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Hugh McElroy
Hugh McElroy

New York Times, Friday, October 25, 1974

4-Down : Question

Author:
Hugh McElroy
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { C J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Hugh McElroy has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,204
Across
1
Kind of hard or torch : BLOW
5
Playground unit : SLIDE
10
Bit of classroom Latin : AMAT
14
Singer Etting : RUTH
15
Accounts : TALES
16
Trig word : SINE
17
Chinese port : AMOY
18
Praying figure : ORANT
19
Cribbage-board units : PEGS
20
Departed hastily : SPEDAWAY
22
German poet and family : HEINES
24
French land areas : ILES
25
Gray's "lowing ___" : HERD
26
Indicated assent : NODDED
29
Does better on the market : OUTSELLS
33
Tropical tree : AMATE
34
Singer Patti : PAGE
35
Disturbance : RIOT
36
Sister of Meg, Jo and Amy : BETH
37
Trio of goddesses : FATES
38
Move : STIR
39
Pointed arch : OGEE
40
Worker on radio tubes : AGER
41
"Turandot," for one : OPERA
42
Pub hangers-on : BARFLIES
44
Matched : PAIRED
45
Lively tune : LILT
46
Florist's need : VASE
47
Words of agreement : WHYYES
50
Kind of neighbors : NEXTDOOR
54
Do tap-dancing : HOOF
55
Observant : ALERT
57
School subject: Abbr. : HIST
58
Jewish month : ELUL
59
Relative of Chubby : FATSO
60
Italian family : ESTE
61
Uncanny : EERY
62
German city : ESSEN
63
Arikara Indians : REES
Down
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Swimsuit parts : BRAS
2
"One ___ or two?" : LUMP
3
Western Indian : OTOE
4
Question : WHYDIDTHEFLYFLY
5
Packed away : STOWED
6
"Zhivago" girl et al. : LARAS
7
"Now ___ me down ... " : ILAY
8
Scout unit : DEN
9
Admirers of the arts : ESTHETES
10
11
Bearing : MIEN
12
French heavenly spirit : ANGE
13
Storm Country girl : TESS
21
Nautical direction : ALEE
23
Hesitant sounds : ERS
25
More immense : HUGER
26
Bigwig : NABOB
27
The end : OMEGA
28
Office gadget : DATER
29
Writer Joyce Carol : OATES
30
Metric measure : LITER
31
River of France : LOIRE
32
Fiddle : STRAD
34
Actress Debra : PAGET
37
Eugene Burdick novel : FAILSAFE
41
Kiln : OAST
43
___ in wait : LIE
44
Illinois town near Champaign : PAXTON
46
Poetry : VERSE
47
Jubilant sound : WHEE
48
Golfer's target : HOLE
49
"___ slip is showing" : YOUR
50
Tennis-court items : NETS
51
River of France : OISE
52
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
53
Highways: Abbr. : RTES
56
Musical notes : LAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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