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Dorothy Cannan
Dorothy Cannan

New York Times, Monday, July 4, 1977

57-Across : Judge, in Baghdad

Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Dorothy Cannan has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,187
Across
1
Indian princes : RAJAS
6
Skeet feats : HITS
10
Creator of Tobacco Rhoda : CAPP
14
Ooze out slowly : EXUDE
15
Tale: Abbr. : ANEC
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Cohan's "___ There" : OVER
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Apportion : ALLOT
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Inactive : IDLE
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Name meaning "black" : NERO
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Alfonso XIII, e.g. : REY
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Marching instruments : FIFEANDDRUM
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Winter headgear : FURCAP
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Perfect score on a test : IOO
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Floor of a building : STOREY
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Builds slopes around a fort : ESCARPS
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Something to fight for : CAUSE
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Kind of attack : SNEAK
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Landon : ALF
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Distinctive air : AURA
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Foot lever : PEDAL
39
Cap-___ (from head to foot) : APIE
40
Nobel product : TNT
41
Kilmer poem : TREES
42
___ de menthe : CREME
43
Nickname for Chile's cape : THEHORN
45
Plume: Var. : AIGRET
46
Adage : SAW
47
Habitual practice : CUSTOM
49
French counterpart of 7 Down : BASTILLEDAY
53
Pussy-cat's shipmate : OWL
56
Clarinet's cousin : OBOE
57
Judge, in Baghdad : CADI
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Obsession : MANIA
60
Unerring : SURE
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"Give ___ a horse ... " : AMAN
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Expert : ADEPT
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Prow of a ship : STEM
64
Comedienne from Butte : RAYE
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Receiver of a check : PAYEE
Down
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With 2 Down, car part : REAR
2
See above : AXLE
3
Today : JULYFOURTH
4
What the Stamp Act caused : ADO
5
No longer dependent : SETFREE
6
Israeli port : HAIFA
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Brain tissue : TELA
9
Picturesque, as a stage performance : SCENICAL
10
American vulture : CONDOR
11
State firmly : AVER
12
Seat of the Inca empire : PERU
13
Gym dance, at times : PROM
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Kind of stare : ICY
23
Walker of football fame : DOAK
25
Minor or Major : URSA
27
Ailurophobe's cry : SCAT
28
Gibe : TAUNT
30
Magellan's milieus : SEAS
31
Currency of a sort : PAPERMONEY
32
Sticky mud : SLIME
34
Clairvoyant : SEER
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A mile has 5,280 : FEET
38
Police vehicle : PROWLCAR
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Jason's ship : ARGO
41
Siamese : THAI
42
Town plat : CITYMAP
44
Regard highly : ESTEEM
45
Fresh ___ daisy : ASA
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Neighbor of Trieste : UDINE
49
Office bigwig : BOSS
50
Be adjacent : ABUT
51
In a pique : SORE
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Tibetan priest : LAMA
54
Rub clean : WIPE
55
Behind schedule : LATE
59
Political org. : ADA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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