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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Saturday, August 15, 1981

23-Across : Better than better

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,603
Across
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Thalia, Aglaia and Euphrosyne : GRACES
7
Believer in God : THEIST
13
Home of violinmaker Guarneri : CREMONA
14
Rodent-catching canine : RATTER
15
Boxing Day in England, for one : HOLIDAY
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Meantime : INTERIM
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Dodges : EVADES
19
Native of Bornholm : DANE
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Kind of jacket : PEA
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Camus work : LETE
22
Undulating dance : HULA
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Better than better : BEST
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Item stored in a buttery : ALE
25
Japanese currency : YEN
26
Symphony by Liszt : DANTE
27
Made a stab at : ESSAYED
30
This could bog down a jogger : BLISTER
32
What a hobo hits : ROAD
33
Grammatical no-no : AINT
34
Los Angeles boulevard : VENTURA
37
Roman palace, now a museum : LATERAN
41
"Take ___ of sparkling eyes": W. S. Gilbert : APAIR
42
Couturier's line : HEM
43
Three-faced one : EVE
44
Maman's man : PERE
45
Courted a ticket : SPED
47
Rosary beads : AVES
48
"The voice that breath'd ___ Eden": Keble : OER
49
Organ adjunct : STOP
50
Delitescent : LATENT
52
Places for acting and transacting : RIALTOS
54
Branch off : DIVERGE
55
Original publisher of The Tatler : STEELE
56
Applied a bandage : DRESSED
57
Less relaxed : TENSER
58
More acidulous : TARTER
Down
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Acts like a toady : GROVELS
2
Has some connection : RELATES
3
Chemical compound : AMIDE
4
Body of national laws : CODE
5
Namesakes of a Spanish queen : ENAS
6
Follower of hear : SAY
7
Something to be endured : TRIAL
8
Politician Marcus Alonzo: 1837-1904 : HANNA
9
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
10
Ending meaning "native of" : ITE
11
Ranger in Paradise : SERPENT
12
Gulf of the Adriatic : TRIESTE
13
Crab's claws : CHELAE
17
Harrow student's parent : MATER
19
Push for payment : DUN
22
Hopper of Hollywood : HEDDA
23
Deal with a roast : BASTE
25
Twelve moons : YEAR
26
Effort : DINT
28
Lana's first husband : ARTIE
29
"This Is ___ Life" : YOUR
30
Did a harvest job : BALED
31
William, in Dublin : LIAM
34
Steam : VAPOR
35
Dueler of a sort : EPEEIST
36
Spin a yarn : NARRATE
38
Opposite : REVERSE
39
Erinys, for one : AVENGER
40
Settled down snugly : NESTED
42
Drill sergeant's call : HEP
45
Clergyman's scarf : STOLE
46
Challenging puzzle : POSER
47
Event at Alamogordo: 1945 : ATEST
49
Canonized women of Fr. : STES
50
Coin of Ankara : LIRA
51
Declare decisively : AVER
53
Dawson of football fame : LEN
54
Banned insecticide : DDT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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