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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, October 17, 1980

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F G J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 14, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 26.2
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,301
Across
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Flora of the Mojave Desert : CACTI
6
Greek letters : PSIS
10
Desert wear in Africa : ABAS
14
___-a-Dale : ALLAN
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Prolific auth. : ANON
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Liquefy : MELT
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Rants : RAILS
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Newspaper sect. : ROTO
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Palo ___ : ALTO
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Welcome the admiral : PIPEONBOARD
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Burmese native : LAI
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___ of war : SLOOP
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Like Ovid's "Amores" : EROTIC
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Shoe worn inside a boot : PAC
30
Puzzler's favorite Adams : EDIE
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"Our Gang" author : ROTH
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"Little Things Mean ___," 1954 song : ALOT
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Animal-tissue enzymes: Abbr. : ALDS
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Important early invention : WHEEL
39
Like some arguments : TENABLE
41
Eyeglass : MONOCLE
43
Froth : SPUME
44
Steep : DEAR
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"___ Dancer," Nureyev film : IAMA
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River of two colors : NILE
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Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
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Heavy weight : TON
52
Crook : BADLOT
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___-France : ILEDE
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Airport info : ARR
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Tank town : WHISTLESTOP
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Like certain food : SOUL
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Horn, in Honduras : ASTA
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Fence part : STAKE
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Bancroft role in "The Turning Point" : EMMA
67
Dickens girl : NELL
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Opera ___ : SERIA
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Abrade : RASP
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"___, and ye shall find" : SEEK
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Communal U.S.S.R. group : ARTEL
Down
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Grumble : CARP
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Cut out, as coupons : CLIP
4
"___ of Hoffmann" : TALES
5
Cobbler's concern : INSOLE
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Overheated : PARBOILED
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Nosed around : SNOOPED
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Whit : IOTA
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Disturber in the night : SNORER
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Church vessel : AMA
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Take a risk : BELLTHECAT
12
___ Mountains, in Asia : ALTAI
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Impassive : STOIC
21
Knotty : NODAL
22
" ... ___ the stage with tears": Hamlet : DROWN
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Holy Roman emperor: 962–73 : OTHOI
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Soft touches : PATS
28
Syrian city, to a Parisian : ALEP
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Riddles featuring puns : CONUNDRUMS
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A language of Sri Lanka : TAMIL
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Causerie : SMALLTALK
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Castel Sant'___, in Napoli : ELMO
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Like Cassius : LEAN
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"Look out ___!" : BELOW
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College at Oxford : ORIEL
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Apostle's letter : EPISTLE
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Allen and Frome : ETHANS
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Early center of Christianity : EDESSA
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Not so noble : BASER
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Pine scent : AROMA
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Nitrite is one : ESTER
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Response in 35 Down : ISEE
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Fruity dessert : TART
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Joad of "The Grapes of Wrath" : OKIE
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Carillon : PEAL
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Coddle : LAP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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