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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Thursday, December 3, 1987

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,904
Across
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Goals : ENDS
5
Twiggy broom : BESOM
10
One of a cautionary trio : STOP
14
Boodle : LOOT
15
Soprano Lucine : AMARA
16
Malay canoe : PROA
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Incredible : SUPERHUMAN
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Layers : HENS
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Hemoglobin deficiency : ANEMIA
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Table doily : PLACEMAT
23
Pops' partners : MOMS
25
Gawk : STARE
26
London and Paris, e.g. : CAPITALS
30
Heretofore, to the Bard : ERENOW
33
Brings home the bacon : EARNS
34
Egyptian dancing girls : ALMES
36
Protein synthesizer in genes : DNA
37
Long, exhausting march : SLOG
38
So long, in Sevilla : ADIOS
39
Mint : COIN
40
Knight or Weems : TED
41
Speedy : FLEET
42
Béarnaise, e.g. : SAUCE
43
Critter : ANIMAL
45
Cold-shouldered : REPULSED
47
Round dance : GALOP
49
___-majesté : LESE
50
Wry expressions : GRIMACES
53
Gamuts : RANGES
57
Amplitude : ROOM
58
Incredible : ASTOUNDING
60
Polynesian demon : ATUA
61
Natterjacks : TOADS
62
Mine entrance : ADIT
63
Nickname for Elizabeth I : BESS
64
A Lauder : ESTEE
65
Cincinnati team : REDS
Down
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Famed lioness : ELSA
2
This may be proper : NOUN
3
Inside info : DOPE
4
Skier's maneuver : STEMMING
5
Type of grass : BAHAMA
6
Second-largest bird : EMU
7
Coarsely ground corn : SAMP
8
Certain exams : ORALS
9
Dugongs' cousins : MANATEES
10
Area : SPHERE
11
Incredible : TREMENDOUS
12
Chaplin's widow : OONA
13
Ancient history : PAST
18
Donnybrooks : RIOTS
22
Favorite U.S. transporters : CARS
24
"Susie" author: 1947 : SLADE
26
Pelota basket : CESTA
27
West German city : AALEN
28
Incredible : PRODIGIOUS
29
Wilier : SLIER
31
In the bag : ONICE
32
Declined : WANED
35
Motorist's day's-end quest : MOTEL
38
Earmark : ALLOCATE
39
List or register : CALENDAR
41
Part song : FALA
42
Lazy ___ : SUSAN
44
See 23 Across : MAMMAS
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Read carefully : PERUSE
48
Cuban dollars : PESOS
50
Kind of bag : GRAB
51
Mechanical procedure : ROTE
52
Rodin output: Abbr. : STAT
54
He wrote "Isabelle" : GIDE
55
Novelist Bagnold : ENID
56
Corps.' bosses : SGTS
59
Epicedium : ODE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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