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Hugh McElroy
Hugh McElroy

New York Times, Wednesday, May 18, 1977

40-Down : Orpheus played it

Author:
Hugh McElroy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { F Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Hugh McElroy has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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O
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P
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M
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C
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D
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B
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K
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,140
Across
1
Western pal : PARD
5
Aver : STATE
10
Admiral or Senator : BYRD
14
Dust-bowl fugitive : OKIE
15
Relating to sound : TONAL
16
A grand : IOOO
17
"Quiet!" ... in a honky-tonk : PIPEDOWNWILLYAH
20
Half ems : ENS
21
Singles : ONES
22
Then: Fr. : ALORS
23
Uncle Remus Rabbit : BRER
24
Give it ___ (experiment) : ATRY
26
Wired overseas : CABLED
29
___-dieu (kneeling bench) : PRIE
30
Doorway accessory : MAT
33
Jesus, Matty or Felipe : ALOU
34
Split : REND
35
Poet's "before" : ERE
36
"Quiet!" ... at finishing school : SILENCEISGOLDEN
41
Compass letters : ENE
42
Actor Jack : ELAM
43
Desires : YENS
44
___ Moines : DES
45
Supply station : BASE
46
Kind of chop : KARATE
48
Batter's ploy : BUNT
49
Trig word : SINE
50
Sand bar : SHOAL
53
Church area : APSE
54
___ de deux (dance) : PAS
57
"Quiet!" ... at a Georgia barbecue : NOWYALLJUSTHUSH
61
English composer : ARNE
62
Gotham's Abraham : BEAME
63
TV-comic Johnson : ARTE
64
Heading-off point : PASS
65
Ever-battling factions : SEXES
66
Tangible stage item : PROP
Down
1
Paul, John or Leo : POPE
2
Similar : AKIN
3
Tears : RIPS
4
Ruby or Sandra : DEE
5
More than tipsy : STONED
6
Trade Center unit : TOWER
7
Sothern and Blyth : ANNS
8
Marble : TAW
9
Whitney : ELI
10
Graham : BILLY
11
Thing on a string : YOYO
12
Niagara sound : ROAR
13
Musical notes: Var. : DOHS
18
Playwright Schary : DORE
19
City in Texas : LAREDO
23
Word with sky or true : BLUE
24
Olympic hawk : ARES
25
Sound of a small bell : TING
26
Checked before a heist : CASED
27
Arrange in order : ALINE
28
Actor John : BOLES
29
Kind of time or rib : PRIME
30
Judith Anderson role : MEDEA
31
Neg. contraction : ARENT
32
Past, for one : TENSE
37
Cloudlike mass : NEBULA
38
Highlands group : CLAN
39
Bridge position : EAST
40
Orpheus played it : LYRE
46
Certain candies : KISSES
47
Author Claude ___ : ANET
48
Actress Nora : BAYES
49
Foam : SPUME
50
Kind of shot or dragon : SNAP
51
Israeli dance : HORA
52
"Ask the man who ___ one" : OWNS
53
Greek hero : AJAX
54
Happy tabby sound : PURR
55
In re : ASTO
56
Farm dog's name : SHEP
58
Pounds: Abbr. : LBS
59
Fort or Peggy : LEE
60
General Arnold : HAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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