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Dorothy Smitonick
Dorothy Smitonick

New York Times, Tuesday, December 8, 1981

Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K M Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.1
Dorothy Smitonick has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,718
Across
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Anathema to Debs : SCAB
5
Cooked to a turn : DONE
9
Map feature : INSET
14
Charlie's widow : OONA
15
Summer treats : ICES
16
Shellfish : NACRE
17
Moorish ___, tropical fish : IDOL
18
Center of authority : SEAT
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Belle ___, notorious outlaw : STARR
20
Corot creations : LANDSCAPES
23
Curtain of a sort : IRON
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"Dombey and ___" : SON
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Is honest with : LEVELS
27
Lighters need these : FLINTS
31
Scottish baron : THANE
33
Gray wolves : LOBOS
34
Mardi Gras participants : REVELERS
38
Tel ___ : AVIV
39
Mark for Mark Roth : SPARE
41
Indigo plant : ANIL
42
Narrow-minded, as a teacher : PEDANTIC
44
Wading bird : SNIPE
45
Aroma : SCENT
46
Kind of cell : PADDED
47
Aid : SUCCOR
50
One of the Ameche brothers : DON
51
Another: Sp. : OTRO
52
Pilgrims' milieu : NEWENGLAND
59
Outbreaks : RIOTS
61
Pealed : RANG
62
Dairyman's anathema : OLEO
63
Michael Caine role : ALFIE
64
"The ___ 'e knows ... ": Kipling : ORSE
65
Morris ___, author of "Shoes of the Fisherman" : WEST
66
Bristles : SETAE
67
Graf ___ : SPEE
68
Uses curlers : SETS
Down
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Layer of earth : SOIL
2
Part of a sonata : CODA
3
At another time : ANON
4
Acomous : BALD
5
Places for dancing, for short : DISCOS
6
Mariner's world : OCEAN
7
A low tide : NEAP
8
Town near Padua : ESTE
9
___ and outs : INS
10
"This is my own, my ___!": Scott : NATIVELAND
11
Frighten : SCARE
12
Former character actor Leon ___ : ERROL
13
Three-masted schooners : TERNS
21
Fast planes : SSTS
22
Joseph in Egypt : SLAVE
26
Dir. from Sevilla to Córdoba : ENE
27
Tongue of a shoe : FLAP
28
This means nothing to McEnroe : LOVE
29
Footnote abbr. : IBID
30
The Cabots' discovery in 1497 : NOVASCOTIA
31
Religious pamphlet : TRACT
32
"___ Weekend," 1936 play : HER
35
City in Oklahoma : ENID
36
Ready to be eaten : RIPE
37
Vehicle used to transport : SLED
39
Rear part : STERN
40
Fastener : PIN
43
Cpl., for one : NCO
44
Spilled to the cops : SANG
46
A kind of silk : PONGEE
47
Marsh birds : SORAS
48
Practical : UTILE
49
Small farm, in England : CROFT
50
Compact : DENSE
53
One of the asteroids : EROS
54
Woof's partner : WARP
55
Cattle sounds : LOWS
56
Toward the sheltered side : ALEE
57
Hornets' creation : NEST
58
Dowries : DOTS
60
Comprehend : SEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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