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Hugh McElroy
Hugh McElroy

New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1981

34-Across : First name of 43 Across

Author:
Hugh McElroy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 16, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Hugh McElroy has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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L
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A
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D
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Y
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C
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O
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S
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M
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A
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A
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D
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H
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Y
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N
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M
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C
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R
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I
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T
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L
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H
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O
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D
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M
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A
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N
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Y
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O
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T
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N
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P
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S
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R
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T
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O
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P
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P
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N
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B
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R
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N
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L
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M
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O
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,711
Across
1
Lord's spouse : LADY
5
Mixers with rums : COLAS
10
"Sweet" French girl : IRMA
14
Plant having a bitter juice : ALOE
15
"Turandot" is one : OPERA
16
Martin or Rusk : DEAN
17
Grain tower : SILO
18
"The ___," 1950 film : HASTYHEART
20
Time clock : TELLTALE
22
Justice ___ Day O'Connor : SANDRA
23
Mideast gulf : ADEN
24
Comedian Sahl : MORT
25
Solicitous one : CARER
27
"___ Yankee Doodle Dandy" : IMA
29
Dame is one : TITLE
33
The ___ (Boston) : HUB
34
First name of 43 Across : RONALD
37
Shipshape : TRIM
38
Saroyan's "My Name Is ___" : ARAM
40
___-a-Dale : ALLAN
41
Lennon's widow : YOKO
42
Freud's "Totem und ___" : TABU
43
Actor in all films in this puzzle : REAGAN
45
Dora Spenlow's Jip : PET
46
Less forthright : SLYER
48
___-la-la : TRA
49
Have a viewpoint : OPINE
51
Babies' needs : NAPS
53
Novelist Van Lustbader : ERIC
54
Puts with : ADDSTO
57
Less than impressed : UNAMAZED
61
Film of 1938 : BROTHERRAT
63
___ bene : NOTA
64
Wash : LAVE
65
Billiard shot : MASSE
66
___ about (near a certain date) : ONOR
67
Telescope user : EYER
68
Warren of baseball fame : SPAHN
69
Dispatched : SENT
Down
1
Cobbler's device : LAST
2
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
3
"Million ___," 1941 film : DOLLARBABY
4
___ Tea Shoppe : YEOLDE
5
George M. ___ : COHAN
6
Gem : OPAL
7
___-majesté : LESE
8
Linkletter : ART
9
Authority : SAYSO
10
Kind of crisis : IDENTITY
11
Enjoy a novel : READ
12
Milne's "Chloe ___" : MARR
13
Architectural pier : ANTA
19
Moss or Doris : HART
21
Land area, for short : TERR
24
Wine city in Spain : MALAGA
25
Has a gabfest : CHATS
26
Of the ear or air : AURAL
27
Rias : INLETS
28
Cheekbone : MALAR
30
Film of 1953 : TROPICZONE
31
Compare : LIKEN
32
Ham it up : EMOTE
35
Dinghy adjunct : OAR
36
Hereditary factor, for short : DNA
39
Kind of cheese : MUENSTER
44
Standard : NORM
47
"Jabberwocky" creature : RATH
50
Upright and grand : PIANOS
52
Kilmer output : POEMS
53
Consumed : EATEN
54
Having skill or strength : ABLE
55
Low, heavy-duty cart : DRAY
56
Hawk's opponent : DOVE
57
Bear in the sky : URSA
58
Vintage car : NASH
59
Kind of jacket : ETON
60
Pub missile : DART
62
Séance sound : RAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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