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Hugh McElroy
Hugh McElroy

New York Times, Monday, March 17, 1980

23-Down : Ernst ___, flying ace of W.W. I

Author:
Hugh McElroy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { B C Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 19, XRef: 3, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Hugh McElroy has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,087
Across
1
County in Ireland : MAYO
5
Ex-soldiers : VETS
9
Jaunting car's cousin : TRAP
13
Baseball name : ALOU
14
"Ave ___" : MARIA
15
Mary, "the ___ of Tralee" : ROSE
16
O'Sullivan-O'Toole duo : MAUREENANDPETER
19
___ Lingus : AER
20
Today's newspaper : DAILY
21
Eskimo boat : UMIAK
22
British statesman : PITT
23
Saucer in the sky : UFO
24
McGuire-McHugh twosome : DOROTHYANDFRANK
32
"Come Back to ___" : ERIN
33
Echelon formations : VEES
34
"Norma ___," 1979 film : RAE
35
"Sweeney ___," B'way hit : TODD
36
Like Rosie O'Grady : SWEET
38
Jupiter : JOVE
39
Compass heading : ENE
40
"___ of the County Down" : STAR
41
Delderfield's "God ___ Englishman" : ISAN
42
Murphy-Kelly team : ROSEMARYANDGENE
47
Scott Joplin work : RAG
48
Grandmother of Timothy : LOIS
49
"I want ___ just like ... " : AGIRL
52
Swedish seaport : MALMO
54
Cries of surprise : AHS
57
Fitzgerald-O'Brien combo : GERALDINEANDPAT
60
___ Islands, Galway Bay : ARAN
61
Erect : ONEND
62
River on North Korea's border : YALU
63
True grit : SAND
64
Emeralds : GEMS
65
N.C. college : ELON
Down
1
Papa's spouse : MAMA
2
Wings of Amor : ALAE
3
Thurber's "Let ___ Mind Alone" : YOUR
4
"Faith of ___ Fathers" : OUR
5
Dressing table : VANITY
6
Of a certain time : ERAL
7
One adjective for a leprechaun : TINY
8
Like McCullers's "Café" : SAD
9
Vibratory motion : TREMOR
10
Roast, in Arles : ROTI
11
In a currach off 60 Across : ASEA
12
___ up (come alive) : PERK
14
County near Dublin : MEATH
17
Use a blue pencil : EDIT
18
Flak explosions, visually : PUFFS
22
Walden, for one : POND
23
Ernst ___, flying ace of W.W. I : UDET
24
Prevent : DETER
25
Maine college town : ORONO
26
Goes by car : RIDES
27
"___ palpable hit": Hamlet : AVERY
28
Maureen O'Hara, ___ Fitzsimmons : NEE
29
Got up : AROSE
30
Town in 14 Down : NAVAN
31
City in N.H. : KEENE
36
Kind of party : STAG
37
In which Brian Boru was slain : WAR
38
Irish dances : JIGS
40
Narrow-minded : SMALL
43
___ of mercy : ERRAND
44
Ethan and Ira : ALLENS
45
Footloose fellow : NOMAD
46
A lord in "The Winter's Tale" : DION
49
Moslem officials : AGAS
50
German textile center : GERA
51
Oil-rich country : IRAN
52
"That Old Irish Mother of ___" : MINE
53
Wind: Prefix : ANEM
54
"Oh, What ___ Was Mary" : APAL
55
Nimbus for St. Patrick : HALO
56
Astonish : STUN
58
Irish setter, e.g. : DOG
59
Recolor : DYE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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