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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, June 15, 1979

48-Down : Deny or annul

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,811
Across
1
Baggage item : GRIP
5
Ali follower : BABA
9
Distort : SKEW
13
Send payment : REMIT
15
Operatic prince : IGOR
16
Mascara recipient : LASH
17
Of coots, loons, etc. : AVINE
18
She wrote "The Black Prince" : GRAU
19
Palindromic first name : OTTO
20
Material for a bride : NET
21
Miss Kett : ETTA
23
Court figure : LAWYER
25
Unarmed scouting plane : GRASSHOPPER
28
Actor Duilio ___ Prete : DEL
29
Palazzo d'___, in Varese : ESTE
30
Be vertiginous : REEL
31
Injures : MAIMS
33
Stew : SEETHE
35
Relative of an oryx : ELAND
37
Reds or Redskins : TEAM
39
One behind the times : DODO
40
Sword or swordsman : BLADE
41
His hand is out for handouts : CADGER
45
Everglades denizen : EGRET
47
Nicola Pagett role on TV : ANNA
50
With "Dies," a famous hymn : IRAE
51
Macaw : ARA
52
N.A. tree : HONEYLOCUST
55
Capitol Hill interim : RECESS
57
Dillinger's nemeses : GMEN
58
Wheeler-dealer, to a G.I. : BTO
59
Four-flusher : FAKE
60
Word with year or frog : LEAP
62
Live coal : EMBER
64
Addict : USER
65
Dweller near Leningrad : ESTH
66
Regarding : ANENT
67
Apollo's mother : LETO
68
Dr. Mina ___, U.S. scientist : REES
69
Tout's vital statistics : ODDS
Down
1
Farmers' associations : GRANGES
2
Setback : REVERSE
3
Ape : IMITATE
4
Brooch : PIN
5
Hallux : BIGTOE
6
"Peel me ___," memorable Mae West line : AGRAPE
7
Neckpiece : BOA
8
As ___ (usually) : ARULE
9
Road sign : SLOW
10
Logger's pair of wheels : KATYDID
11
Value highly : ESTEEM
12
Fingerprint markings : WHORLS
14
North Sea feeder : TEES
22
Filament : THREAD
24
Loser at sea in 1588 : ARMADA
26
Pay a bill : SETTLE
27
Implored : PLED
32
Ascending : ANODIC
34
Tracts of wasteland : HEATHS
36
Site : LOCALE
38
Nasty : MEAN
40
I.R.S. category : BRACKET
42
Dug up by the roots : GRUBBED
43
Industrial section of London : EASTEND
44
Lab vessels : RETORTS
45
Outpouring of gossip : EARFUL
46
Broadway musical : GREASE
48
Deny or annul : NEGATE
49
Oceanides : NYMPHS
53
Canadian physician: 1849-1919 : OSLER
54
Draft status : ONEA
56
Saarinen : EERO
61
Vane letters : ESE
63
Alphabetic trio : MNO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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