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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, June 17, 1977

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 59.8
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,170
Across
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Vanquish : BEST
5
Low : BASE
9
Grate upon : RASP
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Sax or singer : ALTO
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Paradise : EDEN
15
Netherlands city (with "The") : HAGUE
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Perjurer : LIAR
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Oater : HORSEOPERA
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Kind of cabin : LOG
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Crake : SORA
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Vanity : PRIDE
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Obstacle race : STEEPLECHASE
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Unyielding : HARD
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Needle-shaped : ACERATE
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Knowing : AWARE
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Magna ___ : CARTA
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Correlative : NOR
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Spiritual food : MANNA
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Word repeated before hurray : HIP
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Motor part : ROTOR
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Red man: Abbr. : IND
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Quotidian : DAILY
42
Leaves out : OMITS
43
Meal course : DESSERT
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Presses for payment : DUNS
46
Penny-pinching : PARSIMONIOUS
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Irish seaport : SLIGO
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Ointment : NARD
54
Audit maker : CPA
55
Dust devils : WHIRLWINDS
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Row of seats : TIER
58
Justice, Order and Peace goddesses : HORAE
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Only : MERE
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Sent for Jeeves : RANG
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Hyalite : OPAL
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"Let us ___" (raiders' motto?) : PREY
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Ray, of films : ALDO
Down
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It takes four to walk : BALLS
2
"The Waste Land" poet : ELIOT
3
They have properties, can't sell : STAGEHANDS
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Peak : TOR
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Ecce : BEHOLD
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Dote on : ADORE
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Ice pinnacle : SERAC
8
Step above Mid. : ENS
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Sword : RAPIER
10
Like Methuselah : AGED
11
Having confidence : SURE
12
Shell-game adjunct : PEA
15
Do monkeyshines : HORSEAROUND
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Moon's age on Jan. 1 : EPACT
20
Skater's stunt : SPREADEAGLE
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Bring home the bacon : EARN
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Grasping person : HARPY
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Misanthropic : ANTISOCIAL
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Horn sound : TOOT
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Makes a gaffe : ERRS
30
In the center : AMID
31
Decline : WANE
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Club i.o.u.'s : CHITS
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Be sick : AIL
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All: Prefix : OMNI
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Cupid's weapon : ARROW
44
Helix : SPIRAL
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Humperdinck's name at birth : DORSEY
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Kind of sanctum : INNER
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Sierra ___ : MADRE
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Turn over : UPEND
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Silvery grunt; pinfish : SARGO
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Boutique : SHOP
52
Calabrian coin : LIRA
55
Abbott's man on first : WHO
56
Kindergarten cutup : IMP
57
First of a musical trio : TRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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