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Dorothy Cannan
Dorothy Cannan

New York Times, Wednesday, June 10, 1987

10-Down : " ... show me ___ of life": Psalms

Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 45.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Dorothy Cannan has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,728
Across
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Mud deposit : SILT
5
Casals or Picasso : PABLO
10
Taunt : TWIT
14
Water, in Mexico : AGUA
15
Of a Great Lake : ERIAN
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Biblical verb : HATH
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Cherry laurel : MOCKORANGE
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Different : ELSE
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Appropriate : PREEMPT
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Surpass others in sports : OUTPLAY
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"Black gold" : OIL
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Memorable French singer : PIAF
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Ascribes : IMPUTES
29
Shoved : JOSTLED
32
Event for Carl Lewis : MEET
33
Gas used in lasers : XENON
35
Sacred : HOLY
36
Impediment : BAR
37
Serbian city : NIS
38
Captivate : WIN
39
Entertainer Adams : EDIE
41
Land masses : ISLES
43
Place for a beret : TETE
44
U.S. warning system : DEWLINE
46
Speculative purchases or sales : FUTURES
48
Paisley and Fleming : IANS
49
Mortarboard : CAP
50
Summoned : SENTFOR
53
Dahl and Francis : ARLENES
57
Heyerdahl's Kon-___ : TIKI
58
Teatime for some : FOUROCLOCK
60
Woody Guthrie's son : ARLO
61
Titan with a burden : ATLAS
62
Innkeeper, in Venezia : OSTE
63
Harold of comics : TEEN
64
He wrote "Hard Cash" : READE
65
Rialto offering : SHOW
Down
1
Coarse grain : SAMP
2
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
3
She wrote "The Women" : LUCE
4
Delete : TAKEOUT
5
Bewilder : PERPLEX
6
"How now! ___?": Hamlet : ARAT
7
Storage place : BIN
8
Garda or Como : LAGO
9
Having an advantage : ONEUPON
10
" ... show me ___ of life": Psalms : THEPATH
11
Shy girl at a dance : WALLFLOWER
12
"___ Grand Night for Singing" : ITSA
13
Personal pronoun : THEY
18
Exclude : OMIT
22
"___ the season ... " : TIS
25
Fix in the mind : IMBED
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Civil War general : MEADE
27
Saltwater snail : PERIWINKLE
28
Reason : SENSE
29
Figure in a Dutch crèche : JOSEF
30
Beau monde : ELITE
31
Units of force : DYNES
34
Nothing : NIL
40
High spirits : ELATION
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To such a degree, with "as" : INSOFAR
42
Pure sugar, to a chemist : SUCROSE
43
Southern city and tree : TUPELOS
45
Data: Abbr. : INF
47
Agalite : TALC
50
Thermo or rheo follower : STAT
51
Celts' land : EIRE
52
Fixed procedure : ROTE
53
City in Rumania : ARAD
54
Snack : NOSH
55
Outside: Comb. form : ECTO
56
Twist : SKEW
59
Gums, to an M.D. : ULA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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