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Dorothea E. Shipp
New York Times, Saturday, June 22, 1985
41-Down : Sights in the sky?
Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, 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.
1 B | 2 E | 3 I | 4 N | 5 G | 6 A | 7 W | 8 A | 9 S | 10 H | |||||
11 S | I | N | C | E | R | 12 E | 13 S | P | O | R | T | E | 14 D |
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15 H | E | S | I | T | ATE | R | 16 C | H | O | C | O | L | ATE |
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17 E | N | L | 18 T | R | A | 19 V | A | I | L | 20 N | I | L |
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21 E | T | A | 22 S | 23 S | T | I | R | S | 24 V | I | C | I |
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25 R | O | V | E | 26 R | 27 O | R | C | 28 M | A | N | O | N |
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29 T | E | N | O | 30 N | S | 31 E | 32 P | E | R | G | N | E |
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33 D | D | E | 34 A | C | I | |||||||||
35 M | 36 U | 37 S | S | I | E | 38 R | 39 A | C | C | E | 40 S | 41 S | ||
42 A | N | T | O | N | 43 E | 44 S | T | 45 A | G | H | A | 46 S |
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47 S | T | ATE | N | 48 I | S | O | L | 49 A | 50 ATE | O | U | T |
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51 T | A | W | 52 B | R | I | D | A | L | 53 S | 54 O | C | A |
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55 E | M | I | 56 G | R | ATE | S | 57 S | T | O | 58 U | T | E | R |
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59 R | E | D | E | A | L | T | 60 T | O | L | L | E | R | S |
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61 D | E | N | N | Y | 62 S | O | A | R | S |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,010
Across
1
Human ___ : BEING
6
Inundated : AWASH
11
Genuine : SINCERE
13
Played : SPORTED
15
Indecisive one : HESITATER
16
Kind of mousse or cake : CHOCOLATE
17
Photographer's abbr. : ENL
18
Hardship : TRAVAIL
20
___ desperandum : NIL
21
Airport info : ETAS
23
Moves : STIRS
24
"I conquered," to Caesar : VICI
25
Nomad : ROVER
27
Killer whale : ORC
28
Puccini's "___ Lescaut" : MANON
29
Dovetail parts : TENONS
31
Ornate centerpiece : EPERGNE
33
Ike's initials : DDE
34
Handel hero : ACI
35
Less orderly : MUSSIER
39
Opening : ACCESS
42
Author Myrer : ANTON
43
N.Y. time : EST
45
Mideastern chiefs : AGHAS
47
___ Island : STATEN
48
Capri, for one : ISOLA
50
Dined at a friend's home : ATEOUT
51
Marble : TAW
52
Marriages : BRIDALS
54
Wood sorrel : OCA
55
Leaves one's country : EMIGRATES
57
Less daunted : STOUTER
59
Started a new rubber : REDEALT
60
Bell ringers : TOLLERS
61
Actor Reginald: 1891-1967 : DENNY
62
Flies high : SOARS
Down
1
Soon, in Lille : BIENTOT
2
Subjugate : ENSLAVE
3
Here, in Haiti : ICI
4
Londoner's seine : NETT
5
Kitchen utensils : GRATERS
6
Orchard pest : APHIS
7
Worsted : WOOL
8
Kind of lamp : ARC
9
Hurling rocks : STONING
10
Sousaphone's relative : HELICON
11
Like chiffon : SHEER
12
A Muse and a Dryad : ERATOS
13
Rare : SCARCE
14
News-story item : DATELINE
19
Caesar, for one : VIR
22
Forwards : SENDSON
24
Dapple : VARIEGATE
26
"Man With a Broken Nose" sculptor : RODIN
28
Goal of one on a hadj : MECCA
30
Society-notice word : NEE
32
Moccasin : PAC
35
Type of plan : MASTER
36
Feral : UNTAMED
37
Everywhere in the commonwealth : STATEWIDE
38
Oppose : RESIST
39
Finally : ATLAST
40
Tell was one : SHOOTER
41
Sights in the sky? : SAUCERS
44
Material for some igloos : SOD
46
Has the lead : STARS
48
With wrath : IRATELY
49
Choir members : ALTOS
52
Breakfast fare : BRAN
53
"Star Wars" hero : SOLO
56
Army V.I.P. : GEN
58
Gums : ULA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.