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Dorothy Smitonick
Dorothy Smitonick

New York Times, Thursday, July 1, 1982

5-Down : At the nadir

Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Dorothy Smitonick has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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M
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K
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,923
Across
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Kind of shirt : POLO
5
Speaks imperfectly : LISPS
10
Item accompanying a ltr. : ENCL
14
Tip or top : APEX
15
Constellation or hunter : ORION
16
Suburb of Napoli : NOLA
17
Shoal : REEF
18
Duke's boot : WELLINGTON
20
Fresh : INSOLENT
22
Seek food : FORAGE
23
"___ of Washington Square" : ROSE
24
Hairdo : AFRO
25
Camille Javal : BARDOT
28
He keeps a liner on line : HELMSMAN
32
Love-in-___ (passionflower) : AMIST
33
Lake or pool : MERE
34
Javanese carriage : SADO
35
Devotee : FAN
36
"___ Godunov," opera by Mussorgsky : BORIS
37
Spoil : MAR
38
Vigoda role : FISH
40
Rounded projection : LOBE
41
Thank-you-ma'ams : BUMPS
43
Gym apparel : SNEAKERS
45
Rococo : ORNATE
46
Land or strip follower : MINE
47
Junior ___ : PROM
48
Met one's gaze, as through a haze : LOOMED
51
Relative of a pac : MOCCASIN
55
Make poor : IMPOVERISH
57
Ghillie or secque : SHOE
58
Nonprofessional : LAIC
59
Forearm bones : RADII
60
Tom of the P.G.A. : KITE
61
Migration : TREK
62
Rods used by campers : SPITS
63
Lustrous mineral : SPAR
Down
1
Equal: Comb. form : PARI
2
Not secretive : OPEN
3
F.F.V. group : LEES
4
Low, laced footwear : OXFORDS
5
At the nadir : LOWEST
6
"Good Night" girl : IRENE
7
Sediment : SILT
8
Country bordering the U.S.S.R. : POL
9
Head cold : SNIFFLES
10
Absorb wholly : ENGROSS
11
___ bene : NOTA
12
Kind of dance : CLOG
13
Abbe or Lois : LANE
19
Christie book : NORM
21
Acquisition of two newly hitched : LOOT
24
Last row in the balcony? : AERIE
25
Golf strokes : BAFFS
26
With force : AMAIN
27
Wash lightly : RINSE
28
Natural food additives : HERBS
29
"___ mia!" : MAMMA
30
Conform : ADAPT
31
Subjects of Olav V : NORSE
33
Dudley of films : MOORE
36
Kitchen aids : BLENDERS
39
Swinger between trees : HAMMOCK
41
Jug for Jeanne : BROC
42
Exposes : UNMASKS
44
Capital of the Ukraine : KIEV
45
Type of showy flower : ORCHIS
47
Set firmly : POSIT
48
Gay tune : LILT
49
Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ : OMAR
50
Painter called "The Cornish Wonder" : OPIE
51
The South of France : MIDI
52
Send : SHIP
53
Small amount : IOTA
54
___-do-well : NEER
56
Knock : RAP

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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