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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Tuesday, January 27, 1976

63-Across : Hebrew measures

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, 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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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,663
Across
1
Place for a banc : PARC
5
Consider : DEEM
9
Resort in India : SIMLA
14
Arrow poison : INEE
15
Miss Cinders : ELLA
16
French friends : AMIES
17
Growl : GNAR
18
Beverage : BEER
19
Nostrils : NARES
20
First English globe-girdler : SIRFRANCISDRAKE
23
Blind ___ bat : ASA
24
Israeli port : ACRE
25
False appearance : FACADE
29
Drumming sound : RATTAT
33
Perfume resin : ELEMI
34
Arab name part : ABOU
37
Prefix for gram : ANA
38
English explorer of Canada : MARTINFROBISHER
42
Western Indian : UTE
43
Algerian port : ORAN
44
Help onto a horse : BOOST
45
Took a breather : RESTED
48
Choral pieces : MOTETS
49
Spanish waves : OLAS
51
Tent fixture : COT
52
English explorer, as he spelled his name : SIRWALTERRALEGH
60
Unpopular one : CREEP
61
Sharif : OMAR
62
Light color : ECRU
63
Hebrew measures : OMERS
64
Skid-row figure : WINO
65
Fancy : WHIM
66
French cup : TASSE
67
Did in : SLEW
68
DeLuise et al. : DOMS
Down
1
Swill eaters : PIGS
2
Caesar's years : ANNI
3
Admiral or guard : REAR
4
Publisher Bennett : CERF
5
Corrupt : DEBASE
6
Form of Helen : ELENA
7
Power source: Abbr. : ELEC
8
Miss Ouspenskaya : MARIA
9
Miss Dee : SANDRA
10
Turkish inn : IMARET
11
Star in Cetus : MIRA
12
Onion's relative : LEEK
13
African fox : ASSE
21
Circle parts : RADII
22
Cancel, as a blastoff : SCRUB
25
Thighbone : FEMUR
26
Winged : ALATE
27
Goddess of crops : CERES
28
Sum: Abbr. : AMT
30
Western lake : TAHOE
31
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
32
Certain Queen's bakings : TARTS
34
Continent: Abbr. : AFR
35
Swimsuit part : BRA
36
Suffix for cart or drag : OON
39
Of a stem joint : NODAL
40
Privet of Japan : IBOTA
41
Relative of 64 Across : SOT
46
Minarets : TOWERS
47
Pass : ELAPSE
48
Anne ___ Lindbergh : MORROW
50
Stashes away : STOWS
51
Everglades bird : CRANE
52
Burns, for one : SCOT
53
___ La Douce : IRMA
54
Caddoan Indians : REES
55
Ludwig : EMIL
56
Obscene : LEWD
57
Nymph : ECHO
58
Forbidding : GRIM
59
Insect noises : HUMS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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