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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Saturday, May 1, 1976

36-Down : Back up with evidence

Author:
Dorothea Shipp
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, 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.
Dorothea Shipp is an alias for Dorothea E. Shipp.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,758
Across
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___ Venture, horse of 1936 : BOLD
5
City pall : SMOG
9
Menu abbrs. : VEGS
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Mimic : APER
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___ out (get rid of) : EASE
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Marry in haste : ELOPE
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
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Med. course : ANAT
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Scotland's Ben ___ : NEVIS
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Room or chamber : ANTE
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Sailors : TARS
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Thing of note : EVENT
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Formerly named : NEE
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Sea-cook's relative : SON
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Novelist Laurence : STERNE
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Nickname in golf : ARNIE
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Stevenson : ADLAI
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Biblical name : NER
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Parent of N.B.C. : RCA
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Ambience : AURA
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Heraldic golds : ORS
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What l Across or 9 or 24 Down was : DERBYWINNER
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___ volente : DEO
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Tropical tree : EBOE
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Piercing tool : AWL
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Abbr. on a letter heading : INC
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Past or present : TENSE
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Nile dam : ASWAN
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Buddhist shrine : STUPAS
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Certain dirt : PAY
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Map abbr. : AVE
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Olympic official : TIMER
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Ollie's partner : STAN
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French holy ones: Abbr. : STES
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Ancient tribe of Britons : ICENI
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Hockey need : PUCK
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Canvas : TENT
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___ hand (helped) : LENTA
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Wall pier : ANTA
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Jason's ship : ARGO
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Photocopy, for short : STAT
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Monster's home : NESS
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North Sea feeder : YSER
Down
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Top ___ : BANANA
2
Kitchen tool : OPENER
3
Austere : LENTEN
4
Suffer, in Scotland : DREE
5
Pacific pact : SEATO
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Tomorrow, in Tijuana : MANANA
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Gravel ridges : OSAR
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" ... Lola wants, Lola ___" : GETS
9
Horse of 1960 : VENETIANWAY
10
French pupil : ELEVE
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Speed-limiting device : GOVERNOR
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Spider, at times : SPINNER
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Chemical compounds : ESTERS
24
Horse of 1973 : SECRETARIAT
25
Sacred grove of India : SARNA
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Resentment : IRE
29
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
30
He, in France : LUI
33
Clerical titles : ABBES
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Back up with evidence : DOCUMENT
37
Over there : YON
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City lines : ELS
39
Condense : DISTIL
40
Lures : ENTICES
45
Lunar-year differences : EPACTS
47
Ethel or still : WATERS
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Get even : AVENGE
49
Wise counselor : NESTOR
51
Five: Prefix : PENTA
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Singer Paul and family : ANKAS
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Team of oxen : SPAN
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Work on a piano : TUNE
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Nautical rope : STAY

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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