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Dorothea Bauer
Dorothea Bauer

New York Times, Friday, December 29, 1967

53-Down : Ships: Abbr.

Author:
Dorothea Bauer
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Dorothea Bauer has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,712
Across
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Secure. : SAFE
5
Part of Florida. : KEYS
9
Concerning. : ASFOR
14
Get well. : HEAL
15
Robert ___. : ELEE
16
Bellini opera. : NORMA
17
Nearly identical. : ASLIKEASTWOPEAS
20
Fleur de ___. : LIS
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Girl's name. : ANN
22
Cling (to). : ADHERE
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Traveled laboriously. : TREKKED
25
Three: Ger. : DREI
26
Apprehension. : FEAR
27
Goal. : AIM
28
Slightly open. : AJAR
32
Note, in music. : SHARP
34
Recipe direction. : SCALD
36
Wagner role. : EVA
37
Modern fabric. : DACRONPOLYESTER
40
Noun suffix. : ADE
41
Parts of gunlocks. : SEARS
42
Billiard stroke. : MASSE
43
Meringue confection. : KISS
45
Fish-eating bird. : ERN
46
Become gentle. : MELT
47
Schools of whales. : PODS
49
VIP at a party. : CATERER
52
Like stars. : ASTRAL
55
Stout's cousin. : ALE
56
Jacob's grandson. : ERI
57
Makes a deal. : STRIKESABARGAIN
61
Incensed. : IRATE
62
Family member. : BABY
63
Singing brothers. : AMES
64
Tree. : ASPEN
65
Partner of means. : WAYS
66
Latin "to be." : ESSE
Down
1
Word in the Commandments. : SHALT
2
The Norse gods. : AESIR
3
Halloween sights. : FALSEFACES
4
New Havenite. : ELI
5
Finer honed. : KEENER
6
African antelope. : ELAND
7
One answer. : YES
8
Hairdo. : SET
9
Positive electrode. : ANODE
10
First name in films. : SOPHIA
11
Unfettered. : FREE
12
Actor Sharif. : OMAR
13
Tear down: Var. : RASE
18
New Zealand parrots. : KAKAPOS
19
Cordially. : WARMLY
24
Author of "Mary, Mary." : KERR
25
Tunes in a program. : DIALS
27
Kind of squash. : ACORN
29
Weather map features. : JETSTREAMS
30
Fifth and others: Abbr. : AVES
31
Uncommon. : RARE
32
State: Abbr. : SDAK
33
"___ but known!" : HADI
34
Sight from the quay. : SPARS
35
Goddess of agriculture. : DEMETER
38
Pine leaf. : NEEDLE
39
Store event. : SALE
44
Elf. : SPRITE
46
People of Kuala Lumpur. : MALAYS
48
Of certain wood. : OAKEN
49
Driver of a kind. : CABBY
50
Indians. : ERIES
51
Wash out. : RINSE
52
Global area. : ASIA
53
Ships: Abbr. : STRS
54
Golf hazard. : TRAP
58
Helmsman's direction. : SBW
59
Narrow shoe size. : AAA
60
Go: Scot. : GAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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