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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, October 17, 1980

21-Down : Knotty

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F G J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 14, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,301
Across
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Flora of the Mojave Desert : CACTI
6
Greek letters : PSIS
10
Desert wear in Africa : ABAS
14
___-a-Dale : ALLAN
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Prolific auth. : ANON
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Liquefy : MELT
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Rants : RAILS
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Newspaper sect. : ROTO
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Palo ___ : ALTO
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Welcome the admiral : PIPEONBOARD
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Burmese native : LAI
24
___ of war : SLOOP
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Like Ovid's "Amores" : EROTIC
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Shoe worn inside a boot : PAC
30
Puzzler's favorite Adams : EDIE
31
"Our Gang" author : ROTH
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"Little Things Mean ___," 1954 song : ALOT
34
Animal-tissue enzymes: Abbr. : ALDS
36
Important early invention : WHEEL
39
Like some arguments : TENABLE
41
Eyeglass : MONOCLE
43
Froth : SPUME
44
Steep : DEAR
46
"___ Dancer," Nureyev film : IAMA
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River of two colors : NILE
49
Ballerina's knee bend : PLIE
51
Heavy weight : TON
52
Crook : BADLOT
54
___-France : ILEDE
56
Airport info : ARR
57
Tank town : WHISTLESTOP
62
Like certain food : SOUL
64
Horn, in Honduras : ASTA
65
Fence part : STAKE
66
Bancroft role in "The Turning Point" : EMMA
67
Dickens girl : NELL
68
Opera ___ : SERIA
69
Abrade : RASP
70
"___, and ye shall find" : SEEK
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Communal U.S.S.R. group : ARTEL
Down
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Grumble : CARP
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Cut out, as coupons : CLIP
4
"___ of Hoffmann" : TALES
5
Cobbler's concern : INSOLE
6
Overheated : PARBOILED
7
Nosed around : SNOOPED
8
Whit : IOTA
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Disturber in the night : SNORER
10
Church vessel : AMA
11
Take a risk : BELLTHECAT
12
___ Mountains, in Asia : ALTAI
13
Impassive : STOIC
21
Knotty : NODAL
22
" ... ___ the stage with tears": Hamlet : DROWN
26
Holy Roman emperor: 962-73 : OTHOI
27
Soft touches : PATS
28
Syrian city, to a Parisian : ALEP
29
Riddles featuring puns : CONUNDRUMS
33
A language of Sri Lanka : TAMIL
35
Causerie : SMALLTALK
37
Castel Sant'___, in Napoli : ELMO
38
Like Cassius : LEAN
40
"Look out ___!" : BELOW
42
College at Oxford : ORIEL
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Apostle's letter : EPISTLE
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Allen and Frome : ETHANS
50
Early center of Christianity : EDESSA
52
Not so noble : BASER
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Pine scent : AROMA
55
Nitrite is one : ESTER
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Response in 35 Down : ISEE
59
Fruity dessert : TART
60
Joad of "The Grapes of Wrath" : OKIE
61
Carillon : PEAL
63
Coddle : LAP

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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