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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Wednesday, September 10, 1975

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 42.2 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,524
Across
1
Dismay : APPAL
6
Professional figurer : CPA
9
Stars' associates : BARS
13
Missionary Junipero ___ : SERRA
14
Munich mister : HERR
16
Racetrack : OVAL
17
Raised place : PROMINENCE
19
Jacob's son : LEVI
20
Dr. Rhine's study : ESP
21
Hinds : ROES
22
Turned sharply : VEERED
24
Orderly : NEAT
26
Sharply angular : SPIDERY
28
Green plum : GAGE
30
Short drapery : VALANCE
33
In the least : ATALL
35
Surrenders : CEDES
36
Fellow or Couple : ODD
38
Lens shape : CONCAVE
40
Thoreau's different one : DRUMMER
42
Paul Newman role : HUD
43
___ and Joan : DARBY
45
Respond : REPLY
46
Poor knitter, often : RAVELER
48
Duck : TEAL
49
Auto graveyard, e.g. : EYESORE
51
Italian beach : LIDO
54
Typewriter part : PLATEN
57
Art works : OILS
59
Wrestlers' milieu : MAT
60
Wolf : LOBO
61
Counterpart : COMPLEMENT
64
Lecherous look : OGLE
65
Dueling weapon : EPEE
66
Kind of corporal : LANCE
67
Crabgrass, e.g. : WEED
68
Newspaper run: Abbr. : EDN
69
More modern : LATER
Down
1
Ski resort : ASPEN
2
By itself : PERSE
3
P.R. flak : PROPAGANDA
4
Kind of chair : ARM
5
Den : LAIR
6
Nest sound : CHEEP
7
Musing : PENSIVE
8
Curve : ARC
9
Wife of Henry VIII : BOLEYN
10
State : AVER
11
Go into ecstasies : RAVE
12
Skidded : SLID
15
Night owl : REVELER
18
Winning margin : NOSE
23
Error's aftermath : ERASURE
25
After-bath item : TALC
27
Sugar ___ : DADDY
29
Flirtatious look : GLADEYE
31
Praise : COMPLIMENT
32
Noble, in Berlin : EDEL
33
German exclamation : ACH
34
Vacation choice : TOUR
35
Goddess of crops : CERES
37
High's partner : DRY
39
Atomic quality in chemistry : VALENCE
41
Samp, e.g. : MEAL
44
Swept : BROOMED
47
Turned down : VETOED
48
Expert bowman : TELL
50
Mellow : RIPEN
52
Hop, for one : DANCE
53
Playful mammal : OTTER
54
Farmer's need in spring : PLOW
55
Box of a sort : LOGE
56
Ready's partner : ABLE
58
Buy's partner : SELL
62
Unfold, poetically : OPE
63
Pasture sound : MAA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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