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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Thursday, May 5, 1977

10-Down : Copywriters

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 232 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,127
Across
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Sports arenas : STADIA
7
Fights : SCRAPS
13
Flood : TORRENT
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Active, intelligent dogs : POODLES
16
Gold or silver : ELEMENT
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Food : ALIMENT
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Butterfly : SATYR
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Swiss river : AARE
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Sewing instruction : EASE
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Put out : EVICT
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Goose genus : ANSER
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Booted : SHOD
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Involve by necessity : ENTAIL
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Bygone car : TOURER
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Eastern prefix : INDO
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Number of weeks per annum : LII
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One after the other : INTURN
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Medic : INTERN
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___ publica : RES
41
Fullback's desire : GAIN
44
Letters in an Irish alphabet : OGHAMS
45
First-born : OLDEST
47
Mild expletive : DRAT
48
Circle, as an astronaut : ORBIT
52
Girl's name : ELISA
54
Average : MEAN
55
Redhead from Jamestown, N.Y. : BALL
56
Vampire : LAMIA
61
Like some stills : ILLICIT
63
Evokes : ELICITS
65
Having left a will : TESTATE
66
Denies : NEGATES
67
Samples : TASTES
68
Word with loin or foot : TENDER
Down
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Alone onstage, as a diva : SOLA
2
Allowance for deterioration : TRET
3
Host : ARMY
4
Farm-implement man : DEERE
5
Imaret : INN
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Get : ATTAIN
7
Rigorously simple : SPARTAN
8
Natalie, daughter of Nat : COLE
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Louis, for one : ROI
10
Copywriters : ADMEN
11
Things "copped" : PLEAS
12
One of five : SENSE
13
Thy: Fr. : TES
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Suffix for gang or mob : STER
20
Drama opener : ACTI
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___ equinox : VERNAL
24
"Sing ___" : ALONG
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Rumpus : STIR
26
Whet : HONE
27
Six make an inning : OUTS
28
Joanne from W. Va. : DRU
30
Stupid ones : IDIOTS
32
Cereal disease : ERGOT
34
TV's Norman : LEAR
35
"La Douce" : IRMA
36
M.I.T., for example : INST
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Religious deg. : THD
42
Dreams up : IDEATES
43
Mistress Quickly : NELL
46
Word with "Night" or "Spring" : SILENT
48
Elide : OMIT
49
Sublease : RELET
50
Raft : BALSA
51
Monograms: Abbr. : INITS
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Straighten : ALIGN
55
Angler's delight : BITE
57
Whence an ens. graduates : ACAD
58
Widow's portion : MITE
59
Road, in Pompeii : ITER
60
Jenny : ASS
62
Cheshire : CAT
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Pinky or Peggy : LEE

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