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Dorothy Smitonick
New York Times, Wednesday, April 29, 1987
27-Across : Chinese idol
Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.5
Dorothy Smitonick has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 P | 2 E | 3 A | 4 L | 5 E | 6 M | 7 I | 8 S | 9 T | 10 S | 11 V | 12 I | 13 S |
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14 A | R | G | O | T | 15 O | N | T | A | P | 16 E | N | T |
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17 I | N | A | N | U | 18 T | S | H | E | L | L | 19 S | T | R |
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20 R | E | S | E | D | A | 21 A | R | E | A | 22 T | U | E |
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23 R | E | V | 24 I | L | E | 25 T | 26 U | P | I | S |
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27 J | 28 O | 29 S | S | 30 L | E | O | 31 T | R | O | T | S |
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32 A | R | M | 33 M | 34 O | L | D | 35 D | E | S | C | ||||
36 B | E | A | 37 K | E | R | S | 38 K | A | R | A | K | 39 U | 40 L |
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41 L | I | S | T | 42 C | A | B | S | 43 E | S | E |
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44 P | 45 A | L | L | S | 46 U | R | N | 47 S | T | E | W |
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48 L | I | S | L | E | 49 P | O | T | 50 A | 51 T | O | ||||
52 A | R | C | 53 N | 54 E | W | S | 55 C | H | A | 56 S | 57 S | 58 E |
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59 C | I | A | 60 G | R | A | S | 61 S | H | O | P | P | E | R |
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62 E | L | L | 63 E | G | R | E | T | 64 S | E | E | M | S |
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65 D | Y | E | 66 R | O | D | D | Y | 67 E | D | D | I | E |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,686
Across
1
"Positive thinking" exponent : PEALE
6
Drizzly phenomena : MISTS
11
Force; power : VIS
14
Jargon : ARGOT
15
Not bottled or canned : ONTAP
16
Suffix with persist : ENT
17
Briefly : INANUTSHELL
19
QE2, e.g. : STR
20
Mignonette : RESEDA
21
Space : AREA
22
Calendar abbr. : TUE
23
Abuse verbally : REVILE
25
Amazon Indians : TUPIS
27
Chinese idol : JOSS
30
Fifth sign of the zodiac : LEO
31
Jogs : TROTS
32
Locale of a radius : ARM
33
Sculpt : MOLD
35
Dau., e.g. : DESC
36
Goblets : BEAKERS
38
Asian sheep : KARAKUL
41
Kind of price : LIST
42
City conveniences : CABS
43
Suffix with journal : ESE
44
Is tedious : PALLS
46
Samovar : URN
47
Fume : STEW
48
Cotton thread : LISLE
49
Type of chip : POTATO
52
Relief agcy. : ARC
53
TV offering : NEWS
55
Dance step : CHASSE
59
O.S.S. successor : CIA
60
Knee-high to a ___ : GRASSHOPPER
62
Annex of a sort : ELL
63
Wading bird : EGRET
64
Appears : SEEMS
65
Henna or eosin : DYE
66
Actor McDowall : RODDY
67
Fisher or Cantor : EDDIE
Down
1
___ off (team up) : PAIR
2
Sea bird : ERNE
3
Moslem officials : AGAS
4
Anchorites : LONERS
5
Swinburne's "___ Réaliste" : ETUDE
6
P.O. transactions : MOS
7
Took a breath : INHALED
8
Sound system : STEREO
9
Conte : TALE
10
Strews liquid : SPLATTERS
11
Kind of park or dictionary : VESTPOCKET
12
Apprehend sans reasoning : INTUIT
13
Tension : STRESS
18
Hebrew letter : TAV
24
Misfortunes : ILLS
26
Major or Minor preceder : URSA
27
Punch : JAB
28
Raw material : ORE
29
Like toy trains : SMALLSCALE
33
Courier : MESSENGER
34
Crumb : ORT
35
Pat : DAB
37
Veto a bill : KILL
38
Philosopher Immanuel ___ : KANT
39
Employ : USE
40
Actor Ayres : LEW
42
Traversed : CROSSED
44
Put : PLACED
45
In a light way : AIRILY
46
To the top : UPWARD
47
Lathered : SOAPED
50
Alas, in Berlin : ACH
51
"___ Were the Days" : THOSE
54
Hence, to Hadrian : ERGO
56
Hurried along : SPED
57
Prefix with circle : SEMI
58
Gaelic : ERSE
61
Pigpen : STY
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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