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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Saturday, April 18, 1987

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 229 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.1
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,675
Across
1
Overthrow : TOPPLE
7
Salvation Army founder : BOOTH
12
Prayers : ORISONS
14
Maculate : SULLIED
16
Cloy : SATIATE
17
Golden syrup : TREACLE
18
Urban divs. : STS
19
Casino group : DEALERS
21
Author Kesey : KEN
22
Biggin or pipkin : POT
23
Baltique, e.g. : MER
24
Conceptual being : ENS
25
"___ y Plata," Mont. motto : ORO
26
Like the best cut of meat : LEANEST
30
"Heartsease and ___": J. R. Lowell : RUE
31
"The ___," Ince film : TYPHOON
33
Accent : STRESS
35
Duo in "Rio Rita" : ARS
36
Front-page box : EAR
37
A certain system : METRIC
40
Hung loosely : DANGLED
44
___ amore : CON
45
Cloisonné and smalto : ENAMELS
47
Corse or Martinique : ILE
48
Composing, e.g. : ART
49
Electrical unit : REL
50
Asian holiday : TET
51
Spoil : MAR
52
Galas : FIESTAS
56
Friend, in Ayr : EME
57
Flattened : PLANATE
59
Dresses : ATTIRES
61
A thesmothete : SENATOR
62
Putty, e.g. : SEALANT
63
Dexter : STEER
64
Clowns' props : STILTS
Down
1
A.A. candidate : TOSSPOT
2
Small chapel : ORATORY
3
Indy happening : PITSTOP
4
Between chi and omega : PSI
5
Sometimes it's on one's mind : LOAD
6
Grafted, heraldically : ENTE
7
Gore Vidal book : BURR
8
Corrida cheers : OLES
9
Biographer Winslow : OLA
10
N.Y.S.E. instruments : TICKERS
11
Seer who was Cassandra's brother : HELENUS
13
Able fellow : SEAMAN
14
Cordwood measures : STERES
15
Obtuse : DENSE
20
Actor Cariou : LEN
26
Greenstreet associate in old films : LORRE
27
Red dye : EOSIN
28
Purloin : STEAL
29
Prefix with fix : TRANS
32
Castor or dicer : HAT
34
Work unit : ERG
37
"Carmen" character : MORALES
38
New freshman : ENTRANT
39
Race recklessly : CAREER
40
Certain stars : DELTAS
41
Verbatim : LITERAL
42
Factor : ELEMENT
43
Abhors : DETESTS
44
David and Edwards : CAMPS
46
My, to Pierre : MES
52
Lot : FATE
53
Ripley's "Believe ___ Not" : ITOR
54
Sweetsop : ATES
55
E.r.a. or r.b.i. : STAT
58
Scottie's dissent : NAE
60
Asian river : ILI

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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