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Dorothy E. Smith
Dorothy E. Smith

New York Times, Tuesday, June 8, 1954

33-Across : Retards.

Author:
Dorothy Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Dorothy E. Smith has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Dorothy Smith is an alias for Dorothy E. Smith.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,806
Across
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Shooter, in marbles. : ALLEY
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Fledermaus. : BAT
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Man of the hour. : HERO
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Girl's name. : CLARA
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I love: Latin. : AMO
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Food with high iron content. : LIVER
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Boat with two hulls. : CATAMARAN
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The end. : OMEGA
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Unit. : ONE
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Have the means to live. : SUBSIST
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Man's nickname. : LEN
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Bondsman of 1066. : SERF
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Seed covering. : TESTA
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Chinese dynasty. : MING
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Characteristic. : TRAIT
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Intensify anew. : REENHANCE
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Canary. : SONGBIRD
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Retards. : DELAYS
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___ Dick. : MOBY
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City in Ontario. : GALT
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Jewish ascetic. : ESSENE
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Hotel employes. : BELLHOPS
43
Relationship: Brit. sp. : CONNEXION
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Above and beyond: Prefix. : SUPRA
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Part of a one-armed bandit. : SLOT
47
Come in. : ENTER
49
Device on a document. : SEAL
50
Relative of 1 Across. : TAW
51
Household receptacle. : ASHTRAY
53
Of a thing: Lat. : REI
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Ready for action. : ARMED
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Work out in detail. : ELABORATE
58
Long and wearying session. : SIEGE
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Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Make progress. : GETON
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Cry of the wild goose. : YANG
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Compass point. : ESE
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Prevent. : AVERT
Down
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Greets. : ACCOSTS
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Cowboy of the pampas. : LLANERO
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Palace-museum in Rome. : LATERAN
4
Time. : ERA
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Sweet potatoes. : YAMS
6
Shrub with sour red fruit. : BARBERRY
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Accumulated. : AMASSED
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Explosive. : TONITE
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Pronoun. : HIM
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Fanny Burney's heroine, 1778. : EVELINA
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Deputed government. : REGENCY
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Source of vitamin C. : ORANGES
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Fortune. : LOT
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Self: Comb. form. : AUT
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Low-cut rubber overshoe. : SANDAL
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Something imagined. : FIGMENT
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Outmoded writer on population. : MALTHUS
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A kind of steak. : TBONE
30
Gehenna, Tartarus, et al. : HELLS
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Wild goats. : IBEXES
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Produce. : GENERATE
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Great delight. : ECSTASY
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Glassed porches for sunning. : SOLARIA
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Symbols of winter. : SNOWMEN
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Baby's repasts. : BOTTLES
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Run. : OPERATE
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Roman official. : PRAETOR
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Outstanding. : SALIENT
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Be a fixed attribute. : INHERE
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Jewish title of respect. : RAB
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Hoosier humorist. : ADE
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Hindu mystic system. : YOGA
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Garnish for spinach. : EGG
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Clerical title: Abbr. : REV

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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