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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, July 2, 1993

55-Across : Old liquid measure

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,942
Across
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___-majesté : LESE
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Cheese from Holland : GOUDA
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Cholesterol producers : EGGS
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Marcel Marceau, for one : APER
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Shetland and Skye : ISLES
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Untrammeled : FREE
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Disagreement : HASSLE
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Writings of Zoroastrianism : AVESTA
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"And all I ask is ___ ship": Masefield : ATALL
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Perfume measures : DRAMS
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Little; few: Fr. : PEU
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Diminutive suffix : ULA
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Part of NATO : ATL
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Fam. member : BRO
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In a box or chest : ENCASED
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Cuddled up : NESTLED
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Point winners for Bruguera : ACES
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Novelist Pierre : LOTI
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Emulated Crosby : CROONED
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Spites : RANCORS
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"___ lips were red ... ": Coleridge : HER
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Ab ___ (from the start) : OVO
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City in Peru : ICA
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Marriage portion : DOT
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Island north of Leyte : SAMAR
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Emperor of Brazil: 1822-31 : PEDRO
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Depth charge, to a gob : ASHCAN
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Old liquid measure : TIERCE
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Barn for Herefords : BYRE
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Of the fourth of HOMES : ERIAN
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City in NE Romania : IASI
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Oxen : YAKS
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Actress Hope or Jessica : LANGE
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"___ the night ... " : TWAS
Down
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Whip : LASH
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Hebrew dry measure : EPHA
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Artist Max ___ : ERNST
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Ballet role for Grisi : GISELLE
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Kyrgyz city : OSH
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Director Edel : ULI
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Phoenician goddess : ASTARTE
10
Actor Zimbalist : EFREM
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Polite bloke : GENT
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Bristle : SETA
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Conductor Tennstedt : KLAUS
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Shapes of some cameos : OVALS
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"A Shropshire ___": Housman : LAD
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Dalley or Duryea : DAN
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Freestone, e.g. : PEACH
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Necessity for an élève : ENCRE
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Lead-in to active or grade : RETRO
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Sappho or Alcaeus : ODIST
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Kyushu volcano : ASO
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Patient's need, for short : TLC
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Peregrine : NOMAD
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Gospel : EVANGEL
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June beetle : DOR
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Actor Torn : RIP
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Paint solvent : ACETONE
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Bottom : NADIR
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Rival in "The Rivals" : ACRES
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Get more supplies : REFIT
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"Dear ___" : ABBY
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A source of oil and flour : SOYA
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___ Grande, Ariz. : CASA
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Shield : EGIS
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Domesday Book money : ORA
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Author Yutang : LIN
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Hammarskjöld : DAG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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