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Dorothy Elliott
Dorothy Elliott

New York Times, Thursday, November 4, 1993

1-Across : Fourth Hebrew letter

Author:
Dorothy Elliott
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 22.0
Dorothy Elliott has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1
D
2
A
3
L
4
E
5
T
6
H
7
G
8
R
9
I
10
P
11
A
12
D
13
E
14
A
M
A
L
I
E
15
B
A
N
E
16
L
E
M
17
G
O
O
D
D
A
18
Y
S
U
N
S
19
H
I
N
E
20
A
R
C
21
A
D
O
22
T
A
B
O
R
23
M
O
O
24
N
L
I
G
25
H
26
T
27
S
O
N
A
T
A
28
B
U
O
Y
29
S
A
U
R
O
30
A
B
E
L
31
A
S
N
E
32
R
33
F
I
A
34
T
35
A
D
D
36
T
I
37
M
38
E
F
O
R
U
39
S
40
A
41
B
42
M
43
M
O
L
L
44
R
I
45
M
46
E
47
D
48
S
O
I
49
T
50
W
I
E
51
L
52
D
53
G
E
N
E
54
S
U
N
R
55
I
S
E
S
E
R
56
E
N
A
D
E
57
I
D
I
O
T
58
N
A
G
59
H
I
P
60
G
O
O
D
N
61
I
62
G
63
H
T
M
Y
64
L
O
V
E
65
N
I
N
66
O
B
I
E
67
A
P
E
M
E
N
68
S
R
S
69
T
O
N
Y
70
S
T
R
E
S
S
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,067
Across
1
Fourth Hebrew letter : DALETH
7
Valise : GRIP
11
Citrus drink : ADE
14
Charlotte ___, V.I. : AMALIE
15
Scourge : BANE
16
Moon-landing transport : LEM
17
Beatles song: 1966 : GOODDAYSUNSHINE
20
Circle segment : ARC
21
Excitement : ADO
22
Mount in N Israel : TABOR
23
Beethoven's Op. 27, No. 2 : MOONLIGHTSONATA
28
Uplift : BUOY
29
Lizard: Comb. form : SAURO
30
French film pioneer Gance : ABEL
31
TV's Mr. Grant : ASNER
33
Official proclamation : FIAT
35
Count : ADD
36
With "A," theme from "Romeo and Juliet" : TIMEFORUS
40
Def. projectile : ABM
43
Defoe's ___ Flanders : MOLL
44
Frost-covered : RIMED
48
Ellerbee's "And ___ Goes" : SOIT
50
Brandish : WIELD
53
Tunney or Tierney : GENE
54
Frankie Carle's theme song : SUNRISESERENADE
57
Nincompoop : IDIOT
58
Pester : NAG
59
With-it : HIP
60
Hit song from 1936 Shirley Temple movie : GOODNIGHTMYLOVE
65
Diarist Anaïs ___ : NIN
66
Little cousin of 69 Across : OBIE
67
Missing links : APEMEN
68
Soon-to-be-alums : SRS
69
Stage Oscar : TONY
70
Pressure : STRESS
Down
1
Viola ___ (old bass viol) : DAGAMBA
2
Lovey-dovey : AMOROUS
3
Priest who warned against the Trojan horse : LAOCOON
4
Yore : ELD
5
Kind of basin : TIDAL
6
"My ___ bloody, but unbowed": Henley : HEADIS
7
Famed literary monogram : GBS
8
Author Santha Rama ___ : RAU
9
Wayside stopover : INN
10
Green pasta sauce : PESTO
11
"Arabian Nights" woodcutter : ALIBABA
12
Signified : DENOTED
13
Oz's ___ City : EMERALD
18
Exercise system : YOGA
19
Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
24
Novgorod negative : NYET
25
Gusts : HUFFLES
26
Cinema Stooges, e.g. : TRIO
27
Fly like a condor : SOAR
32
Edge : RIM
34
Neighbor of Syr. : TUR
37
Tends the lawn : MOWS
38
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
39
Portent : SIGN
40
Specifies : ASSIGNS
41
Milady's chamber : BOUDOIR
42
Underlings : MINIONS
45
"Oh, give ___ where..." : MEAHOME
46
Salad greens : ENDIVES
47
Intensifies : DEEPENS
49
Walked upon : TROD
51
Afforded : LENT
52
O'Neill output : DRAMAS
55
"Tell ___ in Gath...": II Sam. 1:20 : ITNOT
56
O.T.'s Mizraim, today : EGYPT
61
Nigerian native : IBO
62
Rummy type : GIN
63
Say-___ Kid (Willie Mays) : HEY
64
Irish sea god : LER

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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