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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Thursday, September 8, 1977

45-Down : Occupied, as a seat

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,253
Across
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Contraction used by servants and children : MAAM
5
Lyrical offerings : ODES
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Rank just below marquis : EARL
13
O'Neill's "___ Christie" : ANNA
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Chic : SMART
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Author of "Q.B. VII" : URIS
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Prehistoric ruin in England : STONEHENGE
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Catamaran : RAFT
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Shoal : SANDBANK
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Where maîtres teach : ECOLES
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"Present ___!" : ARMS
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Literally not on the level : ALOP
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Bingo look-alike : LOTTO
27
Says once more : ITERATES
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City on a Great Lake : ERIE
32
Jazz opener : INTRO
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Peak : ALP
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Strict criterion : HARDANDFASTRULE
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Filled a certain void : ATE
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Man with a scepter : RULER
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___ house : OPEN
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Liberator : REDEEMER
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"___ a letter to my love ... " : ISENT
44
Blathers : GABS
45
Thrashes : TANS
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Lacking delicacy : COARSE
50
Sodium chloride factories : SALTERNS
54
Suffix with drink, sink and think : ABLE
55
The lowest point : ROCKBOTTOM
57
Apple-pie makers : MOMS
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"We aren't no thin red ___": Kipling : EROES
59
Noggin, in Nantes : TETE
60
Carrots' partners : PEAS
61
Feathers : DOWN
62
Words to accompany a nod : ISEE
Down
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Leonard Bernstein opus : MASS
2
Theatrical acronym : ANTA
3
Prolific author : ANON
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Administered, as a colony : MANDATED
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Warning signs : OMENS
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Like a medieval dungeon : DANK
7
Work unit : ERG
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1975 Super Bowl winners : STEELERS
9
Girl taken to Crete by Zeus : EUROPA
10
Soviet sea : ARAL
11
In profusion : RIFE
12
Landing craft : LSTS
14
Pseudo : SHAM
17
Longest river of Spain : EBRO
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Painter of "Chartres Cathedral" : COROT
23
Rose oil : ATTAR
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"Merry Widow" creator : LEHAR
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Take to the podium : ORATE
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Frazzled : TIRED
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Take for granted : INFER
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Hosiery shade : TAUPE
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Terry of stage fame : ELLEN
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All tuckered out : SPENT
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Runs in neutral gear : IDLES
35
Spaces : AREAS
36
Like some accounts : NUMBERED
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Writer of "Who Has Seen the Wind?" : ROSSETTI
42
A way out : EGRESS
43
"___ the jaws of death ... " : INTO
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Occupied, as a seat : TAKEN
46
Kin of amices : ALBS
47
David, for one : CAMP
48
Hautboy : OBOE
49
___ mater : ALMA
50
Boat for refuse : SCOW
51
Ways to go: Abbr. : RTES
52
Diplomatic communication : NOTE
53
Duck or fictional pirate : SMEE
56
"___ y Plata," Montana motto : ORO

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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