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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, September 23, 1977

17-Across : Herringlike fish

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 10,268
Across
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Let out of prison conditionally : PAROLE
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Bogeyman or ogre : SCARER
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Lombard and King : CAROLES
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Castle feature : PARAPET
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Fleets : ARMADAS
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Herringlike fish : ANCHOVY
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What disputants sometimes come to : TERMS
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Word with worm or work : EARTH
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Nothing : NIL
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"Washingtons" in a wallet : ONES
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Sly or sinuous : SNAKY
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Shackle : GYVE
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Elm and Mulberry: Abbr. : STS
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Pearly substance : NACRE
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Abalone : ORMER
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Thrill at the alleys : STRIKE
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Constraint : DURESS
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Noshed or brunched : ATE
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Pig ___ poke : INA
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Clandestine : COVERT
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"___ we stand" : UNITED
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Kitchen implement : PARER
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Talks up a storm : RANTS
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Greek letters : NUS
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First murderee : ABEL
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Valletta is its capital : MALTA
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It's the real thing : FACT
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Henpeck : NAG
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Pilot's signal-sending device : CODER
50
Right-hand page : RECTO
51
Monument material : GRANITE
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Lack of motion : INERTIA
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Capitol fellow : SENATOR
56
Nail polishes : ENAMELS
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Bibbers : TOPERS
58
Sneer : DERIDE
Down
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Rebecca and Isaac, to Jacob : PARENTS
2
Part of a theater seat : ARMREST
3
Wanders : ROAMS
4
Automobile pioneer : OLDS
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Greensward : LEA
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Gist : ESSENCE
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Activated : SPARKED
8
Pauper in "The Prince and the Pauper" : CANTY
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Coy : ARCH
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Cry of encouragement : RAH
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Ancestors for whom tribes are named : EPONYMS
12
Makes O.K. after a K.O. : REVIVES
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Two famous Romans : CATOS
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Tippecanoe's running mate : TYLER
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Rhine feeder : AAR
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Falconer's trainee : SAKER
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Like Alfred or Alexander : GREAT
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Chilean resource : NITER
27
Bird life of a region : ORNIS
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"Bolero" composer : RAVEL
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Utah range : UINTA
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Oscar winner in 1972 : CABARET
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Herb used with pasta sauces : OREGANO
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Market manipulators : TRADERS
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Like rookies : UNTRIED
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Made into law : ENACTED
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Easily led or reshaped : DUCTILE
40
Hunger spasms : PANGS
42
Robin Hood's drink : ALE
44
Porticoes of Athens : STOAS
46
Chain-saw item : MOTOR
47
Italian physicist : FERMI
49
Mention for military honors : CITE
50
Bring up : REAR
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Siesta : NAP
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Vane letters : NNE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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