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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, February 5, 1988

56-Across : Standard of comparison

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has supersymmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,968
Across
1
Bounds' partner : LEAPS
6
Anagram for 1 Across : SEPAL
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Soiled : BEMIRED
13
Shiny material : SATINET
15
Upset : AGITATE
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Put forward : PROPOSE
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Palindromic name : NAN
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Plant of the figwort family : MULLEIN
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Baer or Headroom : MAX
21
Sweetsop : ATES
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Anagram for 1 Across : PLEAS
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Tale of the Forsytes : SAGA
25
Fast times : LENTS
27
Actress Van ___ of "Knots Landing" : ARK
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Anagram for 1 Across : PALES
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Long, wide scarfs : STOLES
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Rand and Ride : SALLYS
33
Scottish explorer : RAE
34
Famed German archeologist: 1840-1909 : MAU
35
Some garnishes : OLIVES
38
Gray ___ (brains) : MATTER
41
Homophone for sneeze : SNEES
42
"Bali ___" : HAI
44
Glacial pinnacle : SERAC
46
Lapsang souchong, etc. : TEAS
47
English metaphysical poet : DONNE
49
Information : DATA
50
River of Midlothian, Scotland : ESK
51
Rutabagas : TURNIPS
53
Brit. money : STG
54
Cotton fabric : ETAMINE
56
Standard of comparison : MEASURE
58
Wines and dines : REGALES
59
Ladies of Spain : SENORAS
60
Anagram for 1 Across : PEALS
61
Anagram for 1 Across : SALEP
Down
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Envoys : LEGATES
2
Lofty : EMINENT
3
Small island : AIT
4
Hyde Park sight : PRAM
5
Erect : SETUP
6
New Delhi dresses : SARIS
7
College near Maidenhead : ETON
8
Mark on a domino : PIP
9
Incongruity : ANOMALY
10
Writer Alain and family : LESAGES
11
Trite : BANAL
12
Reese and Street : DELLAS
13
Utters : SPEAKS
14
"The Yellow Rose of ___" : TEXAS
19
Celtic Neptune : LER
22
Yarns : STORIES
24
Acknowledged Old Glory : SALUTED
26
Serbs, e.g. : SLAVS
28
Architects' necessities : PLATS
30
Shoe width : EEE
32
Drs.' association : AMA
35
Dance of bygone days : ONESTEP
36
Possible result of a crack : LEAKAGE
37
Coastlines : SHORES
38
Half notes : MINIMS
39
Deler's choice : ERASURE
40
Dirty hovel : RATTRAP
41
Denizen of a range : STEER
43
Lewis's "___ Vickers" : ANN
45
Zoo equipment : CAGES
47
Sand buildups : DUNES
48
Fencers' blades : EPEES
51
Cashbox : TILL
52
Capital of Yemen Arab Republic : SANA
55
Pasture sound : MAA
57
Impresario Hurok : SOL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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