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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Saturday, June 22, 1985

31-Across : Ornate centerpiece

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,010
Across
1
Human ___ : BEING
6
Inundated : AWASH
11
Genuine : SINCERE
13
Played : SPORTED
15
Indecisive one : HESITATER
16
Kind of mousse or cake : CHOCOLATE
17
Photographer's abbr. : ENL
18
Hardship : TRAVAIL
20
___ desperandum : NIL
21
Airport info : ETAS
23
Moves : STIRS
24
"I conquered," to Caesar : VICI
25
Nomad : ROVER
27
Killer whale : ORC
28
Puccini's "___ Lescaut" : MANON
29
Dovetail parts : TENONS
31
Ornate centerpiece : EPERGNE
33
Ike's initials : DDE
34
Handel hero : ACI
35
Less orderly : MUSSIER
39
Opening : ACCESS
42
Author Myrer : ANTON
43
N.Y. time : EST
45
Mideastern chiefs : AGHAS
47
___ Island : STATEN
48
Capri, for one : ISOLA
50
Dined at a friend's home : ATEOUT
51
Marble : TAW
52
Marriages : BRIDALS
54
Wood sorrel : OCA
55
Leaves one's country : EMIGRATES
57
Less daunted : STOUTER
59
Started a new rubber : REDEALT
60
Bell ringers : TOLLERS
61
Actor Reginald: 1891-1967 : DENNY
62
Flies high : SOARS
Down
1
Soon, in Lille : BIENTOT
2
Subjugate : ENSLAVE
3
Here, in Haiti : ICI
4
Londoner's seine : NETT
5
Kitchen utensils : GRATERS
6
Orchard pest : APHIS
7
Worsted : WOOL
8
Kind of lamp : ARC
9
Hurling rocks : STONING
10
Sousaphone's relative : HELICON
11
Like chiffon : SHEER
12
A Muse and a Dryad : ERATOS
13
Rare : SCARCE
14
News-story item : DATELINE
19
Caesar, for one : VIR
22
Forwards : SENDSON
24
Dapple : VARIEGATE
26
"Man With a Broken Nose" sculptor : RODIN
28
Goal of one on a hadj : MECCA
30
Society-notice word : NEE
32
Moccasin : PAC
35
Type of plan : MASTER
36
Feral : UNTAMED
37
Everywhere in the commonwealth : STATEWIDE
38
Oppose : RESIST
39
Finally : ATLAST
40
Tell was one : SHOOTER
41
Sights in the sky? : SAUCERS
44
Material for some igloos : SOD
46
Has the lead : STARS
48
With wrath : IRATELY
49
Choir members : ALTOS
52
Breakfast fare : BRAN
53
"Star Wars" hero : SOLO
56
Army V.I.P. : GEN
58
Gums : ULA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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