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Dorothy N. Davis
Dorothy N. Davis

New York Times, Thursday, May 7, 1987

11-Down : Imaginary Earth line

Author:
Dorothy Davis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Dorothy N. Davis has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Dorothy Davis is an alias for Dorothy N. Davis.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,694
Across
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Invoice : BILL
5
Mme. Bovary : EMMA
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Separate : APART
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An Adams : EDIE
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Biblical kingdom : MOAB
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The South : DIXIE
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Ripped : TORN
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Coffee servers : URNS
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Utter : VOICE
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Fill with joy : ELATE
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Writer of almost 2,000 poems : DICKINSON
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Marie Wilson role : IRMA
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Comfort : EASE
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___ Holroyd, "Bell, Book and Candle" witch : GILLIAN
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Knights' horses : STEEDS
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United : ONE
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Small sailboat : CAT
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Crowded together : SERRIED
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"'Tis not ___, or eye, we beauty call": Pope : ALIP
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Spicy savant? : SAGE
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Lower : DEGRADE
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Extinct ratite : MOA
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Burnsian refusal : NAE
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" ... upon ___ of Earth": Gray : THELAP
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Pitcher's place : INFIELD
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Toulouse-Lautrec's birthplace : ALBI
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Pierce : STAB
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China city : WORCESTER
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It's found inside banks : RIVER
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Triple Crown horse: 1935 : OMAHA
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Burden : ONUS
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John preceder : DEMI
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A wandering dog? : ROVER
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Sorghum : MILO
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Place to come back to? : ERIN
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Opposites of thinkers? : DOERS
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Garden spot : EDEN
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Second Gospel : MARK
Down
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___ noire : BETE
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Lion : IDOL
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Italian coin : LIRA
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Soup ingredient : LENTIL
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Feathered six-footer : EMU
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Biting : MORDANT
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"The ___ Love" : MANI
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Trouble for a tooth : ABSCESS
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Role Baruch played at D.C. : ADVISER
10
Cather subject : PIONEERS
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Imaginary Earth line : AXIS
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Puerto ___ : RICO
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High-schooler : TEEN
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Author Ambler : ERIC
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Shakespeare's shrew : KATE
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Barnyard bleat : MAA
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Spur on : GOAD
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Bay : INLET
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Actress Vivien : LEIGH
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Actress Keaton : DIANE
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American sculptor George : SEGAL
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Feat : DEED
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Roe who had a fishy pitch : PREACHER
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Attentive : ALLEARS
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Pats : DABS
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Embodiment : EPITOME
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Govern badly : MISRULE
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Its cap. is Toronto : ONT
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At a great distance : AFAR
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In the same place: Lat. : IBIDEM
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Cross follower : WORD
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That Melville novel : OMOO
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Rant's partner : RAVE
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Author Bagnold : ENID
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Actress Miles : VERA
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Asian ruler : EMIR
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Skating site : RINK
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Abraham, to Terah : SON

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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