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Martha J. DeWitt
New York Times, Tuesday, August 8, 1967
Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 44.6
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 I | 4 P | 5 Q | 6 U | 7 A | 8 L | 9 M | 10 B | 11 E | 12 A | 13 N |
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14 L | O | L | L | 15 U | N | D | U | E | 16 R | A | G | E |
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17 I | D | E | A | 18 A | D | E | P | T | 19 A | S | T | A |
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20 M | I | S | T | 21 A | K | E | 22 E | E | 23 R | I | E | S | T |
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24 T | I | E | R | 25 S | 26 S | I | L | |||||||
27 T | 28 R | 29 I | E | D | 30 W | E | 31 B | 32 C | L | 33 A | 34 N | 35 G |
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36 R | I | N | D | 37 P | A | V | E | 38 T | H | E | W | A | Y |
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39 A | G | A | 40 C | A | T | E | N | A | E | 41 A | I | R |
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42 C | O | N | 43 S | I | D | E | R | E | D | 44 H | I | V | E |
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45 T | R | E | A | T | 46 R | A | F | 47 F | A | T | E | S |
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48 M | E | 49 T | 50 L | I | 51 C | I | T | |||||||
52 E | 53 L | 54 A | P | S | E | 55 S | 56 C | O | R | R | 57 A | 58 L | 59 S |
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60 B | O | L | L | 61 M | U | 62 S | E | D | 63 A | G | I | O |
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64 A | G | E | E | 65 P | R | U | N | E | 66 C | U | L | L |
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67 N | E | E | R | 68 T | E | N | T | S | 69 K | A | Y | O |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,569
Across
1
Pillowcase. : SLIP
5
Second thought. : QUALM
10
Mexican jumper. : BEAN
14
Sprawl. : LOLL
15
Immoderate. : UNDUE
16
Enthusiasm at its height. : RAGE
17
First thought. : IDEA
18
Practiced. : ADEPT
19
Movie canine. : ASTA
20
Example of fallibility. : MISTAKE
22
Most ghostly. : EERIEST
24
Rows. : TIERS
26
Part of RSVP. : SIL
27
Partner of true. : TRIED
30
Arachnid trap. : WEB
32
Ringing sound. : CLANG
36
Bacon part. : RIND
37
Prepare. : PAVETHEWAY
39
Moslem leader. : AGA
40
Chains. : CATENAE
41
Conditioned item. : AIR
42
Thought out. : CONSIDERED
44
Nest of a kind. : HIVE
45
Pay the tab. : TREAT
46
British service. : RAF
47
Clotho et al. : FATES
48
Former N.Y.C. landmark. : MET
50
Legitimate. : LICIT
52
Slips away. : ELAPSES
56
Rodeo adjuncts. : CORRALS
60
Plant pod. : BOLL
61
Thought. : MUSED
63
Exchange fee. : AGIO
64
Crooked: Dial. : AGEE
65
Sometime plum. : PRUNE
66
Select. : CULL
67
Poetic contraction. : NEER
68
Camp sights. : TENTS
69
Ring term. : KAYO
Down
1
Scanty. : SLIM
2
Where Napoleon won, 1796. : LODI
3
St. Pierre and Miquelon. : ILES
4
Mapped a subdivision. : PLATTED
5
Vibrate. : QUAKE
6
Where to see a wahoo. : UNDERWATER
7
Noun suffix. : ADE
8
Actress Velez. : LUPE
9
Doles (out). : METES
10
Blind teacher. : BRAILLE
11
Naturalness. : EASE
12
Businessmen: Abbr. : AGTS
13
Trim. : NEAT
21
Govt. agency. : AID
23
Nouveau ___. : RICHE
25
Divers. : SEVERAL
27
Subdivision. : TRACT
28
Stiffness. : RIGOR
29
Pointless. : INANE
31
Doing good. : BENEFICENT
33
Expect. : AWAIT
34
Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
35
Spiral motions. : GYRES
37
Fox foot. : PAD
38
Small child. : TAD
40
Quotes. : CITES
43
Piece of needlework. : SAMPLER
44
Piece of furniture. : HATRACK
47
Douglas ___. : FIR
49
Entice. : TEMPT
51
Signal systems. : CODES
52
Name in the news. : EBAN
53
Theater section. : LOGE
54
What Lighthorse Harry was. : ALEE
55
Without a doubt. : SURE
57
Water: Sp. : AGUA
58
Water ___. : LILY
59
TV role. : SOLO
62
Nearest star. : SUN
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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