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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Thursday, June 1, 1978

39-Across : Word with white or tail

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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B
2
T
3
U
4
S
5
A
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R
7
A
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H
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D
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A
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B
12
A
L
A
R
13
U
L
E
M
A
14
H
I
L
O
15
L
O
N
G
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F
E
L
L
O
W
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E
V
A
N
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B
A
G
E
L
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A
S
K
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M
E
M
E
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U
T
E
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O
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A
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S
T
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S
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P
I
R
E
S
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M
E
R
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G
E
N
C
E
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A
N
G
I
E
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D
E
O
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G
O
D
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U
R
G
E
N
T
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L
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I
L
T
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D
R
E
W
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R
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A
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D
D
L
E
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B
O
B
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A
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R
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M
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A
B
A
S
E
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L
E
A
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P
Y
E
A
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R
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M
A
M
M
A
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L
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O
R
N
E
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A
C
H
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A
L
A
I
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A
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S
S
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N
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E
C
R
O
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D
O
S
T
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W
A
S
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H
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I
N
G
T
O
N
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A
N
K
H
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O
V
O
I
D
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G
E
N
E
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N
E
S
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F
E
M
M
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Y
D
S
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,519
Across
1
Heat meas. : BTU
4
Bernhardt : SARAH
9
Pat : DAB
12
Winglike : ALAR
13
Moslem brain trust : ULEMA
14
Hawaiian port : HILO
15
He wrote "The Psalm of Life" : LONGFELLOW
17
Novelist Hunter : EVAN
18
Hard roll : BAGEL
19
Question : ASK
20
Same: Fr. : MEME
21
Shoshonean : UTE
22
Tobacco curer's kiln : OAST
25
Skyline sights : SPIRES
27
Act of combining : MERGENCE
29
TV actress Dickinson : ANGIE
30
___ volente : DEO
31
Revered one : GOD
32
Pressing : URGENT
33
Catchy tune : LILT
35
Sketched : DREW
36
Color coarsely : RADDLE
39
Word with white or tail : BOB
40
Long ___ of the law : ARM
43
Humble : ABASE
44
1980 or 1984 : LEAPYEAR
47
Seal or man : MAMMAL
49
Caen's river : ORNE
50
Exclamation in Essen : ACH
51
Asian range : ALAI
52
Dummkopf : ASS
54
Extinct: Prefix : NECRO
56
Poetic verb : DOST
57
He wrote "Up from Slavery" : WASHINGTON
60
Egyptian cross : ANKH
61
Like Humpty Dumpty : OVOID
62
Dancer Kelly : GENE
63
Vane readings : NES
64
___ fatale : FEMME
65
Measures larger than ft. : YDS
Down
1
Swollen : BLOATED
2
Noli me ___ : TANGERE
3
Inclination : URGE
4
"Sweet" girl : SUE
5
Everyone : ALL
6
Akin : RELATED
7
Andy's sidekick : AMOS
8
War supporters : HAWKS
9
Veer : DIVERGE
10
El ___, battle scene in 1942 : ALAMEIN
11
Folk-medicine herb : BONESET
12
Streisand offering : ALBUM
14
He wrote "The Sun Also Rises" : HEMINGWAY
16
Arctic sight : FLOE
23
Point of view : ANGLE
24
Native of Inverness-shire : SCOT
26
Shave : PARE
28
He wrote "The Deserted Village" : GOLDSMITH
32
Kind of development : URBAN
34
Anatomical parts : ILEA
35
Activist : DOER
36
Mohammedan month : RAMADAN
37
Ear shell : ABALONE
38
Napery : DAMASKS
39
Rosebud : BLOSSOM
41
Responded to a stimulus : REACTED
42
Marks over vowels : MACRONS
45
Famous Quaker : PENN
46
Lake of Geneva's river : RHONE
48
___ averages : LAWOF
53
Lay by : SAVE
55
Like omelets : EGGY
58
Play by e. e. cummings : HIM
59
Chemical suffix : IDE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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