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Dorothy Elliott
Dorothy Elliott

New York Times, Friday, February 22, 1985

32-Down : Mercy

Author:
Dorothy Elliott
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Dorothy Elliott has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,890
Across
1
AMPAS bestowals : OSCARS
7
Suffragette Bloomer : AMELIA
13
Maximilian's empress : CARLOTA
15
Queued up : ONALINE
16
Brooklyn Dodgers, to Roger Kahn : THEBOYSOFSUMMER
18
"___ a man with ... " : IMET
19
Oust : EXPEL
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NOW aim : ERA
21
Repute : ODOR
22
Conspiracy : CABAL
23
Inventor of a steam engine : WATT
24
Suggestion : HINT
25
"When the frost ___ the punkin ... " : ISON
26
___ Hawkins Day : SADIE
27
Strikebreaker : SCAB
28
Solemn promise : VOW
29
Ky. college or city : BEREA
30
Refined, in Stuttgart : FEIN
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"Esse ___ Videri" (motto of N.C.) : QUAM
33
Ceramic chip : SPALL
35
Equivoque : PUN
36
Mulligan : STEW
40
Pep ___ : RALLY
41
Design : PLAN
42
Beseech : PRAY
43
Jewish month : ELUL
44
W.W. II vice admiral : LEARY
45
Stratagem : RUSE
46
Tiniest Cratchit : TIM
47
C.P.A.'s concern : AUDIT
48
Haze's cousin : MIST
49
First mistress of Manderley : REBECCADEWINTER
53
"The ___," 1928 song : ONEGIRL
54
N.H.L. team : RANGERS
55
Walked triumphantly : STRODE
56
Take umbrage : RESENT
Down
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Fall mo. : OCT
2
Coptic dialect of Egypt : SAHIDIC
3
Fine violin : CREMONA
4
Teapot Dome figure : ALBERTBFALL
5
Entrench : ROOT
6
Poland China's place : STY
7
Late photographer Adams : ANSEL
8
Heavy hammer : MAUL
9
Winged or slippery ___ : ELM
10
Summer cooler : LIMEADE
11
Seat belts help overcome this : INERTIA
12
Make effervescent : AERATE
14
"To every thing there is ___": Eccl. : ASEASON
15
The pipes ___ : OFPAN
17
Filmic "Incident" of 1943 : OXBOW
21
Exclamations : OHS
22
Polite : CIVIL
23
F.D.R.'s Georgia retreat : WARMSPRINGS
26
Overwhelming quantity : SEA
29
Cottontail : BUNNY
31
He played Tarzan in 1970 : ELY
32
Mercy : QUARTER
33
Conspicuous : SALIENT
34
He manipulates snakes : PLUMBER
35
Tartan : PLAID
37
College-board member : TRUSTEE
38
Oriental : EASTERN
39
View from Tintern Abbey : WYE
40
Certain rockets : RETROS
41
Ride a bicycle : PEDAL
44
Pelf : LUCRE
47
Caustic : ACID
48
Arizona's Lost Dutchman, e.g. : MINE
50
Conceit : EGO
51
Tug of ___ : WAR
52
Q-U linkage : RST

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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