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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, April 17, 1992

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,501
Across
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Suffragist Carrie : CATT
5
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
9
Above, in Bremen : UBER
13
Height: Comb. form : ACRO
14
Buck or cycle preceder : MEGA
15
Like some oil : CRUDE
16
Agitation : STEW
17
Parisian recreation area : PARC
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___ mirabilis : ANNUS
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Easter fare, especially in England : SIMNELCAKES
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Bilko or Pepper : NCO
23
Wife of Athamas : INO
24
Profit : NET
25
"___ half my days ... ": Milton : ERE
26
Suffix with baron : IAL
27
Had a temperature : AILED
29
Clusters of spores : SORI
31
Where cheveux grow : TETE
32
Layer of paint : COAT
33
Gumshoe : TEC
34
Not pristine : USED
35
Easter fare : ROASTLAMB
39
Curé's title : ABBE
42
"___ voix dans le désert": Elgar : UNE
43
Basic lessons : ABCS
46
Cattleman's steer mover : PROD
47
Village or hamlet : DORP
49
Mary Moore's middle name : TYLER
51
Play on words : PUN
52
Parisian rifle range : TIR
53
Wonderment : AWE
55
Top airman : ACE
56
Part of a dog star's name : RIN
57
Easter fare : HOTCROSSBUN
60
Tributary of the Rhone : ISERE
62
Name in the comics : ELLA
63
Steinbeck siren : ABRA
64
Writer Anya or Ernest : SETON
65
Palustrine plant : REED
66
Start of a fox hunt : MEET
67
Lead-in to while : ERST
68
Limas' relatives : SOYS
69
Wagnerian goddess : ERDA
Down
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Variety of cinnamon : CASSIA
2
Type of ray : ACTINIC
3
Vibrating effect : TREMOLO
4
Oppidan's locale : TOWN
5
Commodious : AMPLE
6
Shows awareness : REACTS
7
Part of Uttar Pradesh : AGRA
8
Food fish : MACKEREL
9
Decorative container : URN
10
Pink-eyed sights at Easter : BUNNIES
11
Instruct : EDUCATE
12
Did a cobbler's job : RESOLED
15
Job for F. Lee Bailey : CASE
20
Fiedler's "An ___ Innocence" : ENDTO
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Evergreen shrub : ERICA
28
Auriculate : EARED
30
A mustelid : OTTER
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Short and fat : TUBBY
36
Part of a TV broadcast : AUDIO
37
Horses, at times : SNORTERS
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Moves by Spassky or Karpov : MATES
39
Inform : APPRISE
40
Big, husky fellow : BRUISER
41
Easter wear : BONNETS
44
Curdled milk, in Dixie : CLABBER
45
Chained : SECURED
48
Powwow : PARLEY
50
Tebaldi or Scotto : RENATA
52
Subsequently : THEN
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Certain dyes : WOADS
58
"___ From 5 to 7," 1962 film : CLEO
59
Identical : SAME
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Nonsense : ROT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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