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Dorothy Smitonick
Dorothy Smitonick

New York Times, Wednesday, April 20, 1988

49-Down : Fishermen's baskets

Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Dorothy Smitonick has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,043
Across
1
Former Korean president : RHEE
5
Fiber for rope : SISAL
10
Melancholy : SAD
13
Long times : EONS
14
Trunk : TORSO
15
Before: Prefix : PRE
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Play by Emlyn Williams: 1938 : THECORNISGREEN
19
Southern constellation : DORADO
20
Author of "The Dollmaker" : ARNOW
22
Steinbeck classic, with "The" : GRAPESOFWRATH
27
Few: Comb. form : OLIG
29
Fine porcelain : SPODE
30
European river : YSER
31
Shaver : RAZOR
33
Model : IDEAL
35
City in SW England : EXETER
37
Cato, Ovid et al. : ROMANS
42
Kind of friend : BOSOM
46
Japanese-Americans : NISEI
47
Basics : ABCS
51
Containing gold : AURIC
53
Peter was one : TSAR
54
Wilder film, with "The": 1966 : FORTUNECOOKIE
57
Some South Africans : BOERS
58
Hire : SIGNON
61
Broadway hit: 1953 : TEAANDSYMPATHY
66
A high priest of Israel : ELI
67
___-Detoo of "Star Wars" : ARTOO
68
Head, to Henri : TETE
69
Summer time in N.Y.C. : DST
70
He wrote "Tam o' Shanter" : BURNS
71
A son of Aphrodite : EROS
Down
1
Status of some sr. cits. : RETD
2
Sounds from Santa : HOHO
3
Invigorate : ENERGIZE
4
Item in a French café : ESCARGOT
5
Sharpens : STROPS
6
Atomic particle : ION
7
___ Lanka : SRI
8
Donkey : ASS
9
Part of a cord : LOG
10
Developer of the gyroscopic compass : SPERRY
11
Punta ___, Chile : ARENAS
12
Indicate : DENOTE
17
Harem room : ODA
18
Eddie Murphy film : RAW
21
Unit of elec. : WHR
23
Finial : EPI
24
Turf : SOD
25
Horatian creation : ODE
26
Dread : FEAR
27
Pay dirt : ORE
28
Negligent : LAX
32
Jewish title of respect : REB
34
Actor Chaney : LON
36
Horse of a certain color : ROAN
38
Make less severe : MITIGATE
39
Yes man : ASSENTER
40
Teachers' org. : NEA
41
"l am ___ Oracle ... ": Shak. : SIR
43
"Sweet ___" : SUE
44
Killer whale : ORC
45
My, in Milano : MIO
47
Langley Field, e.g.: Abbr. : AFB
48
Kicked : BOOTED
49
Fishermen's baskets : CREELS
50
___ of Magellan : STRAIT
52
Universe : COSMOS
55
Made in the ___ : USA
56
Laotian currency : KIP
59
"___ be in England ... ": Browning : OHTO
60
Comedian Louis and family : NYES
62
Arrest : NAB
63
Actress Joanne : DRU
64
Vessel on the Atl. : STR
65
Thither : YON

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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