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Dorothy N. Davis
Dorothy N. Davis

New York Times, Monday, August 10, 1987

46-Down : Conclusion

Author:
Dorothy Davis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Dorothy N. Davis has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Dorothy Davis is an alias for Dorothy N. Davis.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,789
Across
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Fortune : LUCK
5
Supply food for a fee : CATER
10
Bases of the decimal system : TENS
14
Harrow rival : ETON
15
Overhead : ABOVE
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Oodles : ALOT
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Apt anagram for evil : VILE
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Hay bundles : BALES
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Big bean : LIMA
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French magazine for women : ELLE
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Wide-awake : ALERT
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Absolute ruler : CZAR
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Actress Remick : LEE
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Ore pockets : LODES
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Lemon drink : ADE
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Mysterious power : ESP
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Us, to Ovid : NOS
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Shoot the breeze : GAB
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Pedigree : LINEAGE
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Harass : TORMENT
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Salad plant : ENDIVE
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Goader : BAITER
41
What hams chew up : SCENERY
43
Nips : PINCHES
44
Marry : WED
45
Cash follower : IER
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Morse-code E : DIT
48
Wood for skis : ASH
50
Belief : TENET
52
Serve well : ACE
55
Mace : CLUB
57
Church officer : ELDER
58
Author Ernie or Howard : PYLE
59
Part of T.L.C. : CARE
60
"Brother, can you spare ___?" : ADIME
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Like a wing : ALAR
62
Ascend : RISE
63
Russian rebel in 1917 : LENIN
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"___ fan tutte": Mozart : COSI
65
Social insects : ANTS
66
Moved along a cliff : EDGED
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Scottish Gaelic : ERSE
Down
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Carpenter's device : LEVEL
2
Helpful, as a tool : UTILE
3
Tony winner: 1961 and 1974 : COLLEENDEWHURST
4
Joint below the femur : KNEE
5
Plot : CABAL
6
Calif. mollusk : ABALONE
7
El Greco subject : TOLEDO
8
Peak Norkay climbed : EVEREST
9
Relaxes : RESTS
10
After-shave powder : TALC
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Oscar winner: 1960 and 1966 : ELIZABETHTAYLOR
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Wanderer : NOMAD
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Gape : STARE
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French river : SEINE
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Did a road job : PAVED
30
Lofty : GRAND
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Friends, in Firenze : AMICI
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Bandleader Brown : LES
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Co. tag : INC
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Eur. country : GER
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Sash in Sasebo : OBI
37
Originally called : NEE
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Corp. officers : TRS
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Produced : YIELDED
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Certain infant: Colloq. : PREEMIE
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Conclusion : ENDING
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Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
49
Done in : SLAIN
50
Nature writer Edwin Way ___ : TEALE
51
Drift : TREND
53
Social rank : CLASS
54
Weird : EERIE
56
Apiary denizens : BEES
58
A New York university : PACE

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

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