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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Tuesday, June 19, 1990

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 39.7 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,833
Across
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Catch one's breath : GASP
5
Use a saber : SLASH
10
Not up : ABED
14
High, in Juárez : ALTO
15
Martinique volcano : PELEE
16
Mongolian desert : GOBI
17
Illicit-spirits dealer : BOOTLEGGER
19
Sorrel's kin : ROAN
20
Spice : SEASON
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French friend : AMI
22
Italian volcano : ETNA
23
Strange : ODD
25
Bethlehem product : STEEL
27
Tax evaluator : ASSESSOR
32
Child's arithmetic lesson : ADDING
35
Calif.-Nev. lake : TAHOE
36
Twinges : PANGS
38
Bill's partner : COO
39
Favor : BOON
40
Musical show : REVUE
41
The ___ of one's teeth : SKIN
42
Chemical suffix : ANE
43
Granted, as land : CEDED
44
Della, the singer : REESE
45
Tried : TESTED
47
One who discourages : DETERRER
49
Banks : TIERS
51
Placebo : SOP
52
Actress Allgood : SARA
54
W.W. II info agency : OWI
56
Seed coverings : TESTAE
61
Arabian chief : AMIR
62
Tree that is a source of incense : SANDALWOOD
64
Spanish she-monkey : MONA
65
Actor Leon ___: 1881-1951 : ERROL
66
Karenina of fiction : ANNA
67
Energy units : ERGS
68
Stanches : STEMS
69
Abound : TEEM
Down
1
Chatters : GABS
2
Plant of the lily family : ALOE
3
Portico : STOA
4
Vessels for chowders : POTS
5
Exhausts : SPENDS
6
Part of a table : LEG
7
Water plant : ALGA
8
Looks : SEEMS
9
Patrimony : HERITAGE
10
Concurred : AGREED
11
Sycophant : BOOTLICKER
12
Abba ___ of Israel : EBAN
13
Actress Merrill : DINA
18
At large : LOOSE
24
Drugged : DOPED
26
McMahon and Asner : EDS
27
Facing the pitcher : ATBAT
28
French river : SAONE
29
Very small amount of money : SHOESTRING
30
Many eras : EON
31
Carried on : RAVED
33
Cacophony : NOISE
34
One past recovery : GONER
37
Some Renoirs : NUDES
40
Flowers for "a blue lady" : REDROSES
41
Indian weight : SER
43
Bee chaser : CEE
44
Turn away : REPEL
46
Dowagers' diadems : TIARAS
48
Demolishes a car : TOTALS
50
Dusky, in poesy : SWART
52
Ditto : SAME
53
Cupid : AMOR
55
Concerning : INRE
57
Do in a fly : SWAT
58
Franchot, the actor: 1905-68 : TONE
59
Tops : AONE
60
Port on the IJsselmeer : EDAM
63
DeLuise of films : DOM

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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