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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Monday, April 29, 1991

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 31.4
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,147
Across
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Very large number : HOST
5
Goddess of the rainbow : IRIS
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Particular : ITEM
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Tooth ailment : ACHE
14
British farm : CROFT
15
Canonical hour : NONE
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Executive Mansion : WHITEHOUSE
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Kind of skirt : SLIT
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Riel part : SEN
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Dealing with a full deck : SANE
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Exercises : WIELDS
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Builds : ERECTS
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Vigor : STARCH
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Command to Fido : HEEL
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Muse of poetry : ERATO
30
___ Hoople : MAJOR
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Sidestep : EVADE
35
Vase on a pedestal : URN
38
"There ought to be ___!" : ALAW
39
Collect : AMASS
40
In mid-Atlantic : ASEA
41
Actress MacGraw : ALI
42
Having an inclination : PRONE
43
Devoutness : PIETY
44
Find out : LEARN
46
Act : DEED
48
Beset : HARASS
50
Window coverings : DRAPES
54
Korea, to the Japanese : CHOSEN
56
Waste allowance : TRET
58
Uraeus : ASP
59
Moue : POUT
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___ effect (atmospheric heating phenomenon) : GREENHOUSE
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Church part : APSE
64
Roof edges : EAVES
65
Words of understanding : ISEE
66
Prophet : SEER
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Fixed Easter eggs : DYED
68
Afford : LEND
Down
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Part of a ship's bow : HAWSE
2
Earthy yellow pigment : OCHER
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Glisten : SHINE
4
Vietnamese holiday : TET
5
Mashie, e.g. : IRON
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Rakes : ROUES
7
Conditions : IFS
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Servant supervisors : STEWARDS
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Arthropod animal : INSECT
10
Kind of cookie : TOLLHOUSE
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Author Bagnold : ENID
12
N.Y.C. baseball team : METS
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He's on a $10,000 bill : CHASE
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Alcohol-acid combination : ESTER
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Food, in the services : CHOW
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Ribbed : TEASED
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Defective purchases : LEMONS
30
Ewe said it : MAA
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Everyone : ALL
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"___ Rock," Presley hit : JAILHOUSE
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Actor Johnson : VAN
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No longer active: Abbr. : RET
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Kind of sayer : NAY
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Classified : ARRANGED
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Radamès's beloved : AIDA
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Whittle : PARE
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Capital of Western Australia : PERTH
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March 31, 1991 : EASTER
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Sir Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
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One of the Allens : STEVE
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Temporary inaction : PAUSE
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Krupp works site : ESSEN
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Velocity : SPEED
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Busy group in early Apr. : CPAS
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Famous diamond : HOPE
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Thatch material : REED
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Thornback : RAY
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"Black gold" : OIL

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