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Dorothy N. Davis
Dorothy N. Davis

New York Times, Tuesday, December 31, 1985

15-Across : Pluckier

Author:
Dorothy Davis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
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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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,202
Across
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Farm structure : BARN
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"Not with ___ ... ": Eliot : ABANG
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"All You Need Is ___," Beatles hit : LOVE
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" ... ___ of troubles": Shak. : ASEA
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Pluckier : GAMER
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Yale students : ELIS
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Article : ITEM
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Ibn-Saud, to Pierre : ARABE
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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Burns phrase re his "Luve" : LIKEAREDREDROSE
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___ Lanka : SRI
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Simone's refusal : NON
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"___ Inn," du Maurier novel : JAMAICA
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Coins : MINTAGE
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Japanese city : OSAKA
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Service group : LIONS
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Truck of a sort : VAN
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Skin disorder : ACNE
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Forward : ALONG
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Imperfect diamond : BORT
40
Jan. 1 drink : NOG
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Meager : SCANT
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Social group : TRIBE
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One way to a man's heart? : STOMACH
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Peruvian neighbor : ECUADOR
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"___ to prepare a place ... ": John 14:2 : IGO
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Kimono sash : OBI
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Love, to Mozart : THESOULOFGENIUS
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Jumble : HASH
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Agnes ___, soap-opera maven : NIXON
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Involved with : INTO
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Early church box : ARCA
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Coronet : TIARA
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Hungarian city : EGER
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Shed tears : WEEP
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Chinese : SINIC
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Immobility : REST
Down
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Typewriter part : BAIL
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Italian wine district : ASTI
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Exude fumes : REEK
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Junior, e.g. : NAMESAKE
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Mushroom : AGARIC
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Wearing nothing : BARE
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"It's ___ world": Dickens : AMAD
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A neighbor of Wyo. : NEBR
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Reich's "The ___ of America" : GREENING
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Came to know : LEARNT
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Mélange : OLIO
12
Bordeaux, Chablis, etc. : VINS
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Italian princely family : ESTE
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Butterfly's burst of song : ARIA
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Oxford fellows : DONS
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Rivers and Mondale : JOANS
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Scarf : ASCOT
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Yellowish-red fruit : MANGO
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He is praised at Mecca : ALLAH
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Card game : MONTE
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Shun : AVOID
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She portrayed Camille: 1936 : GARBO
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Go in : ENTER
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Electrically charged atom : ION
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Ledger records : ACCOUNTS
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More intelligent : BRAINIER
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Palm of Malaysia : SAGO
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Toothpaste holder : TUBE
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Accident : MISHAP
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French brandy : COGNAC
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Defrost : THAW
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Long-eared mammal : HARE
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Suffix for inchoative verbs : ESCE
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Year in the reign of Claudius I : LIII
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A colorless gas : OXAN
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"___ have seen God ... ": Gen. 32:30 : FORI
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"Picnic" playwright : INGE
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Ariz. Indians : UTES
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Kind : SORT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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