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Dorothy E. Smith
Dorothy E. Smith

New York Times, Wednesday, September 23, 1953

Author:
Dorothy Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J Q W }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 36.4
Dorothy E. Smith has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Dorothy Smith is an alias for Dorothy E. Smith.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,557
Across
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Footlike. : PEDATE
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Having no work and all pay. : TITULAR
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Malt vinegar. : ALEGAR
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Soak. : SATURATE
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Essential oil of orange flowers. : NEROLI
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Stains black. : EBONIZES
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Long time. : AGE
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Fence in. : ENCLOSE
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___ de France. : ILE
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Cabbages: Var. : CALES
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Bustle. : ADO
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TV's prelate. : SHEEN
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Geraint's patient wife. : ENID
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Wallow through wet places. : SLOSH
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Long ago: Archaic. : ERST
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Get used to. : ACCUSTOM
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Dutch uncle. : OOM
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Pennell or Whistler. : ETCHER
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Beauty parlor gadget. : CURLER
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Yes. : AYE
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Nisan festival. : PASSOVER
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Knowledge of languages: Comb. form. : GLOT
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Cologne's river. : RHINE
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Whale. : CETE
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Of thinner texture. : RARER
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The Tin Woodman's weapon. : AXE
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Pods often in the soup. : OKRAS
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Soul: French. : AME
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Not fatigued. : UNTIRED
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1002. : MII
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Permit. : TOLERATE
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Actress Stone and others. : CAROLS
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Puts in bondage. : ENSLAVES
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Product of Bordeaux. : CLARET
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Pickpocket. : STEALER
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Chemical compounds. : ESTERS
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Cure-all. : PANACEA
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Dignified richness and grace. : ELEGANCE
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Neglectful of duty. : DERELICT
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Gone by. : AGO
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Persons added to a jury. : TALES
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Mother Machree's home. : ERIN
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Traditional restrictions. : TABOOS
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Two famous Japanese: statesman, admiral. : ITOS
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Dick Rodgers' forte. : TUNES
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Swiss canton. : URI
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More indolent. : LAZIER
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Genus of spider monkey. : ATELES
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Be indignant. : RESENT
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Hardly ever. : SELDOM
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Heat. : CALOR
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Train. : EDUCATE
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Socrates' last drink. : HEMLOCK
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Tip: Slang. : STEER
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435 Representatives. : HOUSE
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Throw sidewise with a jerk. : SHY
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Conjunctions. : ORS
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Chair maker. : CANER
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From here to eternity. : EVERMORE
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Merchant. : RETAILER
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Ancestors of the gremlins. : PIXIES
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Withstands. : RESISTS
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Fireplaces. : GRATES
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Member of Hoover's Cabinet. : LAMONT
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Gangster's threat. : ORELSE
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Lewis Carroll character. : HATTER
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Bucolic. : RURAL
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Heritable lands, among the Norsemen. : ODALS
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Part of a church. : NAVE
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Behold: Latin. : ECCE
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Guido's high note. : ELA
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Aleutian island group. : RAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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