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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, August 17, 1979

48-Across : "It's ___ plan that can't be changed"

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 41.5 Grid has supersymmetry.
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,874
Across
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Jack Sprat, perhaps : DIETER
7
Channel swimmer Gertrude : EDERLE
13
Humphrey's protégé : MONDALE
14
Exercisers : JOGGERS
16
Nonwinner : ALSORAN
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Winner's emotion : ELATION
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Carter's "Why ___ the Best?" : NOT
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Attracted : ENTICED
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F.D.R. measure re retirees: 1935 : SSA
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Russian-Turkish border river : ARAS
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Pub game : DARTS
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___ Woods National Monument, Calif. : MUIR
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Polite blokes : GENTS
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Famed Virginian : LEE
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Roscoe Tanner's strong point : SERVE
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Large holdings : ESTATES
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Ordained : DECREED
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Block or Conniff : RAY
35
Burmese native : LAI
36
Desk adjunct : BLOTTER
40
Nadia Comaneci, e.g. : GYMNAST
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Prices for hotel rooms : RATES
45
"Wise" hooter : OWL
47
Kind of bear : POLAR
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"It's ___ plan that can't be changed" : ABAD
49
Bargain of a sort : STEAL
51
"The Blessed One," to Hindus : SIVA
52
Scand. nation : NOR
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Ran over : SCANNED
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Family member : DAD
56
British pastime : CRICKET
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Marathon runner's necessity : COURAGE
60
Poisonous herb : HENBANE
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Scrambles a message : ENCODES
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Took time out : RESTED
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Like many lawns : SEEDED
Down
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Film star Del Rio : DOLORES
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Trice : INSTANT
3
Nigerian tribe : EDO
4
Biblical weed : TARE
5
Oxlike African beast : ELAND
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Income source for landlords : RENTALS
7
Did a bouncer's job : EJECTED
8
First Family of Hawaii: 1900–03 : DOLES
9
Victorian expletive : EGAD
10
Army div. : RGT
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Time for hobbies : LEISURE
12
Wearing down : EROSIVE
13
Direct : MANAGE
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Netted : SNARED
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Spleen : IRE
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Got going : STARTED
25
Sheep : MERINOS
27
Laws: Abbr. : STATS
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Scaramouch : SCAMP
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The sclera covers most of it : EYE
33
Pat Nixon's birthplace, in Nevada : ELY
36
Rickey of baseball fame : BRANCH
37
Peon : LABORER
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Pertaining to eared seals : OTARINE
39
Took turns : ROTATED
40
Slides off, as a blow : GLANCES
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Surveyor's instrument : ALIDADE
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Attacked violently : SAVAGED
43
Swaps : TRADES
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Benign bump on the skin : WEN
49
A Constable painting, e.g. : SCENE
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Sierra ___ : LEONE
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Card game for three : SKAT
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Mussolini's title : DUCE
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Important initials for Cronkite : CBS
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Curl or Funseth of golf : ROD

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3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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