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Dorothy Elliott
Dorothy Elliott

New York Times, Saturday, April 11, 1992

14-Across : Freeloader

Author:
Dorothy Elliott
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Dorothy Elliott has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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O
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C
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M
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R
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R
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V
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M
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A
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L
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D
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D
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P
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S
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T
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H
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R
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C
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S
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M
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C
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C
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N
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L
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T
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W
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L
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N
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D
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,495
Across
1
Swamp : BOG
4
Neckwear : ASCOTS
10
German spa : EMS
13
Narrow inlet : RIA
14
Freeloader : MOOCHER
16
Dyer's vessel : VAT
17
Anne Baxter film: 1950 : ALLABOUTEVE
19
O.T. book : EZR
20
Sacred: Comb. form : HIER
21
"The ___," Hope movie: 1948 : PALEFACE
23
Lowly : MENIAL
26
Patriotic org. since 1890 : DAR
27
Diminutive suffix : CULE
29
Landlocked Asian waters : ARALSEA
31
Leaves : DEPARTS
33
Author of "Portrait of a President" : SIDEY
35
Felix Holt's creator : ELIOT
36
J. Woodward's 1957 film, with "The" : THREEFACESOFEVE
41
Oglers : EYERS
42
Van, sometimes : MOVER
43
Second wife of Pericles : ASPASIA
45
Controversial : ERISTIC
50
Bus deps. : STAS
51
Wolf Blitzer's bailiwick : CNN
53
Color also called sunbeam : BANANA
54
Miss Brooks's portrayer : EVEARDEN
57
Morsel for Muffet : CURD
58
Emma in "Kate & Allie" : ARI
59
Polygraph : LIEDETECTOR
62
Take the laurels : WIN
63
Kind of pace : FEVERED
64
New Guinean port : LAE
65
Pester : NAG
66
Lampoon : DERIDE
67
Many ft. : YDS
Down
1
Large Asian chicken : BRAHMA
2
Slicker : OILIER
3
Grant's home in Ill. : GALENA
4
Rep. abroad : AMB
5
Yemana in "Barney Miller" : SOO
6
Power grab : COUP
7
Two foursomes : OCTAD
8
Stanwyck film: 1941 : THELADYEVE
9
Harsh : SEVERE
10
Biographer of a two-time Nobelist : EVECURIE
11
Good luck, in Israel : MAZELTOV
12
Riv. boat : STR
15
Ump's cousin : REF
18
Seed covering : ARIL
22
" ... and the second beast like ___": Rev. : ACALF
24
Rate : ASSESS
25
Son of Eric the Red : LEIF
28
Famed Renaissance family : ESTE
30
"___ and Pinch Me," Coppard work : ADAMANDEVE
32
Site of a Lincoln antislavery speech: 1854 : PEORIA
34
He wrote "The Name of the Rose" : ECO
36
Souchong and Darjeeling : TEAS
37
Mass follower : HYSTERIA
38
Activity for a road crew : REPAVING
39
Take out : ERASE
40
Croat's foe : SERB
44
"___ for You," 1923 song : ICRIED
46
Stokely Carmichael's gp. : SNCC
47
In a tense manner : TAUTLY
48
Encroachment : INROAD
49
Frameworks : CADRES
52
___ Rijn, Netherlands river : NEDER
55
TV alien : ALF
56
St. Philip ___ : NERI
58
Barley bristle : AWN
60
Turner of 51 Across : TED
61
British painter of birds : EDE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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