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Bill Shipp
Bill Shipp

New York Times, Saturday, April 10, 1976

51-Across : Before

Author:
Bill Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bill Shipp has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,737
Across
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Indian princess : MAHARANI
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Forced open : PRIED
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Dreiser's tragedy : AMERICAN
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Washes lightly : RINSES
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Hades : TARTARUS
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Slip by : ELAPSE
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Drink : ADE
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___ go (release) : LET
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Consumed : ATE
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Brazilian tree : APA
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Attacked : HADAT
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Concerning : INRE
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English river : AVON
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Dispatch boat : AVISO
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Male falcons : LANNERETS
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Deserve : RATE
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Russian measure : FUT
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Hind : DOE
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Degree: Suffix : ITY
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Handles badly : MISUSES
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Possessive : OUR
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Conger : EEL
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Energy unit : RAD
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Furniture queen : ANNE
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Row in reverse : BACKWATER
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Microscopic animal : AMEBA
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Erudition : LORE
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Soft : MILD
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Foundations : BASES
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Before : ERE
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Fabric : REP
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Adjective suffix : IAL
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Ocean: Abbr. : PAC
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Russian leader : STALIN
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Close : INTIMATE
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Most subdued : TAMEST
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Daniel's milieu : LIONSDEN
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Road curves : ESSES
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It's a long way from John o' Groat's : LANDSEND
Down
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W.W. I spy : MATAHARI
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Indian songbird : AMADAVAT
3
Genetic derivation : HEREDITY
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Linkletter : ART
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Theater district : RIALTO
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Land measure : ACRE
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O. W. Holmes's was chambered : NAUTILUS
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___ and outs : INS
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Feigned : PRETENDED
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Irritate : RILE
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Miss Claire : INA
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Tropical timber tree : ESPAVE
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Tyrant : DESPOT
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O'Casey et al. : SEANS
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Scottish alder : ARN
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Suffix in enzyme names : ASE
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Au ___ (unclothed) : NATUREL
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Metric measure : ARE
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Light-bulb parts : FILAMENTS
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Common gull : MEW
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Medit. island : SARDINIA
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Bridge bid : ONESPADE
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Still on top : UNBEATEN
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Go up again : REASCEND
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___ out a living : EKE
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Doctors' org. : AMA
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Enjoying happiness : BLEST
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Arteries : AORTAE
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Drubs soundly : CREAMS
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Hint : TIP
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Up ___ alley (stymied) : ABLIND
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Upward slope : RISE
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Solar disk : ATON
57
French article : LES
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Indisposed : ILL
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Papers: Abbr. : MSS

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

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