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Marjorie Pedersen
Marjorie Pedersen

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

New York Times, Sunday, May 4, 1975

65-Across : ___ the valley

Author:
Marjorie Pedersen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 688 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 145, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 27
Marjorie Pedersen has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 100-Down as in original but should have had an acute accent over the e in "Torme."

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F
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I
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A
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W
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N
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O
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Y
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L
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A
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B
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Y
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L
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L
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E
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N
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A
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M
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R
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S
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T
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L
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D
Y
B
U
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G
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A
B
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L
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M
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C
L
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A
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N
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U
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L
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Y
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B
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P
E
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C
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B
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T
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R
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J
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A
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N
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E
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E
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V
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E
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C
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U
P
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D
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K
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A
R
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A
R
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B
L
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Y
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G
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L
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T
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R
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F
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R
M
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R
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L
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N
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F
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D
R
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E
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M
S
O
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M
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L
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N
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U
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E
A
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P
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U
L
A
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K
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T
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W
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N
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R
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E
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E
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A
V
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N
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T
H
E
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D
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Y
O
F
T
H
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E
L
A
K
E
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L
E
D
G
E
R
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R
E
E
K
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C
A
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T
E
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A
E
G
I
R
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L
A
Y
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R
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A
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K
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C
H
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S
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151
T
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,395
Across
1
Tartan patterns : SETTS
6
Spanish ladies : DAMAS
11
Duties: Abbr. : OBLS
15
Square peg in a round hole : MISFIT
21
Mary A. Evans : ELIOT
22
Boot land : ITALY
23
Mideast country : IRAN
24
Moroccan port : ARCILA
25
Stephen Foster line : WEEPNOMOREMYLADY
28
Holed up, as an animal : LAIRED
29
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
30
Bolivian river : BENI
31
Cabinet member: Abbr. : SECY
32
Most-recent styles : LATESTS
33
Member of a family pride : LIONET
35
Captivate : ENAMOR
38
Campus figure : STUDENT
40
Insect often told to fly home : LADYBUG
42
Eve's second : ABEL
43
"___ hands make light ... " : MANY
44
Clique : CLAN
47
Play parts: Abbr. : SCS
48
Govt. news agency : USIA
50
A White House hostess : LADYBIRD
53
Pipe or officer : PEACE
54
Ready-built : PREFAB
56
Lorelei, for one : TEMPTRESS
58
Joanne of films : DRU
59
Part of a play : ACTI
62
Attracts : LURES
64
Tough wood : ASH
65
___ the valley : LILYOF
67
Street hockey : SHINNY
69
Nobel physicist : RABI
72
Dispatch boat : AVISO
74
Bell-like sounds : TINKS
75
"___ or the Tiger?" : THELADY
78
Arthurian wife : ENID
79
Roman 57 : LVII
83
Words for a famed bank : OLDLADYOFTHREADNEEDLEST
87
Bonheur : ROSA
88
Ethiopian weight : OKET
89
Holy terror : TIGRESS
90
Laundry cycle : RINSE
91
Blots : DRIES
93
Opposed, in old West : AGIN
94
Plant wall : SEPTUM
95
Broadway chronicler : RUNYON
98
"___ a Camera" : IAM
101
Trinket : BIJOU
104
Simple sugars : OSES
105
Miss Claire : INA
106
Saint ___ (Jan. 20) : AGNESSEVE
111
Hamburger sauce : CATSUP
113
Senegal port : DAKAR
115
Scheherazade for one : ARABLADY
117
Aim : GOAL
118
Kiln : OST
121
Plaintiff : SUER
122
Figure-skater's concern : FORM
123
Virginia ___ : REEL
125
Nasal twang : SNUFFLE
127
"Never had a ___ nice" : DREAMSO
129
Clam's relative : MUSSEL
131
Queasiness : NAUSEA
132
Fort in Georgia : PULASKI
134
Minn. athlete : TWIN
136
Miss Bayes : NORA
138
Summers, in Paris : ETES
139
Forward, in Rome : AVANTI
140
Merlin's mistress : THELADYOFTHELAKE
144
Book for Bob Cratchit : LEDGER
145
Fume : REEK
146
___ blanche : CARTE
147
Norse sea god : AEGIR
148
Cake parts : LAYERS
149
Boats : ARKS
150
Game : CHESS
151
Waste allowances : TRETS
Down
1
Salem witch judge and family : SEWALLS
2
Plaintive verse : ELEGIAC
3
Auto steering bars : TIERODS
4
___ bet (take on the field) : TOPANY
5
R.R. depot : STN
6
Old novel price : DIME
7
Expiate : ATONE
8
Home base for a yacht : MARINA
9
Brew : ALE
10
Orchestra: Abbr : SYM
11
Tanker : OILER
12
Bric-a-___ : BRAC
13
Natal city : LADYSMITH
14
Ship-plank's curve : SNY
15
Ailment : MALADY
16
Incensed : IRATE
17
Kind of fiction : SCIENCE
18
Eve or Betty : FIRSTLADY
19
Small island: Var. : ILET
20
Young ones : TADS
26
Bluntly : OBTUSELY
27
Tristan's love: Var. : YSOLDE
32
Norway canton : LUNDE
34
Ivory, in old Rome : EBUR
36
Grammar case: Abbr. : ABL
37
Lamb or ham : MEAT
39
Popular 1918 novel : TARR
41
Honshu city : GIFU
45
Height: Prefix : ACRO
46
Paris's Pont-___ : NEUF
49
Swiss river : AAR
51
Miss Sumac : YMA
52
Chess pieces: Abbr. : BPS
53
Greek letters : PSIS
54
Bar order : PINKLADY
55
Deprived : BEREFT
57
Maneuver for Kelly : SLIDE
59
Mary of films : ASTOR
60
Moth genus : CHILO
61
Ignites, in England : TINDS
63
Peter or water : SALT
66
Good ship : LOLLIPOP
68
Sea-trade org. : NSA
70
Thai money : BAHT
71
Calif. town : IDRIA
72
Raggedy and Cape : ANNS
73
Strives : VIES
75
Small child : TYKE
76
Does weeding : HOES
77
Safecracker : YEGG
78
Ideal : EDENIC
80
Coat slits : VENTS
81
Publish : ISSUE
82
Particulars : ITEMS
84
Action : DOING
85
What Adam gave up for Eve : ARIB
86
Church degree : DRE
92
Loud laugh : ROAR
94
Foster girl : SUSANNAH
95
Relieves of : RIDS
96
Sloth : UNAU
97
Meadow saffron : NAKEDLADY
98
"What ___ to do?" (parent's lament) : ISAMOTHER
99
Fire retarder: Abbr. : ASB
100
Singer Torme : MEL
102
Spree : JAG
103
Siouans : OTOS
107
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
108
Strays : ERRS
109
Hindu god : VARUNA
110
Greek group of W.W. II : EDES
112
Hawaiian fish : ULUA
114
Prepare : ARRANGE
116
Kind of man : YES
118
Stars ___ and screen : OFSTAGE
119
Crafty: Scot. : SLEEKIT
120
Ones who nag : TEASERS
122
Dervishes : FAKIRS
124
Miss Ulric : LENORE
126
Fire tender : FUELER
128
Chem. unit : ESTER
129
Does a farm chore : MILKS
130
Author Norah : LOFTS
132
___ Mall : PALL
133
Eye part : UVEA
135
Year segment : WEEK
137
Ways: Abbr. : RTES
140
Pewter coin : TRA
141
Roman 700 : DCC
142
Cry of contempt : YAH
143
Dine : EAT

Answer summary:
20 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 15 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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