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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Thursday, November 6, 1975

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.8
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,581
Across
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Filers' aids : TABS
5
Matron's garment, in old Rome : STOLA
10
Mariner Tasman : ABEL
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Take ___ view of : ADIM
15
Italian film name : LOREN
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Actress Powers : MALA
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Make callous : CASEHARDEN
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Footnote abbr. : IBID
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Scrambled fare : OMELETTE
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Heeded : OBEYED
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Scotty's foot parts : TAES
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Jackets : ETONS
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Potatoes or yams : TUBERS
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More verdant : GRASSIER
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"___ in the hand ... " : ABIRD
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Cheers the team on : ROOTS
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___-la-la : TRA
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Holiday drinks : NOGS
35
Direr : WORSE
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School orgs. : PTAS
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Chew the fat : GAB
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French river : SOMME
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Silly persons : GEESE
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Light buggy : STANHOPE
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Excluded : BARRED
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Simon and Armstrong : NEILS
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French composer : LALO
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Enoch et al. : ARDENS
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Like Wall St. on a Sunday : DESERTED
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Rex or Donna : REED
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Like a certain snowman : ABOMINABLE
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___ nostrum : MARE
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Joyce ___ Oates : CAROL
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Exaggerated : TALL
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Mining nail : SPAD
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Mideast leaders : KHANS
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Of an age : ERAL
Down
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Mexican dish : TACO
2
Furniture style : ADAM
3
Alpine wind : BISE
4
Ore refineries : SMELTERS
5
Schedules : SLATES
6
Legal wrongs : TORTS
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Gen. Wingate : ORDE
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Michele or Brenda : LEE
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Clutter up page margins : ANNOTATE
10
City on 38 Across : AMIENS
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Grandma, on occasion : BABYSITTER
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Author Wiesel : ELIE
13
Alan of films : LADD
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"___ melodies are sweet, but ... " : HEARD
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Mr. Dithers, to Dagwood : BOSS
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Uneven : EROSE
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Strong tastes : TANGS
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Lusitania's destroyer : UBOAT
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Heyday of Whiteman, Bernie, etc. : BIGBANDERA
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Singer Eydie : GORME
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Expunge : ERASE
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Leveled, in Leeds : RASED
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Easy victories : ROMPS
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Symbol of Lord Chancellor's office : WOOLSACK
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Harangue : PERORATE
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Calf's neighbor : SHIN
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Physician : GALEN
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In demand : NEEDED
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Garden herbs : BASILS
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Pale yellow : LEMON
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"___ and the Man" : ARMS
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Use a scythe : REAP
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Mrs. Copperfield : DORA
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Skier's transport : TBAR
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Miss Raines : ELLA
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Valley : DELL
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Scrooge word : BAH

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

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