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Hugh McElroy
Hugh McElroy

New York Times, Saturday, March 17, 1979

30-Down : Epic poem

Author:
Hugh McElroy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Hugh McElroy has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
E
2
G
3
G
4
S
5
B
6
R
7
A
8
D
9
S
10
N
11
U
12
B
13
C
L
A
R
E
14
R
A
I
N
15
C
O
P
E
16
H
U
B
E
R
17
T
A
N
D
A
18
D
O
L
P
H
19
E
L
E
E
20
H
Y
D
E
21
E
L
L
E
N
22
N
23
A
E
24
O
R
D
E
R
S
25
T
26
H
27
E
G
R
E
28
E
29
N
30
I
N
G
31
A
U
R
A
E
32
R
O
L
E
33
G
34
R
35
E
36
Y
37
S
L
A
G
38
A
R
R
I
S
39
R
A
V
E
40
K
A
T
E
41
R
O
M
A
42
B
E
R
E
A
43
S
A
L
A
D
44
G
R
E
E
N
S
45
D
46
A
47
S
48
S
I
N
49
R
O
N
50
O
A
K
E
N
51
O
52
G
53
E
E
54
G
55
R
56
A
57
D
58
G
R
E
T
N
59
A
A
N
D
G
60
E
R
A
L
D
61
M
O
A
T
62
B
R
A
G
63
D
O
N
A
T
64
A
N
N
O
65
A
S
W
E
66
S
W
A
N
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,721
Across
1
Companions of bacon : EGGS
5
Shoe nail : BRAD
9
Ignore : SNUB
13
Neighbor of Galway : CLARE
14
Word with check or coat : RAIN
15
Manage : COPE
16
Greens of sport and song : HUBERTANDADOLPH
19
Robert ___ : ELEE
20
Douglas ___, first president of Eire : HYDE
21
A Tara O'Hara : ELLEN
22
Scottish "no" : NAE
24
What waiters take : ORDERS
25
"___ of America": Reich : THEGREENING
31
Sensory stimuli : AURAE
32
Lorne Greene's Adama on TV : ROLE
33
Actor Joel : GREY
37
Dross : SLAG
38
Gallico's Mrs. ___ : ARRIS
39
Kind of review : RAVE
40
Artist Greenaway : KATE
41
Where a shamrock is a trifoglio : ROMA
42
Kentucky college town : BEREA
43
Romaine and cos : SALADGREENS
45
Jules ___, film director : DASSIN
49
Yankees' Guidry : RON
50
Kind of bucket : OAKEN
51
Curved molding : OGEE
54
Reuner, for short : GRAD
58
Greens of locale and authorship : GRETNAANDGERALD
61
Fortress feature : MOAT
62
Crow : BRAG
63
He played Parnell : DONAT
64
March 17, ___ Domini 1979 : ANNO
65
"___ go marching ... " : ASWE
66
"The ___," Grace Kelly film : SWAN
Down
1
Jewish month : ELUL
2
Kaplan of TV : GABE
3
Rumer Godden's "The ___ Summer" : GREENGAGE
4
Indian weight : SER
5
County Wicklow seaside resort : BRAY
6
McNally partner : RAND
7
Helper : AIDE
8
Nucleic acid : DNA
9
Berate : SCOLD
10
___ prosequi : NOLLE
11
Kind of berth : UPPER
12
Novelist Aphra and family : BEHNS
13
Guevara : CHE
17
Quaker pronoun : THEE
18
Sacred lake in Donegal : DERG
23
"The Campbells ___ coming" : ARE
24
Handy greenbacks : ONES
25
Kind of force : TASK
26
Hilo dance : HULA
27
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
28
Flynn : ERROL
29
Shearer : NORMA
30
Epic poem : ILIAD
33
"___ the Lilacs" : GREENGROW
34
Steak order : RARE
35
Word with tide or song : EVEN
36
Opponents of nays : YEAS
38
___ Islands, in Galway Bay : ARAN
42
Monastic abbr. : BRO
43
___ Fein, Irish political movement : SINN
44
Mr. Peck, to friends : GREG
45
Teachings : DOGMA
46
Hank of home-run fame : AARON
47
Old Irish hunting knife : SKEAN
48
Sullivan vs. Kilrain: 1889 : SETTO
51
Currach adjuncts : OARS
52
Nibble : GNAW
53
Advantage : EDGE
55
Genus of frogs : RANA
56
Hale, King or Arkin : ALAN
57
Pest killer : DDT
59
Arab garment : ABA
60
McMahon et al. : EDS

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

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