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Dorothy Elliott
Dorothy Elliott

New York Times, Thursday, May 7, 1992

Author:
Dorothy Elliott
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.3
Dorothy Elliott has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,521
Across
1
Filter : SIFT
5
Envelop : WRAP
9
Razor sharpener : STROP
14
Wife of Hi in comics : LOIS
15
Copter : HELO
16
Yours, poetically : THINE
17
Concerning : INRE
18
Mountain goat : IBEX
19
Altercation : RUNIN
20
Never, in Nürnberg : NIE
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Complacent : SMUG
22
Peary's polar companion : HENSON
23
Informal chatter : GABFEST
25
Muffles : DEADENS
26
Lighthearted : AIRY
27
Thicket : BRAKE
28
Grammy-winning conductor : SOLTI
30
Ark : BOAT
31
Sgt. Preston's org. : RCMP
35
Stunning surprise : BOLTFROMTHEBLUE
38
Ferrer or Feliciano : JOSE
39
Planets : ORBS
40
Blue dyes : WOADS
41
V.P. under Coolidge : DAWES
43
Seaweed : KELP
44
Certain traffic signal : FLASHER
47
Type of N.E. colonial dwelling : SALTBOX
50
Laban's younger daughter : RACHEL
51
Ringlet : CURL
52
"And when I ___ my lips ... " : Shak. : OPE
53
Different : OTHER
54
Adamson pet : ELSA
55
Primary : MAIN
56
Kind of arch : SKEEN
57
Decree : FIAT
58
Late New Yorker cartoonist : ARNO
59
Decorator's sine qua non : TASTE
60
Pitch : TONE
61
Pleasant place : EDEN
Down
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First-aid contrivance : SLING
2
City in Mich. : IONIA
3
Shooting stars : FIREBALLS
4
Half a fly : TSE
5
Caprice : WHIMSY
6
Disprove : REBUT
7
Shake ___ (hurry up) : ALEG
8
Disease of sweet potatoes : POX
9
Dash : STREAK
10
Something sudden and startling : THUNDERBOLT
11
Wash out : RINSE
12
Lily's relative : ONION
13
Keystone State founder and family : PENNS
21
Embellishing letter stroke : SERIF
22
Poverty grass : HEATH
24
Hope-chest item : FITTEDSHEET
25
Mild oaths : DRATS
27
Fizzles, big time : BOMBS
28
A grammarian's mood : SBJ
29
Tic-tac-toe win, maybe : OOO
30
Shipworm : BORER
32
Slate used to ID film shots : CLAPBOARD
33
Wrestling milieu, sometimes : MUD
34
Foot, to Fabius : PES
36
Part of a spur : ROWEL
37
Pitcher Blackwell : EWELL
42
Brian ___ of filmdom : AHERNE
43
Training offered in a dojo : KARATE
44
Chill : FROST
45
"Taxi" mechanic : LATKA
46
Cravings : ACHES
47
Actress St. James : SUSAN
48
Suppose : OPINE
49
Inert gas : XENON
51
Emmy's commercial cousin : CLIO
54
Newt : EFT
55
West of Hollywood : MAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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