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Dorothea E. Shipp
Dorothea E. Shipp

New York Times, Friday, July 30, 1993

26-Down : "And ___ a big red rose"

Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,970
Across
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"___, amas, I love a lass": J. O'Keeffe : AMO
4
Actress Rehan : ADA
7
Down ___ out : AND
10
Some noncoms : SMS
13
Damage : MAR
14
Of a more cheerful nature : SUNNIER
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Juin's predecessor : MAI
17
State flowers of Md. : BLACKEYEDSUSANS
20
Cunctatious : LATE
21
Gluts : SATES
22
Bureau or auto tag-on : CRAT
23
Actress Gray of TV : ERIN
24
Feminine name ending : ETTE
25
In a fury, as a mob : RIOTING
29
Young man (or woman) who went west : PIONEER
32
What a conundrum needs : ANSWER
33
Stick : ADHERE
34
Eggs, to Cato : OVA
35
D.C. group for art's sake : NEA
36
Risers at Oxford : SPIRES
39
Loft : GARRET
43
Farm implements : SEEDERS
44
Allen film: 1973 : SLEEPER
46
Place for a toque : TETE
47
Interface : LINE
48
Greek vowels : ETAS
49
Had la grippe : AILED
54
"___ Most Unusual Day" : ITSA
55
Hypocrite: Matt. 23:27 : WHITEDSEPULCHER
58
" ... hour at ___": Burns : EEN
59
Book of the Old Testament : EZEKIEL
60
Samara producer : ELM
61
Oral surgeon's deg. : DDS
62
Haw's opposite : GEE
63
Norm: Abbr. : STD
64
Cobb of baseball and namesakes : TYS
Down
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Mystery writer Eric : AMBLER
2
Disease transmitted by mosquitoes : MALARIA
3
Bryan discourse : ORATION
4
Quiz : ASK
5
Club fees : DUES
6
Writer Seton : ANYA
7
Aptly named assistant : AIDE
8
Headland : NESS
9
Joanne of films : DRU
10
Brighter : SMARTER
11
Dugong's relative : MANATEE
12
Dreiser's "___ Carrie" : SISTER
15
Lepidopterist's trap : NET
18
Small change : CENTS
19
Tantrum in public : SCENE
26
"And ___ a big red rose" : IWORE
27
Diehard's cry : NEVER
28
Whitman's "Leaves of ___" : GRASS
29
Ruers' sensations : PANGS
30
Nonpareil : IDEAL
31
"World's busiest airport" : OHARE
36
Surged, in a way : SEETHED
37
Vichy premier (1940-44) and family : PETAINS
38
That is, to Tacitus : IDEST
40
Archeologist's find : RELIC
41
Disparaging word : EPITHET
42
In a strained manner : TENSELY
43
Squiffed : STEWED
45
Prepares for war again : REARMS
49
Trimming tool : ADZE
50
"Got it!" : ISEE
51
Cash in Albania : LEK
52
Finials : EPIS
53
Siegmund-Sieglinde number : DUET
56
Meas. of brain waves : EEG
57
A legal deg. : LLD

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

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