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Martha J. DeWitt
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 has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 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
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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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