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Martha J. DeWitt
New York Times, Tuesday, October 1, 1991
22-Across : Farm machines
Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.8
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 E | 3 F | 4 T | 5 H | 6 A | 7 S | 8 P | 9 R | 10 A | 11 R | 12 A |
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13 I | L | I | E | 14 U | L | N | A | 15 S | 16 E | M | U | S |
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17 M | I | S | S | 18 B | L | A | C | K | 19 S | M | I | T | H |
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20 B | A | H | T | 21 S | 22 R | E | A | P | E | R | S | |||
23 M | E | N | 24 A | 25 G | E | 26 T | A | M | ||||||
27 H | O | R | A | C | E | 28 R | E | D | B | 29 I | 30 R | 31 D |
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32 J | A | N | 33 P | E | E | 34 L | E | R | 35 E | R | I | E |
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36 U | R | G | 37 E | S | 38 Z | I | P | 39 P | R | O | V | E |
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40 A | P | E | X | 41 B | E | L | A | 42 I | R | 43 N | E | D |
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44 N | O | R | T | 45 H | E | R | 46 I | D | I | 47 O | M | S | ||
48 R | U | G | 49 P | R | E | S | T | O | ||||||
50 E | 51 R | A | S | U | 52 R | E | 53 M | I | N | 54 T | 55 S |
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56 C | L | O | C | K | M | A | K | 57 E | 58 R | 59 O | G | E | E |
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60 A | L | O | T | 61 S | T | O | V | E | 62 S | E | R | E |
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63 P | A | T | S | 64 S | E | A | T | 65 E | R | I | N |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,302
Across
1
Departed : LEFT
5
Catch on a trunk : HASP
9
___ avis : RARA
13
"And ___ down alone": Housman : ILIE
14
Forearm bones : ULNAS
16
Moa's cousins : EMUS
17
Overlook : MISS
18
Farrier : BLACKSMITH
20
Thai monetary units : BAHTS
22
Farm machines : REAPERS
23
Household : MENAGE
26
Dundee headgear : TAM
27
Roman poet : HORACE
28
Cardinal : REDBIRD
32
Singer Peerce : JAN
33
Kitchen implement : PEELER
35
Weird-sounding lake : ERIE
36
Eggs on : URGES
38
Kind of code : ZIP
39
Verify : PROVE
40
Peak : APEX
41
Site of Harford Comm. College : BELAIR
43
Actor Beatty : NED
44
Wintry gale : NORTHER
46
Argots : IDIOMS
48
Rya, e.g. : RUG
49
Magician's word : PRESTO
50
Obliteration : ERASURE
53
After-dinner items : MINTS
56
Seth Thomas was one : CLOCKMAKER
59
Molding : OGEE
60
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
61
Franklin product : STOVE
62
Withered : SERE
63
Dabs : PATS
64
County capital : SEAT
65
Hibernia : ERIN
Down
1
Precarious perch : LIMB
2
An essayist's pen name : ELIA
3
Piscatory purveyor : FISHMONGER
4
Canopy : TESTER
5
Boston Statehouse, to O. W. Holmes : HUB
6
Entirely : ALL
7
Gin : SNARE
8
Step : PACE
9
"I ___ You," 1942 song : REMEMBER
10
Turkish title : AMIR
11
Boring routines : RUTS
12
Ski wood : ASH
15
Peggy Fleming, e.g. : SKATER
19
Mining nail : SPAD
21
Sinecures : SNAPS
24
Perfect tennis serve : ACE
25
Eccentric fuddy-duddy : GEEZER
27
One of the Marxes : HARPO
28
Fix : REPAIR
29
Hardware dealer, in London : IRONMONGER
30
Cleaves : RIVES
31
Proof of title : DEED
32
San ___ Capistrano, Calif. : JUAN
34
Epithet for Abner : LIL
37
Pries out : EXTRACTS
39
Light refractor : PRISM
41
Widows of agas : BEGUMS
42
Food fish : IDE
45
Shuck : HUSK
47
Indolent : OTIOSE
49
Sri Lanka product : PEKOE
50
Cinders of comics : ELLA
51
Radix : ROOT
52
Cry of frustration : RATS
54
Actress Garr : TERI
55
Spotted : SEEN
56
Detonator : CAP
57
Stowe girl : EVA
58
No longer active: Abbr. : RET
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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