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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Thursday, January 26, 1989

20-Across : Problem in the bedroom

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V Y }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 35.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,324
Across
1
Barrel part : HOOP
5
German woodcarver-sculptor: 1440-1533 : STOSS
10
Bristle : SETA
14
Khabarovsk's river : AMUR
15
Bounce off : CAROM
16
Earth's turning line : AXIS
17
Apollo's mother : LETO
18
Broken : ONTHEBLINK
20
Problem in the bedroom : SNORING
22
Some esters : OLEATES
23
Meet : FACE
24
Small degree : TAD
25
Beef : PROTEST
28
Starts a journey : SETSOFF
32
Emulates Circe and trouters : LURES
33
Has on : WEARS
35
Gums : ULA
36
Augments : ADDS
37
Brooklets : RILLS
38
Excel : STAR
39
Nancy Astor, ___ Langhorne : NEE
40
Common or horse follower : SENSE
41
A result of combustion : SMOKE
42
Chores for Junior : ERRANDS
44
Kidded : SPOOFED
46
Dissolved Egy.-Syr. alliance : UAR
47
Under, to seamen : ALOW
48
Fasten a sandal again : RESTRAP
52
Franken's "___ Language" : ANOTHER
55
Broken : ONTHEFRITZ
57
Hearty's partner : HALE
58
___ contendere : NOLO
59
Rich cake : TORTE
60
Experts : ACES
61
Hebrew musical instrument : ASOR
62
Depose : SWEAR
63
Three-handed card game : SKAT
Down
1
"Laughing Cavalier" painter : HALS
2
Grist for a soothsayer's mill : OMEN
3
Broken : OUTOFORDER
4
Divides equitably : PRORATES
5
Tea cakes : SCONES
6
Flavor to savor : TANG
7
Table scrap : ORT
8
London restaurant district : SOHO
9
Metal refineries : SMELTERS
10
Dieters' specialties : SALADS
11
Sign in a movie house : EXIT
12
Fork part : TINE
13
Emulates Walters : ASKS
19
Cadences : BEATS
21
Sherbets : ICES
25
Sycamore, e.g. : PLANE
26
More impolite : RUDER
27
Romulus and Remus : TWINS
28
Bargain hunters' pursuits : SALES
29
Busted : OUTOFWHACK
30
Oddball : FLAKE
31
Got along : FARED
34
Chi. transit systems : ELS
37
Does a document over : REDRAFTS
38
As ___ silk : SMOOTHAS
40
Trap : SNARE
41
Singly : SOLO
43
King or Sheldon : AUTHOR
45
German tank : PANZER
48
Jaffe or Barrett : RONA
49
Biblical patriarch : ENOS
50
Capital of Manche : STLO
51
Nose of a ship : PROW
52
Unsorted wheat flour, in India : ATTA
53
Zeno's birthplace : ELEA
54
Caesura : REST
56
Choler : IRE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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