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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Monday, February 4, 1974

28-Across : Purifies

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q V Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, 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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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,941
Across
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Graduate degrees : DSCS
5
Shillong is its capital : ASSAM
10
Pleasure trip : SPIN
14
Harvest : REAP
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Pacific island group : TONGA
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Kind of stud card : HOLE
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Doles out : APPORTIONS
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Heraldic band : ORLE
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___ facias (legal writ) : FIERI
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Replied in kind : RETORTED
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Sampled : TASTED
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New approach : TWIST
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Adenoidal sound : SNORE
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Purifies : CLEANS
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Queens athlete : MET
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Turf : SOD
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Boredom : ENNUI
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Cut short : ABORTED
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Pirate : CORSAIR
42
Peepshow : RAREE
43
Math study: Abbr. : ALG
44
___ Anne : STE
45
Takes part : ENTERS
47
Farm units : SILOS
50
Suzette or de Chine : CREPE
52
Give off : EXHALE
56
Done for : WASHEDUP
59
Swiss mathematician : EULER
60
Exchange premium : AGIO
61
Giving freely : UNSTINTING
64
Sandy tract, in Britain : DENE
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Stone heap : CAIRN
66
Destroy : UNDO
67
Roman time : IDES
68
Ruhr city : ESSEN
69
Annoying one : PEST
Down
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Open-window hazard : DRAFT
2
Brown color : SEPIA
3
Breton and Horn : CAPES
4
Polo, etc. : SPORTS
5
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
6
___-disant : SOI
7
Expressed disgust : SNORTED
8
Spiro : AGNEW
9
Resin : MASTIC
10
Abbreviates : SHORTENS
11
Wine : PORT
12
That: Lat. : ILLE
13
Exigency : NEED
18
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
22
Canadian physician : OSLER
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Medication unit : DOSE
27
Hot ___ : ROD
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Collections : ANAS
30
Bonne ___ : NUIT
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Beget : SIRE
32
Horse : MARE
33
Israeli name : EBAN
34
Civil wrong : TORT
38
Reverberates : REECHOES
39
___ Haute : TERRE
40
Roman 151 : CLI
41
Give the eye : OGLE
43
Germ-free state : ASEPSIS
46
Lead astray : SEDUCE
48
Cattle : OXEN
49
Be quiet! : SHUTUP
51
Andes tablelands : PUNAS
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Straighten : ALINE
54
___ an ear : LENDS
55
Fungus of grain : ERGOT
56
Oasis, in Africa : WADI
57
Like good bourbon : AGED
58
___ die : SINE
62
Three, in Milan : TRE
63
Stopover spot : INN

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

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