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Charlotte Shore
Charlotte Shore

New York Times, Friday, October 19, 1984

17-Down : "Pomp and Circumstance" composer

Author:
Charlotte Shore
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Charlotte Shore has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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W
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C
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A
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S
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M
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B
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A
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D
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O
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G
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D
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U
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Y
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T
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A
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P
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S
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H
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Q
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F
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C
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L
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J
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C
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P
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P
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L
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,764
Across
1
Pique, as interest : WHET
5
Melancholy sounds : SOBS
9
"Diary of ___ Housewife" : AMAD
13
Soho blackjack : COSH
14
___ of Man : ISLE
15
___ acids : AMINO
16
Put into seclusion : SEQUESTER
18
Cupcake tins, e.g. : MOLDS
19
Done in : SLAIN
20
A Pyrenees native : BASQUE
21
Commotion : ADO
24
Elate : GLADDEN
26
Mood swings : UPS
27
Female busybodies : YENTAS
29
Do-___ (indomitable) : ORDIE
31
England's first woman in Parliament : ASTOR
32
Nautical flags : PENNANTS
35
Derisive sound : HAHA
36
Taillike braid : QUEUE
37
Pâté de ___ gras : FOIE
39
Small wine cabinet : CELLARET
41
Informal garb : JEANS
42
Convention decision : SLATE
43
Garment under a bustle : CORSET
44
On the double! : PDQ
46
Reindeer's kin : CARIBOU
49
Mao ___-tung : TSE
50
Alarm clock, e.g. : ROUSER
52
Ear-deafening : NOISY
54
Walking ___ (elated) : ONAIR
55
Fivefold : QUINTUPLE
59
Colorful eel : MORAY
60
Chimney on das Haus : ESSE
61
Region in NW Spain : LEON
62
Emanate : STEM
63
Does, e.g. : DEER
64
Major Hoople's cry : EGAD
Down
1
Handy and Fields : WCS
2
Scuffle, e.g. : HOE
3
Marquand's "H. M. Pulham, ___" : ESQ
4
As a result : THUS
5
Fibers from agave leaves : SISALS
6
Ancient Roman port : OSTIA
7
Setting on a mixer : BLEND
8
Talk by the Rev. : SER
9
Hosea contemporary : AMOS
10
Caspar, of the comics : MILQUETOAST
11
Phrase on a shop sign : ANDUP
12
Medicinal measures : DOSES
15
Kate Jackson role on TV : AMANDA
17
"Pomp and Circumstance" composer : ELGAR
20
He wrote "What Do You Say After You Say Hello?" : BERNE
21
New Delhi nanny : AYAH
22
Cul-___ : DESAC
23
Honest and true : ONTHESQUARE
25
A pastry, for short : DONUT
28
" ... and ___ a good night!" : TOALL
30
Surmise : INFER
32
Less diluted : PURER
33
Ample shoe width : EEE
34
Ratios, in trigonometry : SINES
36
Tiny Arab sheikdom : QATAR
38
Isabella d'___, patron of Leonardo : ESTE
40
Intricate webbed pattern : LACERY
41
Clash by knights : JOUST
43
Innovative linguist : COINER
44
Grads' galas : PROMS
45
"___ disturb" : DONOT
47
"Radar ___" : INUSE
48
Idaho river : BOISE
51
Where Anna met the King : SIAM
53
Kind of tide : YULE
55
Finale for a geom. lesson : QED
56
Violin part : PEG
57
Seat of Wayne County, Utah : LOA
58
Remnant : END

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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