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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
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 pre-Shortz puzzles and 1 Shortz Era puzzle in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,675
Across Down
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
 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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