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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Friday, June 29, 1979

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,825
Across
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What hotheads fly into : RAGES
6
Arafat covering : ABA
9
Guardian gods for Gaius : LARES
14
TV's "Let's Make ___" : ADEAL
15
Vespertilionid : BAT
16
What the untruthful cockney did? : ELIDE
17
U.S.A.'s CINC : PRESIDENT
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Aspect of a personality : FACET
20
Proceed warily : TAKEPRECAUTIONS
22
Exploit : USE
23
The powers that be : INS
24
Perform in a claque : CLAP
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Proceed warily : GOONTIPTOE
34
Brooder on a farm : HEN
35
Attention-getters : PSTS
36
"___ Grecian Urn" : ODEONA
37
Dispatch boat : AVISO
39
Native: Suffix : OTE
41
Set foot in : ENTER
42
Bismuth and lithium : METALS
44
"To hastening ___ a prey": Goldsmith : ILLS
46
Caravansary : INN
47
Proceed warily : PLAYITSAFE
49
G-men : FEDS
50
Trifle : SOU
51
C.I.O. partner : AFL
53
Proceed warily : MAKEHASTESLOWLY
62
"Look ___!" : ALIVE
63
Kipling's "Just ___" : SOSTORIES
64
He needs seeds : SOWER
65
Prior to : ERE
66
Intrinsically : PERSE
67
Does a deejay's job : SPINS
68
Wood: Comb. form : XYL
69
___ clear : STEER
Down
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Absorbed : RAPT
2
Spanish seaport : ADRA
3
One of the carnies : GEEK
4
Make less severe : EASEUP
5
Sometimes they're pink : SLIPS
6
Busy as ___ : ABEE
7
Seat for Marshall : BANC
8
Reach : ATTAIN
9
Larboards : LEFTSIDES
10
Jai ___ : ALAI
11
Carty of baseball : RICO
12
Where Paradise was lost : EDEN
13
Units for a King : SETS
18
Last licks : DREGS
21
Biblical preposition : UNTO
24
Ring king : CHAMP
25
On an even keel : LEVEL
26
Ekberg : ANITA
28
Nebraska Indian : OTO
29
Port for Pompey : OSTIA
30
Voltaire's weapon : PEN
31
Memorable Fields : TOTIE
32
Erect : ONEND
33
Is in line for rightfully : EARNS
35
They have their shining hours : POLISHERS
38
Authority, with "the" : SAY
40
Polar aide : ELF
43
Walkway for Pericles : STOA
45
Part of L.C.M. : LEAST
48
Breed of English cattle : SUSSEX
49
Wee blossom : FLORET
52
B'way bombs : FLOPS
53
Kind of production : MASS
54
Poorly proportioned : ALOP
55
U.S.A.F. nonflier : KIWI
56
Neck and neck : EVEN
57
Loyalist in '76 : TORY
58
Dresden donkey : ESEL
59
Send the facts fast : WIRE
60
___-majesté : LESE
61
Nieuwpoort's river : YSER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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