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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Monday, December 27, 1976

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.0
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,998
Across
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Pahlavi : SHAH
5
Memphis god : PTAH
9
Young horse : FOAL
13
Kind of duck : LAME
14
Composer Heitor Villa-___ : LOBOS
16
___ over lightly : ONCE
17
Kind of sauce : ALEC
18
Deano's theme : AMORE
19
Plexus : RETE
20
Shenanigans : MONKEYBUSINESS
23
Lowlier : LESS
24
Genesis name : ENOS
25
Quibble : CAVIL
28
Regal rods : SCEPTERS
32
Hot spots : OVENS
33
___ Booth Luce : CLARE
34
Kind of moon : NEW
35
Kind of vase : MING
36
Sets of twins : PAIRS
37
Actor Paul : MUNI
38
Prefix for tope : ISO
39
Poisons : BANES
40
Sill and Ord, e.g. : FORTS
41
Sill and Ord, for generals : COMMANDS
43
Loam : LOESS
44
End of "The King" : ANDI
45
Sheep snorts : BAAS
47
Grief on the Nile : CROCODILETEARS
53
Lion's insigne : ROAR
54
Tore : RACED
55
Lockup : JAIL
56
Con : ANTI
57
In accord : ATONE
58
Jason's ship : ARGO
59
Snafu : MESS
60
Tackles' neighbors : ENDS
61
Mae or Key : WEST
Down
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Kind of bang : SLAM
2
Saint's insigne : HALO
3
Kind of corner : AMEN
4
Politicians' bane : HECKLING
5
Frolics : PLAYS
6
Grant's and Hadrian's : TOMBS
7
Ben Adhem : ABOU
8
Old-time transportation : HORSECARS
9
Shade of green : FOREST
10
Washington engravings : ONES
11
Takes steps : ACTS
12
Kind of shore : LEE
15
Certain fishermen : SEINERS
21
Smorgasbord delicacies : EELS
22
Opposite of yep : NOPE
25
Kind of opera : COMIC
26
Dispatch boat : AVISO
27
Fang fluid : VENOM
28
Moves furtively : SLIES
29
Harden : ENURE
30
Charters : RENTS
31
Kind of miss : SWISS
33
Certain runner : CANDIDATE
36
Certain box-opener : PANDORA
37
City in Saskatchewan : MOOSEJAW
39
Judicial bench : BANC
40
Kind of feet : FLAT
42
N.Z. aborigines : MAORIS
45
Mixture : BLEND
46
Mosquito genus : AEDES
47
Geometric solid : CONE
48
Cry of disgust : RATS
49
Sacred image : ICON
50
Bern's river : AARE
51
Big trucks : RIGS
52
Kind of machine : SLOT
53
Kind of rod : RAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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