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Dorothy Smitonick
New York Times, Wednesday, January 27, 1988
3-Down : Sick as ___
Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 31.6
Dorothy Smitonick has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 N | 5 G | 6 C | 7 D | 8 E | 9 F | 10 J | 11 A | 12 R |
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13 E | I | D | E | R | 14 H | E | X | A | 15 D | U | D | E |
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16 N | A | O | M | I | 17 A | L | P | S | 18 R | T | E | S |
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19 D | R | G | O | L | 20 D | F | O | O | T | 21 F | E | L | T |
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22 L | I | E | U | 23 E | 24 R | A | S | E | S |
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25 H | 26 A | 27 R | 28 D | E | N | 29 S | 30 A | D | H | U | ||||
31 E | M | I | R | 32 K | 33 E | E | N | 34 E | S | 35 O | 36 P | |||
37 P | A | S | C | 38 H | A | L | 39 S | 40 P | A | T | I | A | 41 L |
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42 S | K | Y | E | 43 B | 44 A | A | L | 45 U | S | N | A |
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46 C | A | 47 B | A | L | 48 U | 49 P | S | E | T | S |
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50 S | 51 T | 52 E | L | L | A | 53 L | 54 I | R | E | |||||
55 A | E | R | O | 56 D | 57 R | S | K | I | L | 58 D | 59 A | 60 R | 61 E |
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62 D | R | I | P | 63 G | O | T | O | 64 T | I | R | E | D |
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65 I | N | K | S | 66 E | B | A | N | 67 E | V | A | D | E |
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68 E | S | S | 69 S | E | R | S | 70 D | E | M | O | N |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,959
Across
1
Cant : SLANG
6
B–G connection : CDEF
10
Startle : JAR
13
Sea duck : EIDER
14
Six: Comb. form : HEXA
15
Ranch newcomer : DUDE
16
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
17
Pennines, e.g. : ALPS
18
Hwys. : RTES
19
Vincent Price role : DRGOLDFOOT
21
Material for a fedora : FELT
22
In ___ of : LIEU
23
Deletes : ERASES
25
Make firm : HARDEN
29
Hindu holy man : SADHU
31
Moslem title : EMIR
32
Eager : KEEN
34
Greek fabulist: Var. : ESOP
37
Kind of lamb or candle : PASCHAL
39
Of the outer regions : SPATIAL
42
Type of terrier : SKYE
43
Semitic god : BAAL
45
Ens. training ground : USNA
46
Junta : CABAL
48
Tips over : UPSETS
50
"___ Dallas" : STELLA
53
Cash in Roma : LIRE
55
Dynamics preceder : AERO
56
Roles for Ayres and Chamberlain : DRSKILDARE
62
Nerd : DRIP
63
___ pot (deteriorate) : GOTO
64
"Give me your ___ ... ": Lazarus : TIRED
65
Signs : INKS
66
Israel's Abba ___ : EBAN
67
Dodge : EVADE
68
Feminine suffix : ESS
69
Rel. speeches : SERS
70
Fiend : DEMON
Down
1
Transmit : SEND
2
Ananias : LIAR
3
Sick as ___ : ADOG
4
Verne's Captain ___ : NEMO
5
Lattice : GRILLE
6
Irritate : CHAFE
7
Apply pediculicide : DELOUSE
8
Montreal baseball player : EXPO
9
Observed Lent : FASTED
10
Germanic tribesmen of yore : JUTES
11
One of the Astaires : ADELE
12
Takes five : RESTS
15
Richard Burton role : DRFAUSTUS
20
Nile Valley group : DINKA
24
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
25
Wise to the jive : HEP
26
You love: Lat. : AMAS
27
Take a chance : RISK
28
Albert Dekker role : DRCYCLOPS
30
Handle for Hadrian : ANSA
33
City in Ala. : ELBA
35
River in Picardy : OISE
36
Fight for breath : PANT
38
Get well : HEAL
40
Many: Comb. form : PLURI
41
___ Vegas : LAS
44
Player like Mays or Musial : ALLSTAR
47
Insignia : BADGES
49
Stoned : PELTED
50
Maugham's Miss Thompson : SADIE
51
Gulls' relatives : TERNS
52
Composer Satie et al. : ERIKS
54
Images : IKONS
57
Academic garb : ROBE
58
Plunge : DIVE
59
Biblical name for Syria : ARAM
60
Paint again : REDO
61
Sir Anthony ___ : EDEN
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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