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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Monday, March 31, 1975

53-Down : Spats

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,361
Across
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Pool-cue parts : TIPS
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Girl's name : FREDA
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Egyptian cobra : HAJE
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Comedian King : ALAN
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Seeped slowly : OOZED
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Greek contest : AGON
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River or monster : GILA
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Pitted or stuffed : OLIVE
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Ostrich's relative : RHEA
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Tricky time : APRILFOOLSDAY
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Printing measures : ENS
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Dissenting vote : NAY
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Chemical prefix : ACI
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Things found on children's knees : SCARS
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Publisher Bennett et al. : CERFS
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Reflect : MEDITATE
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G-man's topper : FEDORA
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Blue dye : ANIL
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San ___ (port of L. A.) : PEDRO
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Stags' companions : DOES
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Tends the fire : STOKES
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Popular fair exhibits : DIORAMAS
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Shankar's instrument : SITAR
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Plant fiber : ISTLE
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Blue-___ law : SKY
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Intent : AIM
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Old ___ : HAT
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Wishful thinking : FOOLSPARADISE
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Number for bridge : FOUR
62
Siren : LURER
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To-do : FLAP
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Dethrone : OUST
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Like most combatants : ARMED
67
Prefix for tell or warn : FORE
68
French cereal plants : BLES
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Untidy : MESSY
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Clan : SEPT
Down
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Der ___ : TAG
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Hipbones : ILIA
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Insect feeler : PALP
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Trap : SNARE
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Jesters' wear : FOOLSCAPS
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Early Viking leader : ROLF
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Pinza : EZIO
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Cattle of an English breed : DEVONS
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Writer St. Johns : ADELA
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Kind of sauce : HARD
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Turkish title : AGHA
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"Pal ___" : JOEY
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Spanish queen : ENA
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Part of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
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Indian groom : SYCE
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Collect : AMASS
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Prefix for pede or grade : CENTI
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Nincompoop : IDIOT
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Used up : ATE
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Foxx et al. : REDDS
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Icelandic writing : EDDA
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Drawing and furnished : ROOMS
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Sideshow star : FREAK
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Pert : SASSY
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Miss Chase : ILKA
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Rash : FOOLHARDY
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Slowing in tempo: Abbr. : RIT
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Of an age : ERAL
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Interpret : READ
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Tainted : IMPURE
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Moslem religion : ISLAM
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Spats : TIFFS
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Kind of ball : FOUL
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English river : OUSE
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Scraps : ORTS
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Venus's lack : ARMS
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Western Indians : REES
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___ gin : SLOE
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Wyatt : EARP
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Obsolete pocket : FOB
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___ peeve : PET

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

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