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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Thursday, February 2, 1978

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.3
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,400
Across
1
Fennel or sweet cicely : HERB
5
Eat ___ (suffer humiliation) : CROW
9
"To ___ and to Hold," Johnston novel : HAVE
13
Cupid : AMOR
14
Lange from Conn. : HOPE
15
House sign : TOLET
16
What NOW wants women to be : LIBERATED
18
Ocean arm : INLET
19
Follower of grain or freight : ELEVATOR
20
Orleans's river : LOIRE
21
___ Cup (golf prize) : RYDER
22
Boatman's backward : ASTERN
25
March 26, 1978 : EASTER
28
Pavlov : IVAN
31
Relative of a daboia : ASP
34
Defraud : FLEECE
35
Pram pusher : NANA
36
Put off : DELAYED
38
Describing eternal youth : UNAGING
40
Pahlavi's country : IRAN
41
Cerberus et al. : GUARDS
43
Aye neutralizer : NAY
44
Put to the ___ : TEST
45
Passageway : ACCESS
46
Madagascar mammal : TENREC
48
Storehouse of a sort : ETAPE
53
Inscribed pillar : STELE
55
Newscaster : REASONER
58
Bulls, in Barcelona : TOROS
59
Repeats a report : TELLSOVER
60
Proficient : ADEPT
61
Abbr. often used on deeds : ETAL
62
Kind of wire : LIVE
63
Harassed : RODE
64
Abjure : DENY
65
Pung or monoski : SLED
Down
1
Item in a Czech's wallet : HALER
2
Girl in "Our Town" : EMILY
3
Togate : ROBED
4
Longest modern musical note : BREVE
5
Converse idly : CHAT
6
Turning on an axis: Comb. form : ROTO
7
Work or run : OPERATE
8
Join : WED
9
Paying homage to : HONORING
10
"Mock on, mock on, 'tis ___": Blake : ALLINVAIN
11
Change course : VEER
12
Feminine suffix : ETTE
15
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
17
Make thin or porous : RAREFY
23
Safe : SECURE
24
Drifts : TRENDS
26
Vinegar made from a liquor : ALEGAR
27
Lure : SEDUCE
29
Soprano Moffo : ANNA
30
Former Hungarian prime minister : NAGY
31
Mine entrance : ADIT
32
Sapless : SERE
33
Three sheets to the wind : PLASTERED
37
Player on the range : ANTELOPE
39
Rate or evaluate : ASSESS
42
Adhere or combine : ACCRETE
47
Aerie, e.g. : NEST
49
Puppets : TOOLS
50
Famous "Chorus" : ANVIL
51
Irk : PEEVE
52
Dropped a fly : ERRED
53
"___ Wars" : STAR
54
Foofaraw : TODO
56
Dash : ELAN
57
Confederate : ALLY
59
Kennedy or Heath : TED

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

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