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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Thursday, June 28, 1990

12-Down : Bitter vetch

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 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.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,842
Across
1
Holy Rollers, e.g : SECT
5
"A Man for All Seasons" playwright : BOLT
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Cheap or top chaser : SIDE
13
___ Bay, Calif. resort : MORRO
14
Sacred Buddhist mountain : OMEI
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Circuit : TOUR
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"___ Me," 1931 song : ALLOF
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Lessee's payment : RENT
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Auto pioneer : OLDS
19
Tennis champ-admiral : STEFFIGRAFSPEE
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"My ___ Eileen" : SISTER
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Western Hemisphere gp. : OAS
24
Cold cubes in Köln : EIS
26
Manet and Monet : ARTISTS
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Canzone : ODE
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Quayle and Rather : DANS
35
Domical domicile : IGLOO
36
Athlete-matriarch : PETEROSEKENNEDY
40
Brazilian state : AMAPA
41
Appear : SEEM
42
Hospital info : DOA
43
Blues singer Billie : HOLIDAY
45
Ike's initials : DDE
47
She, in Stuttgart : SIE
48
Freedom of access : ENTREE
53
Singer-singing actor : ELTONJOHNRAITT
58
Angle of a branch : AXIL
59
Facility : EASE
60
Debate : ARGUE
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Ready for anything : GAME
62
Jewish month : ADAR
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Merchandise : GOODS
64
City in Iowa : AMES
65
Lacking in moisture : SERE
66
French infinitive : ETRE
Down
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Conductor Sir Georg ___ : SOLTI
2
Perry's creator et al. : ERLES
3
Small British farm : CROFT
4
Butterscotch : TOFFEE
5
Former tennis star : BORG
6
Hebrew measure : OMER
7
Chanteuse Horne : LENA
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___ tat : TITFOR
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Octagonal warning : STOPSIGN
10
A daughter of Eurytus : IOLE
11
Kind of ranch : DUDE
12
Bitter vetch : ERS
13
Concentrate : MASS
20
Rainbow: Comb. form : IRIDO
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Evening-gown material : SATIN
25
Pert : SASSY
26
Wanted an answer : ASKED
27
Pung : SLED
28
Brouhaha : TODO
29
Oil-rich bean : SOYA
30
Brilliantly colored fish : OPAH
31
Submission to a record co. : DEMO
32
Inclusive words : ETAL
34
Society-notice word : NEE
37
New Testament books : EPISTLES
38
Medium for Winchell : RADIO
39
German port : EMDEN
44
Traveling Trojan : AENEAS
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Infuriate : ENRAGE
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Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
50
Hardship : RIGOR
51
Chopin work : ETUDE
52
Vous ___ : ETES
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Prof's concoction : EXAM
54
Daiquiri juice : LIME
55
Tire : JADE
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To dare: Sp. : OSAR
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On this earth : HERE
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___ Khan : AGA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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