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DeWitt Anderson
DeWitt Anderson

New York Times, Wednesday, March 31, 1976

Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 36.2
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,727
Across
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Kind of waver or stone : FLAG
5
"Faust," e.g. : OPERA
10
Narrative : SAGA
14
Rake : ROUE
15
College in Maine : BATES
16
Victim : PREY
17
Self-taught one : AUTODIDACT
19
German article : EINE
20
Fine porcelain : SPODE
21
Dreamy one : STARGAZER
23
Cartoon-drawing sheet : CEL
24
Activate : SPARK
25
Month: Abbr. : APR
27
City lines : ELS
30
___ on the aisle : TWO
31
Field sound : BAA
34
Cereal husk : BRAN
36
Alas, to Livy : EHEU
38
Addicts : USERS
40
Confessions of a sort : AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
43
Slyly derisive : SNIDE
44
Sorrows : WOES
45
Sicilian city : ENNA
46
Common Market: Abbr. : EEC
47
Curve : ESS
49
Scottish river : DEE
51
Islet : CAY
52
Athenian lawgiver : DRACO
54
Tenn. athlete : VOL
56
Inquisition rites : AUTOSDAFE
60
Wear away : ERODE
63
Strain at a ___ : GNAT
64
Pressure cookers : AUTOCLAVES
66
Blue-pencil : EDIT
67
Village of Africa : TSANE
68
Verne hero : NEMO
69
Companion of poly : ROLY
70
Meaning : SENSE
71
Stagehand : GRIP
Down
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Angelico et al. : FRAS
2
Wolf, in France : LOUP
3
Like Holmes's breakfast-table man : AUTOCRATIC
4
Hollow stone : GEODE
5
Sash : OBI
6
Inflates : PADS
7
___-Unis : ETATS
8
Seized anew : RECAPTURED
9
___ in the wind : ASTRAW
10
"___ softly and carry ... " : SPEAK
11
Calif. neighbor : ARIZ
12
Tierney : GENE
13
British philosopher : AYER
18
Take out : DELE
22
Type of therapy : GROUP
25
Humble : ABASE
26
Ingredient of a whip : PRUNE
28
Neckpiece : LEI
29
Makes a legal reply : SHOWSCAUSE
31
Live the easy life : BEINCLOVER
32
Sphere of action : ARENA
33
Analyze : ASSAY
35
Biblical land : NOD
37
Self : EGO
39
Pronoun : SHE
41
Rathskeller offerings : BEERS
42
Chemical suffix : ASE
48
Anwar and family : SADATS
50
Knievel : EVEL
52
Loco : DOTTY
53
"Barefoot boy, with cheek ___!" : OFTAN
55
Manlike ape : ORANG
56
Teen-___ : AGER
57
Open : UNDO
58
Kangaroo feature : TAIL
59
Time periods : EONS
61
Kind of tasse : DEMI
62
Fabulist: Var. : ESOP
65
Letter : CEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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