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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Monday, November 8, 1993

6-Across : Public quarrels

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,071
Across
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Arbitrary orders : FIATS
6
Public quarrels : SCENES
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Uproars : SHINDIES
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___ Mountains of E Pa. : POCONO
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Snipe's kin : WOODCOCK
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Religious discord : SCHISM
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___ mirablis (crucial year) : ANNUS
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Chew the fat : RAP
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Asian peninsula : KOREA
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Earl Grey and Lapsang : TEAS
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___ blue (a basic dye) : METHYL
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Close-knit group : COTERIE
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Actress Harper, for short : VAL
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A mother-of-pearl source : ABALONES
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___ flow : EBBAND
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Frank : DIRECT
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Attractive : LURING
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One end of the Alcan Highway : ALASKA
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Western evergreen trees : MADRONAS
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Mental perception : KEN
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Scrambles a message : ENCODES
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Evinced ennui, in a way : YAWNED
44
He, in Italy : ESSO
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Nave flanker : AISLE
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Foil ingredient : TIN
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Fowler's "A Room With ___" : AVIEW
54
Piggish : GREEDY
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Young rooster : COCKEREL
58
Deal with : HANDLE
59
Vivacity; delicacy : AIRINESS
60
Analytical reports : ASSAYS
61
No-nos : DONTS
Down
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Actress Shaw : FIONA
2
River of Pakistan : INDUS
3
Asst. staff officers : ADCS
4
Ricardo's uncle : TIO
5
Hide : SECRETE
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U.S.N. cops : SPS
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Prickly weeds : COCKLEBURS
8
Yodel's comeback : ECHO
9
Black, in Rouen : NOIR
10
First word of the Mass. motto : ENSE
11
Body of an organism : SOMA
12
Smack : SWAT
13
Whetstone : HONE
14
Hans Brinker's gear : SKATES
20
Part of a sent. : PHR
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The Treasure State : MONTANA
24
Gave way : YIELDED
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In a crooked manner : COCKEYEDLY
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Useless : VAIN
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Actress Neagle : ANNA
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Docks: Abbr. : LDGS
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Aleutian island : ADAK
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Rancor : BILE
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Galway Bay's ___ Islands : ARAN
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"___ Girls" : LES
34
Sis's sib : BRO
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Her name sounds like a name : MONICA
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Glandlike : ADENOID
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100 lbs. in the U.S. : CWT
44
Program item : EVENT
45
Begets a foal : SIRES
46
Glimpses : SEES
47
Barn birds : OWLS
48
Title for Muslim V.I.P.'s : AGHA
49
One of Cleopatra's attendants : IRAS
50
D.C. figs. : SENS
51
Mother of Clytemnestra : LEDA
53
Similar : AKIN
55
All right : YES
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___-Magnon : CRO

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

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