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DeWitt Anderson
New York Times, Thursday, June 17, 1976
Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.6
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 U | 3 S | 4 E | 5 C | 6 H | 7 O | 8 I | 9 R | 10 M | 11 I | 12 T | 13 E |
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14 O | L | A | F | 15 H | O | R | S | A | 16 A | V | I | D |
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17 M | A | R | T | 18 I | A | L | A | R | T | 19 R | E | N | E |
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20 E | N | D | 21 R | I | E | N | 22 L | 23 A | S | S | E | N |
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24 M | A | S | S | 25 R | I | C | H | |||||||
26 A | 27 V | 28 I | A | T | E | 29 F | I | N | E | A | 30 R | 31 T | 32 S |
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33 L | O | R | R | E | 34 M | A | N | E | 35 L | I | R | A |
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36 O | L | I | C | 37 S | E | U | S | S | 38 F | A | I | N |
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39 U | T | A | H | 40 I | N | R | E | 41 M | O | T | E | T |
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42 D | A | N | I | 43 E | L | L | E | 44 C | I | C | A | D | A |
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45 O | R | L | O | 46 B | L | A | H | |||||||
47 B | 48 R | 49 U | N | E | I | 50 S | E | A | N | 51 P | 52 E | 53 A |
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54 L | O | S | E | 55 E | 56 G | M | A | R | S | 57 H | A | L | L |
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58 U | T | E | S | 59 S | A | U | C | E | 60 O | R | A | L |
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61 R | E | D | S | 62 T | I | G | H | T | 63 B | R | N | O |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,805
Across
1
Eleonora : DUSE
5
Norman Luboff group : CHOIR
10
Widow's ___ : MITE
14
Norway's saint : OLAF
15
Early invader of England : HORSA
16
Greedy : AVID
17
Karate, e.g. : MARTIALART
19
Film-director Clair : RENE
20
Minstrel man : END
21
Trifle, in France : RIEN
22
Calif. peak : LASSEN
24
Kind of media : MASS
25
Croesus-like : RICH
26
Fly : AVIATE
29
Painting, sculpture, etc. : FINEARTS
33
Peter of films : LORRE
34
Lion's pride : MANE
35
100 centesimi : LIRA
36
Chemical suffix : OLIC
37
Children's author : SEUSS
38
Gladly, to poets : FAIN
39
Beehive State : UTAH
40
Concerning : INRE
41
Choral work : MOTET
42
Actress Darrieux : DANIELLE
44
Noisy insect : CICADA
45
Plinth : ORLO
46
Insipid : BLAH
47
Borneo area : BRUNEI
50
O'Casey : SEAN
51
Shade of green : PEA
54
Forfeit : LOSE
55
Veteran actor : EGMARSHALL
58
Shoshonean people : UTES
59
Goose-gander fare : SAUCE
60
Kind of surgery : ORAL
61
Bench, Rose et al. : REDS
62
Parsimonious : TIGHT
63
Czech city : BRNO
Down
1
Taj Mahal feature : DOME
2
___ Bator : ULAN
3
Red chalcedony : SARD
4
Salamander : EFT
5
___ longue : CHAISE
6
Moth creations : HOLES
7
Algerian port : ORAN
8
Neighbor of Syr. : ISR
9
Ship's rigging ladders : RATLINES
10
W.W. I leader : MARSHALFOCH
11
U.S. composer : IVES
12
Prong : TINE
13
British statesman : EDEN
18
Peeved : IRATE
23
Hole-in-one : ACE
24
Titled lady : MARCHIONESS
25
Laundry cycle : RINSE
26
Viva voce : ALOUD
27
Electrical pioneer : VOLTA
28
Of an eye part : IRIAN
29
French composer : FAURE
30
Lasso : RIATA
31
Trustworthy : TRIED
32
Clara or Ana : SANTA
34
Edison's park : MENLO
37
Most inane : SILLIEST
41
Hindu titles : MIANS
43
Before : ERE
44
Red Bordeaux : CLARET
46
Miami or Pebble : BEACH
47
Foggy view : BLUR
48
Surf sound : ROTE
49
Took advantage of : USED
50
Complacent : SMUG
51
Young salmon : PARR
52
Verve : ELAN
53
Reversal: Prefix : ALLO
56
Merry, in Paris : GAI
57
Raise ___ with : HOB
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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