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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Thursday, June 28, 1990

16-Across : "___ Me," 1931 song

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,842
Across
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Holy Rollers, e.g : SECT
5
"A Man for All Seasons" playwright : BOLT
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Cheap or top chaser : SIDE
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___ Bay, Calif. resort : MORRO
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Sacred Buddhist mountain : OMEI
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Circuit : TOUR
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"___ Me," 1931 song : ALLOF
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Lessee's payment : RENT
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Auto pioneer : OLDS
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Tennis champ-admiral : STEFFIGRAFSPEE
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"My ___ Eileen" : SISTER
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Western Hemisphere gp. : OAS
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Cold cubes in Köln : EIS
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Manet and Monet : ARTISTS
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Canzone : ODE
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Quayle and Rather : DANS
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Domical domicile : IGLOO
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Athlete-matriarch : PETEROSEKENNEDY
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Brazilian state : AMAPA
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Appear : SEEM
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Hospital info : DOA
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Blues singer Billie : HOLIDAY
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Ike's initials : DDE
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She, in Stuttgart : SIE
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Freedom of access : ENTREE
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Singer-singing actor : ELTONJOHNRAITT
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Angle of a branch : AXIL
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Facility : EASE
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Debate : ARGUE
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Ready for anything : GAME
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Jewish month : ADAR
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Merchandise : GOODS
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City in Iowa : AMES
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Lacking in moisture : SERE
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French infinitive : ETRE
Down
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Conductor Sir Georg ___ : SOLTI
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Perry's creator et al. : ERLES
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Small British farm : CROFT
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Butterscotch : TOFFEE
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Former tennis star : BORG
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Hebrew measure : OMER
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Chanteuse Horne : LENA
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___ tat : TITFOR
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Octagonal warning : STOPSIGN
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A daughter of Eurytus : IOLE
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Kind of ranch : DUDE
12
Bitter vetch : ERS
13
Concentrate : MASS
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Rainbow: Comb. form : IRIDO
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Evening-gown material : SATIN
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Pert : SASSY
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Wanted an answer : ASKED
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Pung : SLED
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Brouhaha : TODO
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Oil-rich bean : SOYA
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Brilliantly colored fish : OPAH
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Submission to a record co. : DEMO
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Inclusive words : ETAL
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Society-notice word : NEE
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New Testament books : EPISTLES
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Medium for Winchell : RADIO
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German port : EMDEN
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Traveling Trojan : AENEAS
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Infuriate : ENRAGE
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Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
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Hardship : RIGOR
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Chopin work : ETUDE
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Vous ___ : ETES
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Prof's concoction : EXAM
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Daiquiri juice : LIME
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Tire : JADE
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To dare: Sp. : OSAR
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On this earth : HERE
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___ Khan : AGA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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