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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Tuesday, August 23, 1977

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.4
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,237
Across
1
Muscat's land : OMAN
5
Senegal's capital : DAKAR
10
Singer at "heaven's gate" : LARK
14
King Cotton's bundle : BALE
15
Heath or Jong : ERICA
16
Entertainer Adams : EDIE
17
Operator's courteous request : ONEMOMENTPLEASE
20
Help an archeologist : EXCAVATE
21
SAC or R.A.F. : AIRMEN
22
Mercer-Arlen product : TUNE
23
Ne plus ultra : ACME
24
Ecce : BEHOLD
27
Defrauded : SWINDLED
31
Igloo or hogan : ABODE
32
Victuals of a sort : MEATS
33
Ait in the Aisne : ILE
34
Tender : SORE
35
Charon's vessel : FERRY
36
"Sweet is pleasure after ___": Dryden : PAIN
37
Way place : INN
38
Electrical unit : FARAD
39
Something not to be out of : SORTS
40
Affecting all the body : SYSTEMIC
42
Contract renter : LESSEE
43
Mine entrance : ADIT
44
Lard on a hog : SUET
45
Gumshoe : SHAMUS
48
Take away : SUBTRACT
52
Conveniences not found at Churchill Downs : TELEPHONEBOOTHS
54
Sciences' companions : ARTS
55
Skip over : ELIDE
56
Sleep like ___ : ATOP
57
English car trunk : BOOT
58
Hold back : DETER
59
Cockcrow : DAWN
Down
1
Woodwind : OBOE
2
Cat without a tail : MANX
3
Pianist Templeton : ALEC
4
Roundworm : NEMATODE
5
Require : DEMAND
6
Alpine crest : ARETE
7
Cattle, to Cowper : KINE
8
Circus unit : ACT
9
Voraciousness : RAPACITY
10
Gave suggestive glances : LEERED
11
"Madam, I'm ___" : ADAM
12
Hill or slope : RISE
13
Astute : KEEN
18
Small egg : OVULE
19
Sketches : LIMNS
23
Oscar or Emmy : AWARD
24
Grounds : BASIS
25
Color, also called teak : EBONY
26
Headgear for a cuckold : HORNS
27
Ice pinnacle : SERAC
28
Emulators of Ananias : LIARS
29
Typewriter type : ELITE
30
Stupid : DENSE
32
Boy Scout badge : MERIT
35
Starved : FAMISHED
36
Old-time mail route : POSTROAD
38
Sick of the rat race : FEDUP
39
Tend : SEETO
41
Most docile : TAMEST
42
Clumsy seaman : LUBBER
44
Homophone for swayed : SUEDE
45
Uncertain effort : STAB
46
Kind of sandwich : HERO
47
Choirboy's voice : ALTO
48
Fit of pique : SNIT
49
"___ boy!" : ATTA
50
Powerfully built dog : CHOW
51
Recipe meas. : TSPN
53
"This ___ House," hit song of 1954 : OLE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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