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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Saturday, May 1, 1976

59-Across : Ancient tribe of Britons

Author:
Dorothea Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 16.8
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Dorothea Shipp is an alias for Dorothea E. Shipp.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,758
Across
1
___ Venture, horse of 1936 : BOLD
5
City pall : SMOG
9
Menu abbrs. : VEGS
13
Mimic : APER
14
___ out (get rid of) : EASE
15
Marry in haste : ELOPE
17
Hawaiian goose : NENE
18
Med. course : ANAT
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Scotland's Ben ___ : NEVIS
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Room or chamber : ANTE
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Sailors : TARS
22
Thing of note : EVENT
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Formerly named : NEE
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Sea-cook's relative : SON
25
Novelist Laurence : STERNE
26
Nickname in golf : ARNIE
28
Stevenson : ADLAI
31
Biblical name : NER
32
Parent of N.B.C. : RCA
34
Ambience : AURA
35
Heraldic golds : ORS
36
What l Across or 9 or 24 Down was : DERBYWINNER
39
___ volente : DEO
41
Tropical tree : EBOE
42
Piercing tool : AWL
43
Abbr. on a letter heading : INC
44
Past or present : TENSE
46
Nile dam : ASWAN
50
Buddhist shrines : STUPAS
52
Certain dirt : PAY
54
Map abbr. : AVE
55
Olympic official : TIMER
56
Ollie's partner : STAN
58
French holy ones: Abbr. : STES
59
Ancient tribe of Britons : ICENI
60
Hockey need : PUCK
61
Canvas : TENT
62
___ hand (helped) : LENTA
63
Wall pier : ANTA
64
Jason's ship : ARGO
65
Photocopy, for short : STAT
66
Monster's home : NESS
67
North Sea feeder : YSER
Down
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Top ___ : BANANA
2
Kitchen tool : OPENER
3
Austere : LENTEN
4
Suffer, in Scotland : DREE
5
Pacific pact : SEATO
6
Tomorrow, in Tijuana : MANANA
7
Gravel ridges : OSAR
8
" ... Lola wants, Lola ___" : GETS
9
Horse of 1960 : VENETIANWAY
10
French pupil : ELEVE
11
Speed-limiting device : GOVERNOR
12
Spider, at times : SPINNER
16
Chemical compounds : ESTERS
24
Horse of 1973 : SECRETARIAT
25
Sacred grove of India : SARNA
27
Resentment : IRE
29
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
30
He, in France : LUI
33
Clerical titles : ABBES
36
Back up with evidence : DOCUMENT
37
Over there : YON
38
City lines : ELS
39
Condense : DISTIL
40
Lures : ENTICES
45
Lunar-year differences : EPACTS
47
Ethel or still : WATERS
48
Get even : AVENGE
49
Wise counselor : NESTOR
51
Five: Prefix : PENTA
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Singer Paul and family : ANKAS
56
Team of oxen : SPAN
57
Work on a piano : TUNE
58
Nautical rope : STAY

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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