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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Thursday, September 15, 1977

48-Across : "Flicks"

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,260
Across
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Yokel : RUSTIC
7
Deceive or drug : HOCUS
12
Eastern sovereign's wife : SULTANA
13
Alters the shape of : RECASTS
15
Charms : AMULETS
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Obliteration : ERASURE
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Game played on land or in water : POLO
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Hi-fi buff's concern : TONE
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Ginkgo or baobab : TREE
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___ pro nobis : ORA
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Quick-witted : SMART
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Dealt with trouble : COPED
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No longer working: Abbr. : RET
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Suffix with battle or settle : MENT
27
Proofreaders' inverted v's : CARETS
28
Tenth of a century : DECADE
30
National flag : COLORS
31
Dismounted : ALIT
32
"Volsunga Saga" villain : ATLI
33
Magnetic-induction units : TESLAS
35
Moonshiners' vessels : STILLS
38
Of a spring period : LENTEN
39
School founded by Henry VI : ETON
40
"Let's Call ___ Day," 1932 song : ITA
42
Potok's "My Name Is ___ Lev" : ASHER
43
Creature : BEING
44
Tom, Dick and Harry : MEN
45
Romance lang. : ITAL
46
Put up wallpaper : HANG
47
Fender bender : DENT
48
"Flicks" : CINEMAS
50
Mean : AVERAGE
53
Quarters : SECTORS
54
Screeds : TIRADES
55
Change the type : RESET
56
Gloss : ENAMEL
Down
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Bruited : RUMORED
2
Wail : ULULATE
3
Town destroyed in 1944 : STLO
4
Menlo Park monogram : TAE
5
Bank term: Abbr. : INT
6
Spanish dancer's clickers : CASTANETS
7
On this earth : HERE
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Edible root : OCA
9
Medicine or lubricant : CASTOROIL
10
Seizer like Caesar : USURPER
11
"Back" and "Angel" : STREETS
12
Flavor : SAPOR
13
Landlord's due : RENT
14
Caraway produce : SEEDS
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Scrap for Spot : ORT
22
Not so large : SMALLER
23
Strip in the middle of a highway : MEDIAN
24
Vocation : CALLING
27
Pima, for one : COTTON
29
Little strongholds : CASTELETS
30
Criticize severely : CASTIGATE
33
More snappish : TESTIER
34
Magnify : ENHANCE
36
Summer refresher : LIMEADE
37
A Casey who once went to bat : STENGEL
38
Those not in the clergy : LAICS
39
Yet, to Shakespeare : EEN
41
Puts a stake into the pot : ANTES
43
Pinza was one : BASS
46
One of Rodgers's partners : HART
47
Small measure : DRAM
49
Simian space pioneer : MOE
51
___ rosé : VIN
52
Age : ERA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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