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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Wednesday, November 21, 1990

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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K
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B
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C
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,988
Across
1
Durant and Packard : CARS
5
Taj Mahal's site : AGRA
9
Houston ballplayer : ASTRO
14
President of Albania : ALIA
15
Fosse : MOAT
16
"Frailty, thy name is ___!": Shak. : WOMAN
17
Developer's map : PLAT
18
Orient : EAST
19
Gladiator's milieu : ARENA
20
Doctor's longanimous clientele : PATIENTPATIENTS
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Partook : SHARED
24
Spoils : ROTS
25
Borden bovine : ELSIE
28
Caldron : KETTLE
32
Ecstasy : BLISS
35
Spiked the punch : LACED
37
Bluejack or holm : OAK
38
Time unit : EON
39
Singer John : ELTON
40
Mike's look-alike : IKE
41
Poor-quality stock : DOG
42
Sat : POSED
43
Bulls and boars : MALES
45
Daubs : SMEARS
47
Mole, for one : NEVUS
49
Slum reformer: 1849-1914 : RIIS
51
Press : INSIST
55
Quality possessed by 20 Across : PATIENTPATIENCE
60
Wrong : AMISS
61
Hit terra firma : ALIT
62
Demolish : RUIN
63
Group of nine, as in music : NONET
64
Respite : LULL
65
Jog : TROT
66
Lock : TRESS
67
Being : ESSE
68
Agendicum, nowadays : SENS
Down
1
Al and Andy : CAPPS
2
Muslim deity : ALLAH
3
Lasso : RIATA
4
Pasquinades : SATIRES
5
Corrects : AMENDS
6
Naval Academy mascot : GOAT
7
Abrade : RASP
8
Rose oil : ATTAR
9
Stayed for : AWAITED
10
Most tender : SOREST
11
Feds of a kind : TMEN
12
Carry on : RANT
13
Cape Horn natives : ONAS
21
Sniggles : EELS
22
Subway admittance : TOKEN
26
Misfortunes : ILLS
27
Ingested : EATEN
29
Travail : TOIL
30
Actor who played Dagwood : LAKE
31
Supplements, with "out" : EKES
32
Places for roses : BEDS
33
Weaving apparatus : LOOM
34
He wrote "Picnic" : INGE
36
Set of standards : CODE
39
Red dye : EOSIN
42
Hierophants, e.g. : PRIESTS
43
A 1936 Oscar winner : MUNI
44
States : ASSERTS
46
Gets up : ARISES
48
Food item: Var. : VITTLE
50
Vapid : STALE
52
Harden : INURE
53
Offspring : SCION
54
Desert homes : TENTS
55
Breathe with difficulty : PANT
56
Winged child, in sculpture : AMOR
57
Prong : TINE
58
Advantage : PLUS
59
Is under the weather : AILS

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

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