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Dorothy N. Davis
Dorothy N. Davis

New York Times, Monday, August 10, 1987

5-Across : Supply food for a fee

Author:
Dorothy Davis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Dorothy N. Davis has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Dorothy Davis is an alias for Dorothy N. Davis.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,789
Across
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Fortune : LUCK
5
Supply food for a fee : CATER
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Bases of the decimal system : TENS
14
Harrow rival : ETON
15
Overhead : ABOVE
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Oodles : ALOT
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Apt anagram for evil : VILE
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Hay bundles : BALES
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Big bean : LIMA
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French magazine for women : ELLE
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Wide-awake : ALERT
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Absolute ruler : CZAR
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Actress Remick : LEE
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Ore pockets : LODES
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Lemon drink : ADE
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Mysterious power : ESP
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Us, to Ovid : NOS
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Shoot the breeze : GAB
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Pedigree : LINEAGE
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Harass : TORMENT
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Salad plant : ENDIVE
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Goader : BAITER
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What hams chew up : SCENERY
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Nips : PINCHES
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Marry : WED
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Cash follower : IER
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Morse-code E : DIT
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Wood for skis : ASH
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Belief : TENET
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Serve well : ACE
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Mace : CLUB
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Church officer : ELDER
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Author Ernie or Howard : PYLE
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Part of T.L.C. : CARE
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"Brother, can you spare ___?" : ADIME
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Like a wing : ALAR
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Ascend : RISE
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Russian rebel in 1917 : LENIN
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"___ fan tutte": Mozart : COSI
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Social insects : ANTS
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Moved along a cliff : EDGED
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Scottish Gaelic : ERSE
Down
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Carpenter's device : LEVEL
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Helpful, as a tool : UTILE
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Tony winner: 1961 and 1974 : COLLEENDEWHURST
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Joint below the femur : KNEE
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Plot : CABAL
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Calif. mollusk : ABALONE
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El Greco subject : TOLEDO
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Peak Norkay climbed : EVEREST
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Relaxes : RESTS
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After-shave powder : TALC
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Oscar winner: 1960 and 1966 : ELIZABETHTAYLOR
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Wanderer : NOMAD
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Gape : STARE
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French river : SEINE
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Did a road job : PAVED
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Lofty : GRAND
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Friends, in Firenze : AMICI
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Bandleader Brown : LES
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Co. tag : INC
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Eur. country : GER
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Sash in Sasebo : OBI
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Originally called : NEE
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Corp. officers : TRS
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Produced : YIELDED
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Certain infant: Colloq. : PREEMIE
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Conclusion : ENDING
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
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Done in : SLAIN
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Nature writer Edwin Way ___ : TEALE
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Drift : TREND
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Social rank : CLASS
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Weird : EERIE
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Apiary denizens : BEES
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A New York university : PACE

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

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