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Elsie Bishop
Elsie Bishop

New York Times, Monday, September 13, 1954

7-Down : Beloved of Heloise.

Author:
Elsie Bishop
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.75, Missing: { J V X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Elsie Bishop has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,903
Across
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Something to wear. : SMOCK
6
A three-masted vessel. : BARK
10
___ accompli (thing already done). : FAIT
14
Slender, towering structure. : PYLON
15
Tropical tree. : EBOE
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Pained exclamation. : OUCH
17
Native of Baghdad. : IRAQI
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Lowered in social status. : DECLASSEE
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___ king. : ERL
21
Hard to believe: Colloq. : TALL
23
Tool for pounding. : PESTLE
24
Ruler. : SHAH
26
Character in Genesis. : NOAH
28
Baronet's title. : SIR
29
Regulated. : ORDERED
32
Headlight. : LAMP
35
Flowering shrub. : AZALEA
38
Attracted. : DREW
40
Card game. : LOO
41
Hell, in the New Testament. : GEHENNA
43
Lack of calm. : EMOTION
45
A constellation. : ARA
46
"___ later than you think." : ITIS
48
Mountain nymphs. : OREADS
49
Deprivation. : LOSS
51
Weasels. : ERMINES
53
Four-stringed instrument. : UKE
55
Yankee nickname. : YOGI
56
Make false pretenses. : SHAM
60
Quantities of bread. : SKEINS
63
Bacteriologist, Nobel prize winner, 1905. : KOCH
65
___, amas, amat. : AMO
66
The Walrus' companion. : CARPENTER
68
Abolish. : ANNUL
70
To him: Fr. : ALUI
71
An airship. : AERO
72
Unattached. : LOOSE
73
Peace of mind. : REST
74
History. : PAST
75
French ___. : FRIES
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Secret agents. : SPIES
2
Balthazar's gift. : MYRRH
3
French exclamation. : OLALA
4
"Le ___ d'Or," Rimski-Korsakov's opera. : COQ
5
Unite. : KNIT
6
Liberty Island. : BEDLOE
7
Beloved of Heloise. : ABELARD
8
Fabulous bird. : ROC
9
Gulfweed. : KELP
10
Person of extremely antiquated views. : FOSSIL
11
A British dominion. : AUSTRALIA
12
Island republic: Abbr. : ICEL
13
Fifth word of "America." : THEE
19
Adlai. : AES
22
Moderately slow, in music. : ANDANTE
25
Dog-leg on the links. : HOLE
27
Now. : HERE
30
Italian painter. : RENI
31
Fiendish. : DEMONIC
33
Humor or temper. : MOOD
34
She sings Gilda. : PONS
35
Cord to hold an Arab's head covering. : AGAL
36
Lowest point. : ZERO
37
Persian king, spouse of Esther. : AHASUERUS
39
Had on. : WORE
42
Unsubstantial. : AIRY
44
Girl's nickname. : TESS
47
Pipe nights. : SMOKERS
50
Phrase of annoyed rejection. : SKIPIT
52
Head-hunter of Luzon. : IGOROT
54
Compass point. : ENE
57
City in the headlines. : HANOI
58
Entertain. : AMUSE
59
Underground workers. : MOLES
60
Mark of combat. : SCAR
61
Colewort. : KALE
62
Break suddenly. : SNAP
64
Partially. : HALF
67
The cup that cheers. : TEA
69
Correlative. : NOR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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