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Martha J. DeWitt
Martha J. DeWitt

New York Times, Friday, July 8, 1988

Author:
Martha J. DeWitt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { B J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.0 Grid has duplicate clues.
Martha J. DeWitt has 72 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,122
Across
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Yodeler's milieu : ALPS
5
Kerspang! : WHAM
9
Listen to Shakespeare's lark : HARK
13
Stronghold : KEEP
14
Ascribe : REFER
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Agave plant : ALOE
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Conceit : IDEA
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Emulate Red Jacket : ORATE
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Style : MODE
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Raconteur : NARRATOR
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Bedew : DAMPEN
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Bound : TIED
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Oscar in Verdi's "Un Ballo ... " : PAGE
26
Dubhe or Duhr : STAR
28
Battle site: Sept. 1943 : SALERNO
31
Raconteur : YARNSPINNER
34
Expert : ACE
36
Exclamation of sorrow : ALAS
37
Noisy, to Noyes : AROAR
38
Give a traffic ticket : CITE
39
Hippie's home : PAD
40
Raconteur : STORYTELLER
42
Appoint beforehand : DESTINE
44
For fear that : LEST
45
What sentries must be on : TOES
46
Certain pay raise, for short : COLA
48
Eclat : RENOWN
51
Raconteur : ROMANCER
55
State peremptorily : AVER
56
Mourning symbol : CRAPE
58
Shopper's lodestar : SALE
59
Quadruped's parent : SIRE
60
"The fathers have ___ a sour grape ... ": Jer. 31:29 : EATEN
61
Time periods : ERAS
62
Slog : PLOD
63
Military meal : MESS
64
Let : RENT
Down
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Related : AKIN
2
Mother of Castor : LEDA
3
Look at narrowly : PEER
4
Some Laconians : SPARTANS
5
Inscribed : WROTE
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A Judean ruler : HEROD
7
Eritrean Moslem : AFAR
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Convened : MET
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Kevel : HAMMER
10
Leaning to one side : ALOP
11
Took the stage : RODE
12
Cutting : KEEN
15
Signal of imminent attack : REDALERT
21
Pomposity : AIRS
23
Event that turns one's hair white? : AGER
25
Where Iloilo is : PANAY
26
Dieter's dish : SALAD
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Metier : TRADE
28
Fill the night with sound : SNORE
29
Sparables : NAILS
30
Musical group : OCTET
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Caroline island : YAP
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A virtue, to Chaucer : PATIENCE
33
Actor Jeremy : IRONS
35
Eternally, in poesy : EER
38
Detergent : CLEANSER
40
Pack : STOW
41
O'Neill's mother : ELLA
43
Put away : STORED
46
Capelike vestments : COPES
47
Signs : OMENS
48
Denticle : RASP
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Ponerology topic : EVIL
50
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus : NERO
51
Scold : RATE
52
Custody : CARE
53
Dash : ELAN
54
Part of R & R : REST
57
Butt : RAM

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