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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Monday, November 8, 1993

41-Across : Scrambles a message

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.4
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,071
Across
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Arbitrary orders : FIATS
6
Public quarrels : SCENES
12
Uproars : SHINDIES
15
___ Mountains of E Pa. : POCONO
16
Snipe's kin : WOODCOCK
17
Religious discord : SCHISM
18
___ mirablis (crucial year) : ANNUS
19
Chew the fat : RAP
21
Asian peninsula : KOREA
22
Earl Grey and Lapsang : TEAS
23
___ blue (a basic dye) : METHYL
25
Close-knit group : COTERIE
26
Actress Harper, for short : VAL
29
A mother-of-pearl source : ABALONES
33
___ flow : EBBAND
35
Frank : DIRECT
36
Attractive : LURING
37
One end of the Alcan Highway : ALASKA
38
Western evergreen trees : MADRONAS
40
Mental perception : KEN
41
Scrambles a message : ENCODES
43
Evinced ennui, in a way : YAWNED
44
He, in Italy : ESSO
48
Nave flanker : AISLE
52
Foil ingredient : TIN
53
Fowler's "A Room With ___" : AVIEW
54
Piggish : GREEDY
56
Young rooster : COCKEREL
58
Deal with : HANDLE
59
Vivacity; delicacy : AIRINESS
60
Analytical reports : ASSAYS
61
No-nos : DONTS
Down
1
Actress Shaw : FIONA
2
River of Pakistan : INDUS
3
Asst. staff officers : ADCS
4
Ricardo's uncle : TIO
5
Hide : SECRETE
6
U.S.N. cops : SPS
7
Prickly weeds : COCKLEBURS
8
Yodel's comeback : ECHO
9
Black, in Rouen : NOIR
10
First word of the Mass. motto : ENSE
11
Body of an organism : SOMA
12
Smack : SWAT
13
Whetstone : HONE
14
Hans Brinker's gear : SKATES
20
Part of a sent. : PHR
23
The Treasure State : MONTANA
24
Gave way : YIELDED
25
In a crooked manner : COCKEYEDLY
26
Useless : VAIN
27
Actress Neagle : ANNA
28
Docks: Abbr. : LDGS
29
Aleutian island : ADAK
30
Rancor : BILE
31
Galway Bay's ___ Islands : ARAN
32
"___ Girls" : LES
34
Sis's sib : BRO
38
Her name sounds like a name : MONICA
39
Glandlike : ADENOID
42
100 lbs. in the U.S. : CWT
44
Program item : EVENT
45
Begets a foal : SIRES
46
Glimpses : SEES
47
Barn birds : OWLS
48
Title for Muslim V.I.P.'s : AGHA
49
One of Cleopatra's attendants : IRAS
50
D.C. figs. : SENS
51
Mother of Clytemnestra : LEDA
53
Similar : AKIN
55
All right : YES
57
___-Magnon : CRO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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