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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Wednesday, April 15, 1987

70-Across : Chimney, in Bonn

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,672
Across
1
Roman main rooms : ATRIA
6
Evanesce : FADE
10
Mess-hall serving : CHOW
14
Clumsy fellows : LOUTS
15
First fratricide victim : ABEL
16
Jack rabbit : HARE
17
French Impressionist : MONET
18
___-majesté : LESE
19
Of grandparents : AVAL
20
Kind : ALTRUISTIC
22
Let : RENT
23
Waste allowance : TRET
24
Entities : THINGS
26
Constructive U.S. sailor : SEABEE
30
Beginning : ONSET
32
Kind of seaman : ABLE
33
Vaudeville singer Bayes : NORA
35
Error : LAPSE
39
More imposing : GRANDER
41
Fails to enunciate : MUMBLES
43
More irate : SORER
44
Counterfeiters' nemeses : TMEN
46
Penitential period : LENT
47
Nash's long suit : VERSE
49
Think : IDEATE
51
Walked like Marshal Dillon : STRODE
54
One way to learn : ROTE
56
Skin : PEEL
57
Kind : BIGHEARTED
63
Facility : EASE
64
Neighborhood : AREA
65
Laszlo Loewenstein : LORRE
66
"___ confessed is half forgiven": John Ray : ASIN
67
Region: Abbr. : TERR
68
Author Zola : EMILE
69
Rockwell, the artist : KENT
70
Chimney, in Bonn : ESSE
71
Was in a high dudgeon : RAGED
Down
1
Mme. Gluck : ALMA
2
Device : TOOL
3
Smallest litter member : RUNT
4
Aqueduct of Sylvius : ITER
5
Canny : ASTUTE
6
Describing a denture : FALSE
7
Lookout for a holdup man : ABETTOR
8
___ Arnaz, memorable entertainer : DESI
9
Opts : ELECTS
10
Kind : CHARITABLE
11
Sort of port : HAVEN
12
Malayan ape, for short : ORANG
13
Beats severely : WELTS
21
Pax, to Athenians : IRENE
25
Steersman's charge : HELM
26
Droops : SAGS
27
Tortosa's river : EBRO
28
Winged : ALAR
29
Kind : BENEVOLENT
31
Kind of dropper : NAME
34
Table scraps : ORTS
36
Kind of bargain : PLEA
37
Transported : SENT
38
East: Sp. : ESTE
40
One of the Scotts : DRED
42
Marry : UNITE
45
These may generate conglomerates : MERGERS
48
Kickback : REBATE
50
Monger : DEALER
51
Utter : SPEAK
52
Rib : TEASE
53
Elaterite : RESIN
55
Chicago's airport : OHARE
58
Vexes : IRES
59
Capital of Italia : ROMA
60
Neat : TRIG
61
Dashiell contemporary : ERLE
62
Possessor's paper : DEED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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