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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, January 27, 1984

33-Across : Boscs

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 47.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,498
Across
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Quail : COWER
6
Turns to account : USES
10
Cauchos : ULES
14
Like a Romney : OVINE
15
Pedro's pay : PAGO
16
Negotiable paper : NOTE
17
Deliquesces : MELTS
18
Antelopelike deer : PRONGHORN
20
Frocked : ORDAINED
22
Rebels : ARISES
23
Kind of duck : EIDER
24
School Shelley attended : ETON
25
Ibsen's "Hedda ___" : GABLER
27
Loaded (with) : FRAUGHT
30
Choler : IRE
31
Staid : SOBER
33
Boscs : PEARS
35
Pinocchio's nose-growers : LIES
37
Winter hazard : SLEET
39
Tie : DRAW
40
Examines : TESTS
42
Supplementary : ADDED
44
Aunt, in Orizaba : TIA
45
Rill and river : STREAMS
47
Sing the blues : LAMENT
49
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
50
West Indies Indian : CARIB
51
Eight lines of verse : OCTAVE
54
Paying no heed : CARELESS
57
Antelope : DUIKERBOK
59
Harden : STEEL
60
French women's magazine : ELLE
61
Kidney : TYPE
62
Puccini opera : TOSCA
63
Pung or luge : SLED
64
Spore : SEED
65
At hand : ONTAP
Down
1
Lombard lake : COMO
2
For the duration of : OVER
3
Antelope : WILDEBEEST
4
Involve willy-nilly : ENTAIL
5
Dwells : RESIDES
6
___ Matecumbe Key, Fla. : UPPER
7
Chalcedony : SARD
8
Monogram of Anna Christie's creator : EGO
9
Musical composition : SONATA
10
In disorder; upset : UNHINGED
11
"Gigi" playwright : LOOS
12
Being, in Brest : ETRE
13
Town on the Yonne : SENS
19
Kind of insurance : GROUP
21
Pianist Peter and family : NEROS
24
Dropped a fly : ERRED
25
Thin gold layer : GILT
26
The Ram : ARIES
27
Sustains : FEEDS
28
Antelope : HARTEBEEST
29
Coach : TRAIN
32
Culpability : BLAME
34
Do in a fly : SWAT
36
Passed in the buff : STREAKED
38
Of tissue : TELAR
41
Minister : SERVE
43
"Who then ___ be half so kind again?": Shak. : DARESTO
46
Makes aware : ALERTS
48
"Areopagitica" author : MILTON
50
Encrusted : CAKED
51
Pindar's output : ODES
52
Pick out : CULL
53
Favus : TILE
54
Cut the mustard : COPE
55
Drought, in Durango : SECA
56
Rebuff : SLAP
58
Side issue : BYE

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

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