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Dorothy Elliott
Dorothy Elliott

New York Times, Friday, October 15, 1993

7-Across : Chemical pollutant

Author:
Dorothy Elliott
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { V X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 10, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 36.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Dorothy Elliott has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,047
Across
1
Sandal part : TSTRAP
7
Chemical pollutant : PCB
10
Street in 17 Across : BOW
13
"___ Very Good Year" : ITWASA
14
"All in ___ and copper sky": Coleridge : AHOT
16
Mouths : ORA
17
Trans-Atlantic board game : BRITISHMONOPOLY
20
Ziering of "Beverly Hills 90210" : IAN
21
Buck's mate : DOE
22
Creator of Adam Dalgliesh : PDJAMES
23
Actress Dickinson : ANGIE
25
Actress Arngrim : ALISON
27
Blissful spot : EDEN
28
Sow : PLANT
29
"The Conning Towers" inits. : FPA
32
Narrow openings : SLITS
34
Used a sickle : REAPED
37
Property in 17 Across : WHITECHAPELROAD
41
Knowles from Horsforth, Eng. : PATRIC
42
"Whither thou ___..." : GOEST
43
Sweet sixteen, e.g. : AGE
44
Like ___ (probably) : ASNOT
46
Danube feeder : ISAR
50
Words of woe : OHDEAR
52
In unison : ASONE
53
Property in 17 Across : MAYFAIR
56
Have a bite : EAT
58
Reverse of 62 Across : NIG
59
Property in 17 Across : TRAFALGARSQUARE
62
Rummy call : GIN
63
Scads : SLEW
64
Road in 17 Across : EUSTON
65
Wapiti : ELK
66
___ and yang : YIN
67
Cosine's reciprocal : SECANT
Down
1
Leg bones : TIBIAE
2
Property in 17 Across : STRAND
3
Pang : TWINGE
4
Snitch : RAT
5
Stage remark : ASIDE
6
Step, in Ávila : PASO
7
Shriver of tennis : PAM
8
"Poet of the piano" : CHOPIN
9
Property in 17 Across : BONDSTREET
10
Prosperity : BOOM
11
Heraldic border : ORLE
12
Passages : WAYS
15
Japanese P.M.: 1941-44 : TOJO
18
4-H component : HEALTH
19
Thumbs-down review : PAN
24
Tchr. : INSTR
26
Trattoria speciality : LASAGNA
28
Property in 17 Across : PICCADILLY
29
Naval add. : FPO
30
Kind of jacket : PEA
31
Do sums : ADD
33
Lanai garland : LEI
35
City RR's : ELS
36
"___ a jealous mistress": Emerson : ARTIS
37
F.D.R. program : WPA
38
Crone : HAG
39
Graph or term ender : ITE
40
Wedding-vow word : POORER
45
Rachmaninoff : SERGEI
47
Beethoven's "Appassionata," e.g. : SONATA
48
"...___ curtain has descended...": Churchill : ANIRON
49
Street in 17 Across : REGENT
50
"Noises ___," Frayn farce : OFF
51
German composer Joseph ___ : HAAS
52
Ave ___ vale (hail and farewell) : ATQUE
53
F.H.A. concern : MTGE
54
Seed covering : ARIL
55
Jerk : YANK
57
"___ Death": Grieg : ASES
60
Barley beard : AWN
61
U.C.L.A. rival : USC

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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