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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Saturday, July 5, 1980

53-Down : Lily of operatic fame

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 11, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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L
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M
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P
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C
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O
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B
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R
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,197
Across
1
Calling : CAREER
7
Muddle : CHAOS
12
In danger of : OPENTO
13
U.S. college member : ELECTOR
15
Incessantly, in a way : MONTHINMONTHOUT
18
Renaissance family : ESTE
19
Saturn's wife : OPS
20
___ limit (draws the line) : SETSA
21
Dep. : STA
22
Circular : FLIER
24
Prescribed custom : RITE
25
Miller's "___ My Sons" : ALL
26
Western ranges : SIERRAS
28
Architectural wing : ELL
29
Legal precedent procedure : TESTCASE
31
Headgear for Anglican bishops : MITRES
33
Rainbow forms : ARCS
34
Dumas ___: 1802-70 : PERE
35
Share the lead : COSTAR
38
Unsupported : BASELESS
42
Rudiments : ABC
43
___ out (failed) : PETERED
45
N.L. player : MET
46
Absolute : REAL
48
Marsh birds : SORAS
49
Cote cry : BAA
50
Historic village near Verdun : ORNES
52
T-man or G-man : FED
53
Butter portions : PATS
54
Incessantly, in a way : MONTHAFTERMONTH
58
Gives the lie to : NEGATES
59
Sound of little bells : TINKLE
60
Motherless calf : DOGIE
61
Argued with impudence : SASSED
Down
1
Assaults : COMESAT
2
Peter or James : APOSTLE
3
Certain ad offerings : RENTALS
4
Being, in Barcelona : ENTE
5
Biblical verb ending : ETH
6
Monarch, in Marseille : ROI
7
More compact : CLOSER
8
Female lobster : HEN
9
N.T. book : ACTS
10
Word with wise : OTHER
11
More fuliginous : SOOTIER
13
Conqueror's goal : EMPIRE
14
Steal the steer : RUSTLE
16
Exactly as stated : NOLESS
17
Asian units of weight : TAELS
22
Hackney coaches : FIACRES
23
Kingly name in Egypt : RAMESES
26
___ iron : SCRAP
27
Engendered : SIRED
30
Use a hand shuttle : TAT
32
Arab word for hill : TEL
34
Victory celebration : PARADE
35
Pool ploy : CAROM
36
Titania's spouse : OBERON
37
Analyzed poetry : SCANNED
38
Left Bank headwear : BERETS
39
Builds levees : EMBANKS
40
Puget Sound seaport : SEATTLE
41
Kept in a cache : STASHED
44
Chewy confection : TOFFEE
47
Released : LETGO
51
Tobacco variety : SHAG
53
Lily of operatic fame : PONS
55
Panay group : ATI
56
Grid linemen : RTS
57
Farrow : MIA

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

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