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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Friday, July 18, 1980

64-Across : Evaluation

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,210
Across
1
Ballyhoo : PROPAGANDA
11
Oscar Wilde subject : GAOL
15
"And sold my ___ for a Song": FitzGerald : REPUTATION
16
Menlo Park name : ALVA
17
In time : EVENTUALLY
18
Made to pay through the nose : BLED
19
Sword's surpasser : PEN
20
Medieval helmet : ARMET
21
Hellhound : FIEND
22
Miss Kirk : LISA
23
Employed Ma Bell's princess : RANG
24
Rabbit fur : LAPIN
27
O.T. book : NAHUM
30
Warp yarn : ABB
33
Takes life easy : IDLES
34
Creator of "The African Queen" : FORESTER
36
Commercial center of Southern Yemen : ADEN
37
Start of a cheer : HIP
38
100 centesimi : LIRA
39
Colleague of Wallace and Safer : REASONER
42
Stockholders' get-togethers : POOLS
43
Group in h.s. : SRS
44
Dermal orifices : PORES
46
Author Turnbull : AGNES
47
Stupefied, in a way : AWED
49
Jungfrau's locale : ALPS
51
Kind of button : PANIC
53
City on the Hong : HANOI
55
Snaffle : BIT
58
Scraps for a snarleyyow : ORTS
59
Instructional method for the young : MONTESSORI
61
Where Hyde presided: 1938-45 : EIRE
62
___ fortitude : INTESTINAL
63
Giant star of yore : MAYS
64
Evaluation : ASSESSMENT
Down
1
___ school : PREP
2
Dream, in Dijon : REVE
3
Unabashed : OPEN
4
Paronomasia : PUN
5
Gains through effort : ATTAINS
6
Asian bovines : GAURS
7
Cossack chief : ATAMAN
8
Khartoum's river : NILE
9
Simple Simon, e.g. : DOLT
10
Word with where or way : ANY
11
French actor Jean : GABIN
12
Testimony that is contestable : ALLEGATION
13
Pizzeria proprietor's need : OVEN
14
Actress Cheryl : LADD
21
A place in the sun : FAME
22
Legal rights : LIENS
23
Capek opus : RUR
24
They need good memories : LIARS
25
Snake that sounds augmentative : ADDER
26
Witticism or banter : PLEASANTRY
28
Full of zeal : AFIRE
29
School dance : HOP
31
Milton from N.Y.C. : BERLE
32
Kind of ring or band : BRASS
35
Plods along : SLOGS
37
" ... love but only ___!": Byron : HER
40
Acronym in the news : OPEC
41
Greeting gesture : NOD
42
Supporters of Mary Queen of Scots, to their foes : PAPISTS
45
River, dam or reservoir in S.C. : SANTEE
48
___ up (familiarizes) : WISES
50
Wind-borne loam deposit : LOESS
51
Tone ___ : POEM
52
Marilyn Horne offering : ARIA
53
Academic achievements: Abbr. : HONS
54
Formicary occupants : ANTS
55
Radius, for one : BONE
56
Locale of the Zagros Mountains : IRAN
57
Knightly sport : TILT
59
"Angela ___," 1928 song : MIA
60
Alastair ___, British actor : SIM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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