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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, June 17, 1977

18-Down : Moon's age on Jan. 1

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,170
Across
1
Vanquish : BEST
5
Low : BASE
9
Grate upon : RASP
13
Sax or singer : ALTO
14
Paradise : EDEN
15
Netherlands city (with "The") : HAGUE
16
Perjurer : LIAR
17
Oater : HORSEOPERA
19
Kind of cabin : LOG
20
Crake : SORA
21
Vanity : PRIDE
22
Obstacle race : STEEPLECHASE
25
Unyielding : HARD
26
Needle-shaped : ACERATE
30
Knowing : AWARE
32
Magna ___ : CARTA
34
Correlative : NOR
35
Spiritual food : MANNA
36
Word repeated before hurray : HIP
37
Motor part : ROTOR
39
Red man: Abbr. : IND
40
Quotidian : DAILY
42
Leaves out : OMITS
43
Meal course : DESSERT
45
Presses for payment : DUNS
46
Penny-pinching : PARSIMONIOUS
51
Irish seaport : SLIGO
53
Ointment : NARD
54
Audit maker : CPA
55
Dust devils : WHIRLWINDS
57
Row of seats : TIER
58
Justice, Order and Peace goddesses : HORAE
59
Only : MERE
60
Sent for Jeeves : RANG
61
Hyalite : OPAL
62
"Let us ___" (raiders' motto?) : PREY
63
Ray, of films : ALDO
Down
1
It takes four to walk : BALLS
2
"The Waste Land" poet : ELIOT
3
They have properties, can't sell : STAGEHANDS
4
Peak : TOR
5
Ecce : BEHOLD
6
Dote on : ADORE
7
Ice pinnacle : SERAC
8
Step above Mid. : ENS
9
Sword : RAPIER
10
Like Methuselah : AGED
11
Having confidence : SURE
12
Shell-game adjunct : PEA
15
Do monkeyshines : HORSEAROUND
18
Moon's age on Jan. 1 : EPACT
20
Skater's stunt : SPREADEAGLE
23
Bring home the bacon : EARN
24
Grasping person : HARPY
27
Misanthropic : ANTISOCIAL
28
Horn sound : TOOT
29
Makes a gaffe : ERRS
30
In the center : AMID
31
Decline : WANE
32
Club i.o.u.'s : CHITS
33
Be sick : AIL
38
All: Prefix : OMNI
41
Cupid's weapon : ARROW
44
Helix : SPIRAL
45
Humperdinck's name at birth : DORSEY
47
Kind of sanctum : INNER
48
Sierra ___ : MADRE
49
Turn over : UPEND
50
Silvery grunt; pinfish : SARGO
51
Boutique : SHOP
52
Calabrian coin : LIRA
55
Abbott's man on first : WHO
56
Kindergarten cutup : IMP
57
First of a musical trio : TRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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