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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Saturday, December 1, 1979

14-Across : Vizier's superior

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 41.7
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. 10,980
Across
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Sellers, in Spain : PEDRO
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Safari blind : BOMA
10
He succeeded H.C.H. : FDR
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Become a member : ENROL
14
Vizier's superior : EMIR
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Bumpkin or lumpkin : LOUT
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Airplane hazard : STALL
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Chutzpah : GALL
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Shells, for short : AMMO
20
Expression involving an ultimatum : TAKEITORLEAVEIT
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Munchausen's specialty : LIE
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"___ your heart out" : EAT
25
Word with tag or rear : END
26
Scottish precipitation : SNA
27
Star of "Born Free" : ELSA
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Deposed : STATED
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Such, in Sevilla : TAL
32
Grounds : BASES
34
Skirt accents : SLITS
36
Lack of an alternative : HOBSONSCHOICE
40
Join securely : RIVET
41
Prefix with act or form : TRANS
42
Habit : USE
43
___ favorite : ODDSON
46
" ... What Am I Doing in the ___?" : PITS
50
Middle: Abbr. : CTR
51
Sturgeon product : ROE
52
Cooking pan, Chinese style : WOK
54
Command to a canine : SIT
55
Duo in a disagreeable decision : HORNSOFADILEMMA
59
Northern waterway : ERIE
60
___ animo (with evil intent) : MALO
61
Mystery-story ingredient : ALIBI
62
Tastes : SIPS
63
Ratite bird : EMEU
64
Forty follower : NINER
65
This, in Tours : CET
66
Skillful : DEFT
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They have a sense re coming events : SEERS
Down
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Mortar's sidekick : PESTLE
2
Involve necessarily : ENTAIL
3
Play ducks and ___ with (squander) : DRAKES
4
Part : ROLE
5
Dragon with Kukla and Fran : OLLIE
6
Bred : BEGOTTEN
7
Poet translated by FitzGerald : OMAR
8
Painter of "The Gleaners" : MILLET
9
Hollywood Dahl : ARLENE
10
Yellow: Comb. form : FLAV
11
Maid or cook : DOMESTIC
12
Ponder : RUMINATE
16
Wrecks, as a car : TOTALS
21
Italian poet: 1544–95 : TASSO
22
Appends : ADDSON
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Xavier's former spouse : ABBE
30
What many a prin. needs : ASSTS
33
Family of the 400 : ASTORS
35
Talk like some tots : LISP
36
Adjective for the Boston Massacre : HISTORIC
37
Mushy or decadent : OVERRIPE
38
Leave no room for : CROWDOUT
39
Vietnam's capital : HANOI
40
Blouse decorations : RUCHES
44
Fated : DOOMED
45
Malign : DEFAME
47
"What is yours ___ ... ": Plautus : ISMINE
48
Lumberjack's cry : TIMBER
49
Good exit in a hotel fire : STAIRS
53
Chapters for hoods with hoods : KLANS
56
Jay's home : NEST
57
Hebrew letter : ALEF
58
Faure or Nadelman : ELIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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