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Dorothea E. Shipp
New York Times, Thursday, May 5, 1977
Author:
Dorothea E. Shipp
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 232 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 16.6
Dorothea E. Shipp has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 D | 5 I | 6 A | 7 S | 8 C | 9 R | 10 A | 11 P | 12 S | |||
13 T | O | R | R | E | N | T | 14 P | O | O | D | L | E | 15 S |
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16 E | L | E | M | E | N | T | 17 A | L | I | M | E | N | T |
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18 S | A | T | Y | R | 19 A | 20 A | R | E | 21 E | A | S | E |
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22 E | 23 V | I | C | T | 24 A | N | S | E | R |
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25 S | 26 H | 27 O | 28 D | 29 E | N | T | A | 30 I | L | |||||
31 T | O | U | R | 32 E | R | 33 I | N | D | O | 34 L | 35 I | 36 I |
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37 I | N | T | U | R | N | 38 I | N | 39 T | E | R | N |
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40 R | E | S | 41 G | A | 42 I | 43 N | 44 O | G | H | A | M | S |
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45 O | L | D | E | 46 S | T | 47 D | R | A | T |
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48 O | 49 R | 50 B | 51 I | T | 52 E | L | I | S | 53 A | |||||
54 M | E | A | N | 55 B | A | L | L | 56 L | 57 A | 58 M | 59 I | 60 A |
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61 I | L | L | I | 62 C | I | T | 63 E | 64 L | I | C | I | T | S |
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65 T | E | S | T | A | T | E | 66 N | E | G | A | T | E | S |
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67 T | A | S | T | E | S | 68 T | E | N | D | E | R |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,127
Across
1
Sports arenas : STADIA
7
Fights : SCRAPS
13
Flood : TORRENT
14
Active, intelligent dogs : POODLES
16
Gold or silver : ELEMENT
17
Food : ALIMENT
18
Butterfly : SATYR
19
Swiss river : AARE
21
Sewing instruction : EASE
22
Put out : EVICT
24
Goose genus : ANSER
25
Booted : SHOD
29
Involve by necessity : ENTAIL
31
Bygone car : TOURER
33
Eastern prefix : INDO
34
Number of weeks per annum : LII
37
One after the other : INTURN
38
Medic : INTERN
40
___ publica : RES
41
Fullback's desire : GAIN
44
Letters in an Irish alphabet : OGHAMS
45
First-born : OLDEST
47
Mild expletive : DRAT
48
Circle, as an astronaut : ORBIT
52
Girl's name : ELISA
54
Average : MEAN
55
Redhead from Jamestown, N.Y. : BALL
56
Vampire : LAMIA
61
Like some stills : ILLICIT
63
Evokes : ELICITS
65
Having left a will : TESTATE
66
Denies : NEGATES
67
Samples : TASTES
68
Word with loin or foot : TENDER
Down
1
Alone onstage, as a diva : SOLA
2
Allowance for deterioration : TRET
3
Host : ARMY
4
Farm-implement man : DEERE
5
Imaret : INN
6
Get : ATTAIN
7
Rigorously simple : SPARTAN
8
Natalie, daughter of Nat : COLE
9
Louis, for one : ROI
10
Copywriters : ADMEN
11
Things "copped" : PLEAS
12
One of five : SENSE
13
Thy: Fr. : TES
15
Suffix for gang or mob : STER
20
Drama opener : ACTI
23
___ equinox : VERNAL
24
"Sing ___" : ALONG
25
Rumpus : STIR
26
Whet : HONE
27
Six make an inning : OUTS
28
Joanne from W. Va. : DRU
30
Stupid ones : IDIOTS
32
Cereal disease : ERGOT
34
TV's Norman : LEAR
35
"La Douce" : IRMA
36
M.I.T., for example : INST
39
Religious deg. : THD
42
Dreams up : IDEATES
43
Mistress Quickly : NELL
46
Word with "Night" or "Spring" : SILENT
48
Elide : OMIT
49
Sublease : RELET
50
Raft : BALSA
51
Monograms: Abbr. : INITS
53
Straighten : ALIGN
55
Angler's delight : BITE
57
Whence an ens. graduates : ACAD
58
Widow's portion : MITE
59
Road, in Pompeii : ITER
60
Jenny : ASS
62
Cheshire : CAT
64
Pinky or Peggy : LEE
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