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Dorothea E. Shipp
New York Times, Monday, February 4, 1974
20-Across : ___ facias (legal writ)
Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q V Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 18.1
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 D | 2 S | 3 C | 4 S | 5 A | 6 S | 7 S | 8 A | 9 M | 10 S | 11 P | 12 I | 13 N |
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14 R | E | A | P | 15 T | O | N | G | A | 16 H | O | L | E |
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17 A | P | P | O | 18 R | T | I | O | N | S | 19 O | R | L | E |
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20 F | I | E | R | I | 21 R | E | T | 22 O | R | T | E | D |
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23 T | A | S | T | E | 24 D | 25 T | W | I | S | T | ||||
26 S | N | O | 27 R | E | 28 C | L | E | 29 A | 30 N | 31 S |
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32 M | 33 E | 34 T | 35 S | O | D | 36 E | N | N | U | I |
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37 A | B | O | 38 R | 39 T | E | D | 40 C | 41 O | R | S | A | I | R |
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42 R | A | R | E | E | 43 A | L | G | 44 S | T | E |
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45 E | N | T | E | R | 46 S | 47 S | I | L | 48 O | 49 S | ||||
50 C | R | E | 51 P | E | 52 E | X | H | 53 A | 54 L | 55 E |
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56 W | 57 A | 58 S | H | E | D | U | P | 59 E | U | L | E | R |
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60 A | G | I | O | 61 U | N | S | 62 T | 63 I | N | T | I | N | G |
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64 D | E | N | E | 65 C | A | I | R | N | 66 U | N | D | O |
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67 I | D | E | S | 68 E | S | S | E | N | 69 P | E | S | T |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,941
Across
1
Graduate degrees : DSCS
5
Shillong is its capital : ASSAM
10
Pleasure trip : SPIN
14
Harvest : REAP
15
Pacific island group : TONGA
16
Kind of stud card : HOLE
17
Doles out : APPORTIONS
19
Heraldic band : ORLE
20
___ facias (legal writ) : FIERI
21
Replied in kind : RETORTED
23
Sampled : TASTED
25
New approach : TWIST
26
Adenoidal sound : SNORE
28
Purifies : CLEANS
32
Queens athlete : MET
35
Turf : SOD
36
Boredom : ENNUI
37
Cut short : ABORTED
40
Pirate : CORSAIR
42
Peepshow : RAREE
43
Math study: Abbr. : ALG
44
___ Anne : STE
45
Takes part : ENTERS
47
Farm units : SILOS
50
Suzette or de Chine : CREPE
52
Give off : EXHALE
56
Done for : WASHEDUP
59
Swiss mathematician : EULER
60
Exchange premium : AGIO
61
Giving freely : UNSTINTING
64
Sandy tract, in Britain : DENE
65
Stone heap : CAIRN
66
Destroy : UNDO
67
Roman time : IDES
68
Ruhr city : ESSEN
69
Annoying one : PEST
Down
1
Open-window hazard : DRAFT
2
Brown color : SEPIA
3
Breton and Horn : CAPES
4
Polo, etc. : SPORTS
5
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
6
___-disant : SOI
7
Expressed disgust : SNORTED
8
Spiro : AGNEW
9
Resin : MASTIC
10
Abbreviates : SHORTENS
11
Wine : PORT
12
That: Lat. : ILLE
13
Exigency : NEED
18
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
22
Canadian physician : OSLER
24
Medication unit : DOSE
27
Hot ___ : ROD
29
Collections : ANAS
30
Bonne ___ : NUIT
31
Beget : SIRE
32
Horse : MARE
33
Israeli name : EBAN
34
Civil wrong : TORT
38
Reverberates : REECHOES
39
___ Haute : TERRE
40
Roman 151 : CLI
41
Give the eye : OGLE
43
Germ-free state : ASEPSIS
46
Lead astray : SEDUCE
48
Cattle : OXEN
49
Be quiet! : SHUTUP
51
Andes tablelands : PUNAS
53
Straighten : ALINE
54
___ an ear : LENDS
55
Fungus of grain : ERGOT
56
Oasis, in Africa : WADI
57
Like good bourbon : AGED
58
___ die : SINE
62
Three, in Milan : TRE
63
Stopover spot : INN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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