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Elsie Bishop
Elsie Bishop

New York Times, Monday, February 14, 1955

44-Down : Opera by Massenet.

Author:
Elsie Bishop
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16 Grid has duplicate clues.
Elsie Bishop has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 2-Down clue missing umlaut over "e" in "Brontë"; added it.

1
H
2
E
3
F
4
T
5
W
6
R
7
A
8
T
9
H
10
L
11
O
12
L
13
A
14
O
Y
E
R
15
I
O
N
I
A
16
A
N
O
N
17
O
R
N
A
18
M
E
N
T
E
D
19
R
Y
O
T
20
D
E
S
C
E
N
D
S
21
R
22
E
V
O
K
E
23
T
R
I
O
24
P
I
L
A
U
25
E
26
N
27
S
I
L
E
28
R
E
A
L
E
R
29
T
30
S
31
T
A
H
O
E
32
T
E
R
N
S
33
T
O
P
34
U
P
O
N
35
R
O
B
E
S
36
G
O
B
I
37
D
E
R
38
V
E
X
E
S
39
T
R
E
A
T
40
E
S
T
41
H
E
T
I
C
42
C
H
E
S
T
S
43
S
A
T
A
N
44
T
R
E
E
45
P
46
A
T
M
O
S
47
C
H
A
I
N
48
I
49
N
50
G
51
O
B
O
L
52
T
53
H
E
A
T
R
I
C
A
L
54
L
O
P
E
55
E
E
R
I
E
56
N
E
M
O
57
O
U
S
T
58
D
R
O
S
S
59
G
R
E
W
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,057
Across
1
Weight: Colloq. : HEFT
5
Fury. : WRATH
10
Heroine of "Come Back, Little Sheba." : LOLA
14
Legal term. : OYER
15
Ancient Greek island colony. : IONIA
16
Presently. : ANON
17
Beautified. : ORNAMENTED
19
Indian peasant. : RYOT
20
Takes a lower place. : DESCENDS
21
Sign of an absent-minded bridge player. : REVOKE
23
Threesome. : TRIO
24
Oriental meat and rice dish. : PILAU
25
Store as fodder. : ENSILE
28
Warns again. : REALERTS
31
Western lake. : TAHOE
32
Sea birds. : TERNS
33
Outdo. : TOP
34
Resting on. : UPON
35
Vestments. : ROBES
36
Asian desert. : GOBI
37
German article. : DER
38
Annoys. : VEXES
39
Anything enjoyable. : TREAT
40
Relating to the beautiful. : ESTHETIC
42
Community ___. : CHESTS
43
Fallen angel. : SATAN
44
Deodar. : TREE
45
Island of St John's exile. : PATMOS
47
Fastening. : CHAINING
51
Old Greek coin. : OBOL
52
Histrionic. : THEATRICAL
54
Pinto's gait. : LOPE
55
Inspiring fear. : EERIE
56
No one: Latin. : NEMO
57
Dispossess. : OUST
58
Rubbish. : DROSS
59
Flourished. : GREW
Down
1
Part of a parka. : HOOD
2
Name of a Brontë heroine. : EYRE
3
Swamps. : FENS
4
Pulling power. : TRACTION
5
Favorite picnic viand. : WIENIE
6
Musical composition. : RONDO
7
Models for sluggards. : ANTS
8
Draw. : TIE
9
"___ Memoirs," current best seller. : HADRIANS
10
Insects in the grub stage. : LARVAE
11
Musical comedy with Zorina and Van. : ONYOURTOES
12
Pay attention! : LOOK
13
Pay one's share. : ANTE
18
Actress Oberon. : MERLE
22
House additions. : ELLS
24
French fathers. : PERES
25
Musical composition. : ETUDE
26
Neck parts. : NAPES
27
Miranda and Dark. : SHORTSTOPS
28
Early violin. : REBEC
29
Go ___ for (defend). : TOBAT
30
Long, narrow reefs. : SPITS
32
Poison. : TOXIN
35
Sampled again. : RETASTED
36
A kind of apple. : GREENING
38
Governor's power. : VETO
39
Pronoun. : THEIR
41
Dramatic role. : HAMLET
42
Boxes. : CRATES
44
Opera by Massenet. : THAIS
45
Game. : POLO
46
Oriental name. : ABOU
47
Large food fish. : CERO
48
Deep freeze. : ICER
49
Noted person. : NAME
50
Incandescence. : GLOW
53
Pronoun. : HER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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