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Judith C. Dalton
Judith C. Dalton

ALL'S SWELL

New York Times, Sunday, June 14, 1981

5-Down : Moved like a chickadee

Author:
Judith C. Dalton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 94, Avg Word Len: 5.12, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 639 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 143, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20 Grid has duplicate clues.
Judith C. Dalton has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,541
Across
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Fleet : ARMADA
7
Actress Dickinson : ANGIE
12
Moslem decree : IRADE
17
Hunk : SLAB
21
Sung by a group : CHORAL
22
Street show : RAREE
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Gets wan : PALES
24
Communication prefix : TELE
25
Creative origin : CENTRALSPARK
27
Copperfield, perhaps : SCAMPDAVID
29
Asian holiday : TET
30
G.I. groups : TROOPS
31
Actress Verdon : GWEN
32
Bluish crystalline mineral : IOLITE
33
Zodiac twins : GEMINI
34
Way up or down : STAIR
36
Upstate N.Y. school : RPI
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Like a rainbow : ARCED
40
Imitative : ECHOIC
42
___ court : FRIENDAT
47
Silver salmon : COHO
48
Baseball commissioner, e.g. : SPORTAUTHORITY
52
Brit. sea backup : RNR
53
Winglike : ALAR
54
Cost : TAB
55
Term papers: Abbr. : RPTS
56
Decorate again : REDO
57
Wee one : TYKE
58
Zeke's expletive : DANG
59
Oils : GREASES
61
Mom's apple ___ : PIE
62
Humble : LOWLY
63
Theologian William Ralph : INGE
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Prince Valiant's son : ARN
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Trampled : TROD
66
Winos : LUSHES
67
Summer drink : ADE
68
Pioneer's problem : WAGONSTRAIN
73
Italian lawn game : BOCCI
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Prayer : ORISON
76
Terrier type : CAIRN
77
Pointillist Georges : SEURAT
78
Burglar, for one : FELON
79
Wise French warden : SAVANTGARDE
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Sixth-sense letters : ESP
84
Egg or Island : EASTER
86
Playbill heading : ACTI
87
Old Sol : SUN
88
Italian wine region : ASTI
89
Hornswoggles : DUPES
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___-relief : BAS
91
Marmoset : TAMARIN
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Ballet lake : SWAN
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Edomites' leader : IRAM
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The Tentmaker : OMAR
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Beget : SIRE
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Chemical suffix : ENE
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Hue : TINT
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Tic follower : TAC
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Starched camisole : STIFFUPPERSLIP
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Within: Comb. form : ENDO
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Item hinged to a gate : HEELPOST
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Himalayan language : NEPALI
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Clothe : DRESS
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Former power agcy. : AEC
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Follows orders : OBEYS
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Twist, as a wrist : SPRAIN
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Haughty : LORDLY
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An alum : GRAD
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Those apart : OTHERS
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Here, in Paris : ICI
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Little stem : SMALLSTALK
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Thomas Paine : SAGEOFREASON
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It's on the watch : TIME
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From head ___ : TOTOE
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Embellish : ADORN
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Have more warriors : OUTMAN
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Rigel, e.g. : STAR
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Use up : SPEND
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Equanimity : POISE
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Usurps : WRESTS
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Bank rec. : ACCT
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Korea's Syngman : RHEE
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Blanc or Cervin : MONT
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Skill : ART
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Moved like a chickadee : DARTED
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Frighten : ALARM
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Fire crime : ARSON
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More shaggy, as a rug : NAPPIER
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Pâté de foie ___ : GRAS
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Comparative ending : IER
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Small shriek : EEK
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Wolsey's birthplace : IPSWICH
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Snake or crab : RACER
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Astronaut Bean : ALAN
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Rep. antithesis : DEM
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___ Santo (E. Brazilian state) : ESPIRITO
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Dzhugashvili : STALIN
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V.P. Morton : LEVI
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Settled : ALIT
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Eliot's Adam : BEDE
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Law, in Nice : LOI
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Disney dwarf : DOPEY
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Canters, e.g. : GAITS
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Gobel or Gershwin : GEORGE
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Do sculpting : SHAPE
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Track tipsters : TOUTS
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Maine National Park : ACADIA
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Legendary French hero : ROLAND
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Movement : CHANGEOFSPACE
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Middle pts. : CTRS
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Set loose : FREED
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Shed : RID
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Thirsty albino hog : DRYWHITESWINE
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Foot joint : ANKLE
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Three-spot cards : TREYS
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Silver cur. : STG
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Virtue model : PARAGON
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Merle of movies : OBERON
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Diana's beloved : ORION
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Puccini role : TOSCA
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Raggedy doll : ANN
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Lithograph, e.g. : PRINT
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Filthy wealth : LUCRE
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Mountain lake : TARN
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Clamorous : LOUD
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Feminine ___ : WILES
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Hebrew zither : ASOR
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Flees, as a feline : SCATS
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Rikki-tikki-___ : TAVI
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Inlet : RIA
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Architect of St. Peter's : BERNINI
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O.T. juniper : RETEM
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Saltwater food fish : SAUREL
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Neck cloth : SCARF
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Juliette Low's org. : GSA
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Podia : STANDS
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Piebald horses : PINTOS
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Chanteuse Piaf : EDITH
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Invisible vapors : AURAE
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Toward the back of the ship : ABAFT
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Toward the back of the ship : ASTERN
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Like a canoe : TIPPY
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Regions : AREAS
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European blackbird : MERL
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Cluster of fibers : NEP
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Invertebrates' sense organs : OTOCYSTS
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Negative prefix : MIS
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Cruiser's asset : SPEED
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Weather period : SPELL
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Not yet in the oven : UNBAKED
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Monials : SISTERS
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Chef, at times : LADLER
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French speaker : DISEUR
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Acrylic fiber : ORLON
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Patronize Ma Bell : PHONE
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Bowl whistler : REF
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Toxophilite's item : ARROW
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Utah Beach craft : LSTS
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Leave out : OMIT
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Siamese king : RAMA
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Arena take : GATE
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U.S. satellite : OGOI
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Beliefs : ISMS
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Chesterfield, for one : COAT
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Serais : INNS
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Choicest part : TOP
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Nitwit : SAP
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Fuss and feathers : ADO
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Spenserian hag : ATE

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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