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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Tuesday, December 28, 1976

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 16.9
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,999
Across
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Jeanne ___ : DARC
5
Caliban's victim : ARIEL
10
Gil ___ : BLAS
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Scope : AREA
15
Likewise : DITTO
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Oven : OAST
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Actor Parker : FESS
18
Love affair : AMOUR
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Bas ___ (literary woman) : BLEU
20
Socially secure : TOTHEMANNERBORN
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Feast day: Suffix : MAS
24
Ballad : LAY
25
Farewell : ADIEU
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Colorado resort : ASPEN
31
___-la-la : TRA
34
Fashion name : DIOR
35
Parsley unit : SPRIG
36
Common Market: Abbr. : EEC
37
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
39
___ polloi : HOI
40
Chosen : ELECT
42
Alfonso's queen : ENA
43
Alamogordo's county : OTERO
45
Artist Soglow : OTTO
46
Fled : RAN
47
QE 2, e.g. : LINER
48
Fluid of the gods : ICHOR
49
Receptacle : BIN
50
Cry of disdain : PAH
51
Dramatic genre : COMEDYOFMANNERS
60
Actor Walter : ABEL
61
Pines and spruces : TREES
62
Give out : EMIT
63
Small bottle : VIAL
64
Sluggish : INERT
65
Bulk : SIZE
66
Feminine suffix : ETTE
67
Jason's wife : MEDEA
68
Salad's relative : SLAW
Down
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Crazy : DAFT
2
Mars: Prefix : AREO
3
Tranquillity : REST
4
Fine wool : CASHMERE
5
Apple or ale : ADAMS
6
Fissure : RIMA
7
Pour ___ (go all out) : ITON
8
Vingt-___ : ETUN
9
German siren : LORELEI
10
London copper : BOBBY
11
French composer : LALO
12
Jacob's son : ASER
13
Amaze : STUN
21
___ de vie : EAU
22
Roam : RANGE
25
Common viper : ADDER
26
Miss Ross : DIANA
27
Herbert Hoover, e.g. : IOWAN
28
Gray : ASHEN
29
Seed : SPORE
30
Abbot's aide : PRIOR
31
Armed to the ___ : TEETH
32
Right-hand page : RECTO
33
Expert in asides : ACTOR
38
Substantial : SOLID
41
Scottish tourist draw : LOCHNESS
44
Dickens hero : TINYTIM
48
Author Fleming : IAN
49
Popular girl : BELLE
50
Italian food : PASTA
51
Grotto : CAVE
52
News notice : OBIT
53
One man's ___ ... : MEAT
54
Sarah ___ Jewett : ORNE
55
Supply victuals : FEED
56
French parent : MERE
57
Actor Jannings : EMIL
58
___ Shah Pahlavi : RIZA
59
Beef or Irish : STEW

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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