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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Tuesday, May 9, 1989

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 27.0
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,427
Across
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Complaint : BEEF
5
Del.'s capital : DOVER
10
Haze : MIST
14
Farm unit : ACRE
15
Modern Persian : IRANI
16
Quondam : ONCE
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Creation of 55 Across : THREERINGCIRCUS
20
Pawns : HOSTAGES
21
Massages : KNEADS
22
Form jelly : GEL
23
Utah Beach craft : LSTS
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Rivera's forte : MURALS
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London restaurant district : SOHO
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Crow's cousin : DAW
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Flavoring for ouzo : ANISE
33
Volcano's outpouring : LAVA
34
Hubbub : ADO
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Performer in 17 Across : TIGHTROPEWALKER
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Ordinal suffix : ETH
40
Cupid : EROS
41
Repasts : MEALS
42
Matched pair : SET
43
Jewish month : ADAR
44
Banyan's cousin : BOTREE
45
British gun : STEN
46
Stamping tool : DIE
47
Landed property : ESTATE
50
Turkeys : GOBBLERS
55
They put on "the greatest show on earth" : BARNUMANDBAILEY
57
Step ___ (hurry) : ONIT
58
Story on the Eiffel Tower : ETAGE
59
Marshall ___ : PLAN
60
Wine valley in Calif. : NAPA
61
One who makes the grade : RATER
62
Ibid : SAME
Down
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City on the Avon : BATH
2
Mountain phenomenon : ECHO
3
Is mistaken : ERRS
4
Yard units : FEET
5
Threnodies : DIRGES
6
Bay window : ORIEL
7
Lorries : VANS
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Chang's brother : ENG
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Oriental transport : RICKSHAW
10
Folkways : MORES
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King Atahualpa was one : INCA
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Run before the wind : SCUD
13
Hardy heroine : TESS
18
Young berghaan : EAGLET
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Toward the center : INTO
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Cares for deeply : LOVES
24
Ships' officers : MATES
25
Get together : UNITE
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Dextral : RIGHT
27
Rowan : ASH
28
Taste : SAPOR
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Capital of Senegal : DAKAR
30
Fred Astaire's sister : ADELE
31
Better's opposite : WORSE
33
Navigation system : LORAN
36
Savior : REDEEMER
37
One-celled protozoan : AMOEBA
38
Permit : LET
43
Westernmost Aleutian island : ATTU
44
Tippler : BIBBER
45
Fe or Ana preceder : SANTA
46
Wyatt Earp's ___ City : DODGE
47
Black : EBON
48
A Yemeni capital : SANA
49
Jaunt : TRIP
50
Midge : GNAT
51
"The Touch of Your ___," 1936 song : LIPS
52
Salmon's end : ELLA
53
Enlarge : REAM
54
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
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"Up ___ Villa ... ": Browning : ATA

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