
50
Salt, in Sens : SEL
51
Descry : SEE
52
Stiffens : TENSES
55
Took a jet : DEPARTED
58
Moroccan capital : RABAT
62
Lyric verses : ODES
63
Taxpayers' delights : EXEMPTIONS
66
Quondam : ONCE
67
Circus employee : TAMER
68
Spanish wool : LANA
69
Cry of frustration : RATS
70
Related maternally : ENATE
71
Play the lead : STAR
Down
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Yodelers' bailiwick : ALPS
2
Israeli dance : HORA
3
Mine entrance : ADIT
4
Cant : BEVEL
5
Town NW of Oslo : GOL
6
Have second thoughts : RUE
7
Actress Dickinson : ANGIE
8
Unpleasant incident : SCENE
9
Nuisance : PEST
10
Acts of aid to the needy : CHARITIES
11
Insolent acts : AUDACITIES
12
Utility involving amps. : ELEC
13
Thomas, the cartoonist : NAST
18
Opinion : IDEA
22
Greenland settlement : ETAH
24
Kind of monkey : GREASE
25
Telephoned : RANG
27
Young rhinoceros : CALF
28
Zones : AREAS
29
Rudeness; irreverence : DISRESPECT
31
Deposes : SWEARS
32
Intestinal fortitude : NERVE
34
Abates : DECREASES
36
Dive into details : DIG
38
Film unit : REEL
41
Imprest : LOAN
44
At any time : EVER
49
Saucy : PERT
52
Dale Evans, by birth : TEXAN
53
Anasarca : EDEMA
54
Flying jibs : SAILS
55
Way out : DOOR
56
Poet Millay : EDNA
57
Marie Antoinette's loss : TETE
59
Scow or dory : BOAT
60
Actress Magnani : ANNA
61
Russian despot : TSAR
64
Ran into : MET
65
Prior to: Prefix : PRE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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