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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Saturday, June 3, 1978

15-Down : Not mincing words

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,521
Across
1
Dangers offshore : SHOALS
7
Kin of spades : SHOVELS
14
Hard-hearted gal in a 1924 song : HANNAH
15
Member of an ancient, scholarly Jewish sect : PHARISEE
16
First or Second, in N.Y.C. : AVENUE
17
Munificence : LARGESSE
18
Holder of a D.V.M. : VET
19
Pours from bottle to bottle : DECANTS
21
African cobra : ASP
22
Geraint's wife : ENID
24
Bar mitzvah, e.g. : RITE
25
Words heard on the Hill : AYES
26
City on the Tevere : ROMA
27
Very thin : BONY
28
Hot spot at times : OVEN
29
Procedural unit : STEP
30
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
31
Crossbar patterns : GRIDS
32
Made it big : PROSPERED
35
Pivotal : POLAR
37
Whitney : ELI
38
Theories : ISMS
42
Famed lithographer : IVES
43
Sleep, to hurt minds: Shak. : BALM
44
"Imagine ___!" : THAT
45
Scored on a perfect serve : ACED
46
Rank just below prince : DUKE
47
Maneuverable, as a ship : YARE
48
Vessel: Abbr : STR
49
Having a green film, as old bronze : PATINED
52
Boulevardier : FOP
53
First heavyweight champ : SULLIVAN
55
Important lawn grass : REDTOP
57
Education : TRAINING
58
Chant : INTONE
59
Having a dividing wall : SEPTATE
60
Weigh the pros and cons : ASSESS
Down
1
Little ones : SHAVERS
2
Poor devil : HAVENOT
3
Quondam : ONETIME
4
Massachusetts cape : ANN
5
Praise : LAUD
6
Irish fairies : SHEE
7
Abode for 2 Down : SHANTY
8
Collaborator with Twain : HARTE
9
Assns. : ORGS
10
Compete : VIE
11
Gave it a try : ESSAYED
12
Eases up : LESSENS
13
What a leak does : SEEPS
15
Not mincing words : PLAINSPEAKING
20
Constantine's vision : CROSS
23
Variegated : DAPPLED
25
Profiteer's vice : AVIDITY
27
Yokel : BOOR
28
Sphalerite is one : ORE
31
Uncompromising : GRIM
33
Ethiopian V.I.P. : RAS
34
Actress Terry : ELLEN
35
Dorian Gray's nemesis : PICTURE
36
Partly coincide with : OVERLAP
39
Mother Goose's "Pretty Bobby" : SHAFTOE
40
Leaves high and dry : MAROONS
41
Arid tracts : STEPPES
43
Compound used as a fuel gas : BUTANE
45
Members of a D.A.'s staff : ASSTS
46
Boat hoist : DAVIT
49
" ... ___ rose on me" : PINA
50
Silkworm : ERIA
51
Nookeries : DENS
54
Ignited : LIT
56
Wino's affliction : DTS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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