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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Thursday, April 5, 1979

31-Down : Grow like ivy

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,740
Across
1
Completed a sky dive : ALIT
5
Sylphish or puckish : ELFIN
10
What a nervous Nellie never takes : DARE
14
City on the Avon : BATH
15
___-à-vous! (Attention!) : GARDE
16
Roberts : ORAL
17
___ in one's bonnet : ABEE
18
Go to ___ (disregard impediments) : ANYLENGTHS
20
Seized arbitrarily : COMMANDEERED
22
Pyromaniac's specialty : ARSON
23
Title of respect : MADAM
27
Mil. groups : REGTS
31
Wolf of the West : COYOTE
32
U.N. employee : TRANSLATOR
36
In a little while : ANON
37
Branches : RAMI
38
Cause a grin : AMUSE
39
Repel, with "off" : FEND
40
Tennis term : ADIN
41
Challenged election winners : CONTESTEES
43
Actress Smith from England : MAGGIE
45
Relative of a hogan : TEPEE
46
South Sea outriggers : PROAS
47
Footprint or tire imprint : TREAD
51
In a showy way : FLAMBOYANTLY
57
Republic of Yugoslavia ("Black Mountain") : MONTENEGRO
60
English river to The Wash : OUSE
61
Allies' goal in 1945 : ELBE
62
Upper regions of space : ETHER
63
Frangipani, e.g. : ODOR
64
Togs and rigs : GEAR
65
From tip ___ : TOTOE
66
Fiber clusters : NEPS
Down
1
Manila hemp : ABACA
2
Group for whom Debs fought : LABOR
3
Bits and pieces : ITEMS
4
Ice-bag time : THEMORNINGAFTER
5
Richard of the reels : EGAN
6
Kind of lord or lady : LAND
7
Mimer David : FRYE
8
Not in harness : IDLE
9
___-do-well : NEER
10
Best seller by Patrick Mann : DOGDAYAFTERNOON
11
"___ is long ... ": Longfellow : ART
12
Oval outcry : RAH
13
Rumblers in the Bx. : ELS
19
Captain of the Nautilus : NEMO
21
Dijon donkeys : ANES
24
Gift getter : DONEE
25
Accordant : ATONE
26
Does a good darn job : MENDS
28
Candied, as fruits : GLACE
29
"___ Shanter" : TAMO
30
Aerialist's feat : STUNT
31
Grow like ivy : CREEP
32
Chaplin role : TRAMP
33
Fence for defense : RADAR
34
Any pal of Pancho : AMIGO
35
Livorno host : OSTE
42
Bristly organ on a plant : SETA
44
___ Royale : ISLE
48
Chopin form : ETUDE
49
Joseph or Stewart : ALSOP
50
Cleaners' colleagues : DYERS
52
Swiss-French author : ANET
53
"Take ___ your leader" : METO
54
Paid money for: Abbr. : BGHT
55
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
56
Days gone by : YORE
57
Jo's sister : MEG
58
___ Bull, famed violinist : OLE
59
Hoop group: Abbr. : NBA

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

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