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Martha J. DeWitt
New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 1974
Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 38.5
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 I | 4 D | 5 B | 6 A | 7 N | 8 K | 9 M | 10 E | 11 T | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 O | G | R | E | 15 A | M | I | E | 16 E | L | U | D | E |
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17 P | H | I | L | 18 A | T | E | L | Y | 19 T | A | F | I | A |
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20 S | A | D | I | R | O | N | 21 S | 22 C | E | N | T | E | D |
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23 R | A | N | T | 24 S | 25 R | O | E | |||||||
26 B | 27 A | 28 S | I | N | S | 29 C | 30 H | A | R | T | 31 E | 32 R | 33 S |
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34 A | T | T | U | 35 C | O | A | T | I | 36 L | A | I |
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37 S | T | A | M | 38 P | 39 C | O | L | L | E | C | 40 T | I | N | G |
41 K | I | T | 42 E | A | R | L | S | 43 A | D | E | N |
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44 S | C | E | 45 N | A | R | I | O | 46 M | 47 E | L | E | E | S |
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48 A | C | E | 49 P | 50 R | O | V | E | |||||||
51 P | 52 A | 53 S | T | O | R | 54 S | 55 O | R | E | S | 56 T | 57 E | 58 S |
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59 I | S | A | A | C | 60 W | 61 A | T | E | R | M | A | R | K |
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62 T | H | I | N | K | 63 I | D | O | L | 64 A | P | R | A |
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65 S | E | C | T | S | 66 G | A | R | S | 67 N | E | S | T |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,250
Across
1
Meter or old : MAID
5
Deposit : BANK
9
Parceled out : METED
14
Mythical monster : OGRE
15
French friend : AMIE
16
Dodge : ELUDE
17
Popular hobby : PHILATELY
19
Low-grade rum : TAFIA
20
Tailor's equipment : SADIRON
21
Like sachets : SCENTED
23
Declaims : RANTS
25
Caviar : ROE
26
River areas : BASINS
29
Hires : CHARTERS
34
Near Island : ATTU
35
Raccoon-like animal : COATI
36
Burmese native : LAI
37
See 17 Across : STAMPCOLLECTING
41
Tool set : KIT
42
Noblemen : EARLS
43
Arabian gulf : ADEN
44
Movie-director's need : SCENARIO
46
Set-tos : MELEES
48
Snoopy, in his dreams : ACE
49
Furnish evidence : PROVE
51
Men of the cloth : PASTORS
55
Electra's brother : ORESTES
59
Stern or Newton : ISAAC
60
Paper impression : WATERMARK
62
Popular office sign : THINK
63
Social lion : IDOL
64
Guam's harbor : APRA
65
Denominations : SECTS
66
Fish : GARS
67
Nidus : NEST
Down
1
Utility-closet items : MOPS
2
Turkish title : AGHA
3
Crocus, for one : IRID
4
Wild excitement : DELIRIUM
5
Relay-racers' needs : BATONS
6
Flower spike : AMENT
7
" ... ___ nisi bonum" : NIL
8
Entry utensils : KEYS
9
Like a shooting star : METEORIC
10
Kite : ELANET
11
Bunch : TUFT
12
Miss Adams : EDIE
13
Kind of letter or issue : DEAD
18
Irish island : ARAN
22
Junky auto : CRATE
24
Seafood order: Var. : SCOLLOP
26
Suns oneself : BASKS
27
Catch-all house area : ATTIC
28
Governor's bailiwick : STATE
30
Dutch painter : HALS
31
Slur over : ELIDE
32
Indian title : RANEE
33
Billboards : SIGNS
35
1947 Nobelist in medicine : CORI
38
Vain ones : PEACOCKS
39
Concerned one : CARER
40
Prospective juror : TALESMAN
45
Swimming : NATANT
46
Mushrooms : MORELS
47
At all : EVER
50
Helicopter part : ROTOR
51
Service areas for the Unsers : PITS
52
Tennis V.I.P. : ASHE
53
Levantine ketch : SAIC
54
Big gulp : SWIG
56
Finish line : TAPE
57
Goes amiss : ERRS
58
Card game : SKAT
61
Girl's name : ADA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.