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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Tuesday, February 11, 1975

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.8
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,313
Across
1
Choir site : LOFT
5
Mythical monsters : OGRES
10
Lowly craft : SCOW
14
Khayyám : OMAR
15
River of the Left Bank : SEINE
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Moslem judge : CADI
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Kind of agent : UNDERCOVER
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Cockney four-bagger : OMER
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Talk out of : DISSUADE
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In profusion : GALORE
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Waste away in grief : PINE
24
In hiding : PERDU
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Auto-race city : LEMANS
28
Certain bus ticket : TRANSFER
31
Start getting rich : AMASS
32
Kind of booth : PHONE
33
New Guinea town : LAE
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Good Queen : BESS
35
Take the tab : TREAT
36
Tidal or heat : WAVE
37
Ceremonious title: Abbr. : ESQ
38
Mail-order pioneer : SEARS
39
Pundits : SAGES
40
Word for Masefield : LAUREATE
42
Inactive : ATREST
43
Tidal flood : EAGRE
44
Greenland settlement : ETAH
45
Sentence ender : PERIOD
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Neighbor of Somalia : ETHIOPIA
51
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
52
Fishy clue : REDHERRING
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Mother ___ : LODE
55
Movie-palace feature : ORGAN
56
Withered : SERE
57
Washington engravings : ONES
58
Hammer parts : PEENS
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Son of Aphrodite : EROS
Down
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Like rock music : LOUD
2
All: Prefix : OMNI
3
Crazes : FADS
4
Infringe upon : TRESPASS
5
Ancient Italians : OSCANS
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Crystal-lined stone : GEODE
7
Split : RIVE
8
Nautical course : ENE
9
Army man : SERGEANT
10
Shrews : SCOLDS
11
Disguise : CAMOUFLAGE
12
Stettin's river : ODER
13
Baling or live : WIRE
18
Ashes : RUINS
22
English composer : ARNE
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Malay sailing boats : PROAS
25
Mailing sticker : LABEL
26
Bug genus : EMESA
27
Kind of ball : MASQUERADE
28
Word of consolation : THERE
29
Places for gutters : EAVES
30
Cure meat, in Scotland : REEST
32
Babble : PRATE
35
Eyewash : TEARDROP
36
Veteran campaigner : WARHORSE
38
Utah flower : SEGO
39
Way up : STAIR
41
Some bridge bids : RAISES
42
European capital : ATHENS
44
One of the Allens : ETHAN
45
___ Alto : PALO
46
Black : EBON
47
Border : EDGE
48
Harbor structure : PIER
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Japanese box set : INRO
50
"Poison for the ___ tooth" : AGES
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"Able was I ___ ... " : ERE

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

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