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Dorothy Smitonick
Dorothy Smitonick

New York Times, Wednesday, April 29, 1987

4-Down : Anchorites

Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, 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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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,686
Across
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"Positive thinking" exponent : PEALE
6
Drizzly phenomena : MISTS
11
Force; power : VIS
14
Jargon : ARGOT
15
Not bottled or canned : ONTAP
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Suffix with persist : ENT
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Briefly : INANUTSHELL
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QE2, e.g. : STR
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Mignonette : RESEDA
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Space : AREA
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Calendar abbr. : TUE
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Abuse verbally : REVILE
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Amazon Indians : TUPIS
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Chinese idol : JOSS
30
Fifth sign of the zodiac : LEO
31
Jogs : TROTS
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Locale of a radius : ARM
33
Sculpt : MOLD
35
Dau., e.g. : DESC
36
Goblets : BEAKERS
38
Asian sheep : KARAKUL
41
Kind of price : LIST
42
City conveniences : CABS
43
Suffix with journal : ESE
44
Is tedious : PALLS
46
Samovar : URN
47
Fume : STEW
48
Cotton thread : LISLE
49
Type of chip : POTATO
52
Relief agcy. : ARC
53
TV offering : NEWS
55
Dance step : CHASSE
59
O.S.S. successor : CIA
60
Knee-high to a ___ : GRASSHOPPER
62
Annex of a sort : ELL
63
Wading bird : EGRET
64
Appears : SEEMS
65
Henna or eosin : DYE
66
Actor McDowall : RODDY
67
Fisher or Cantor : EDDIE
Down
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___ off (team up) : PAIR
2
Sea bird : ERNE
3
Moslem officials : AGAS
4
Anchorites : LONERS
5
Swinburne's "___ Réaliste" : ETUDE
6
P.O. transactions : MOS
7
Took a breath : INHALED
8
Sound system : STEREO
9
Conte : TALE
10
Strews liquid : SPLATTERS
11
Kind of park or dictionary : VESTPOCKET
12
Apprehend sans reasoning : INTUIT
13
Tension : STRESS
18
Hebrew letter : TAV
24
Misfortunes : ILLS
26
Major or Minor preceder : URSA
27
Punch : JAB
28
Raw material : ORE
29
Like toy trains : SMALLSCALE
33
Courier : MESSENGER
34
Crumb : ORT
35
Pat : DAB
37
Veto a bill : KILL
38
Philosopher Immanuel ___ : KANT
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Employ : USE
40
Actor Ayres : LEW
42
Traversed : CROSSED
44
Put : PLACED
45
In a light way : AIRILY
46
To the top : UPWARD
47
Lathered : SOAPED
50
Alas, in Berlin : ACH
51
"___ Were the Days" : THOSE
54
Hence, to Hadrian : ERGO
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Hurried along : SPED
57
Prefix with circle : SEMI
58
Gaelic : ERSE
61
Pigpen : STY

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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