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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Saturday, May 27, 1978

43-Down : Fireplace gadget

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,514
Across
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Popinjays : SWELLS
7
Wrangle : BICKER
13
Speech loss : APHASIA
14
Comaneci asset : BALANCE
15
Extreme; rigorous : DRASTIC
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American wildcats : OCELOTS
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Recent : LATE
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Classify : RANK
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"Sea of troubles" : WOE
21
Give a leg up : AID
22
Norway lobsters : PRAWNS
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Musical finale : CODA
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Princess driven mad by Hera : INO
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Handel's birthplace : HALLE
27
A founder of Impressionism : MONET
28
Four seasons : YEAR
30
N.F.L. team : STEELERS
32
___ around (indulged in tomfoolery) : HORSED
34
De Sade's thing : SADISM
35
Having shutters : LOUVERED
37
Tasty treat in Taxco : TACO
38
Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar : ELCID
39
Sail, in Salzburg : SEGEL
41
Thinker; brain : WIT
44
Moslem call to prayer : ADAN
45
Asparagus shoots : SPEARS
46
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
47
___-pros : NOL
48
Backup men for Gladys Knight : PIPS
49
Idi of Uganda : AMIN
50
Interweaves : ENLACES
53
Coming down in buckets : POURING
56
Leaflike appendage : STIPULE
57
Nautical ropes : EARINGS
58
"___ the Truth," TV show : TOTELL
59
Has a phobia : DREADS
Down
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Twist, as a wrist : SPRAIN
2
Thingumbob or thingamajig : WHATDOYOUCALLIT
3
Naturalness : EASE
4
Landing craft : LST
5
Year in Claudius's reign : LII
6
Of religious rites : SACRAL
7
Supports : BACKS
8
O'Neill play : ILE
9
Lone Eagle's monogram : CAL
10
Mean business : KNOWONESOWNMIND
11
Outer membrane of a jellyfish : ECTODERM
12
Does an ushering job : RESEATS
13
Loser to Dwight : ADLAI
14
Hats : BONNETS
19
Leather-punching tools : AWLS
22
Introduced in stages : PHASED
23
More uncommon : RARER
24
Infant's ailment : COLIC
27
General's display : MEDALS
29
Sam of N.C. : ERVIN
31
" ... Pumpkin-___" : EATER
32
Cling; grasp for support : HOLDONTO
33
Loathe : DESPISE
35
Most barren : LEANEST
36
Recondite : DEEP
40
Reacted to a surprise : GASPED
42
Tops in bakeries : ICINGS
43
Fireplace gadget : TONGS
45
Incantation : SPELL
49
Scotto forte : ARIA
51
Pongid or mandrill : APE
52
___ de sac : CUL
54
Item for a skiff : OAR
55
Suffix with press or fail : URE

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

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