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Hugh McElroy
Hugh McElroy

New York Times, Tuesday, January 29, 1980

66-Across : Muse of poetry

Author:
Hugh McElroy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 20.4
Hugh McElroy has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,039
Across
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Rasputin's puppet : TSAR
5
Auto pioneer : OLDS
9
" ... wish upon ___" : ASTAR
14
Well-wisher : ALLY
15
Milne's Winnie : POOH
16
Cold and rigid : STONY
17
Insert cartridges : LOAD
18
La Negri : POLA
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Zoo favorite : PANDA
20
With 58 Across, line from an old song : COMEJOSEPHINEIN
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Plant cells : SPORES
24
Letter opener : DEAR
25
Spider's pride : WEB
27
Forward again : RESHIP
32
Actor Davis : OSSIE
36
Pal for Andy : AMOS
39
Greek letter : IOTA
40
"Up! Up! A ___" : LITTLEBITHIGHER
43
Rehan and Huxtable : ADAS
44
Mardi Gras follower : LENT
45
Circuit mishap : SHORT
46
Nullify : NEGATE
48
Palm leaf : OLA
50
"Give ___ a horse ... " : AMAN
53
Word after wage : EARNER
58
See 20 Across : MYFLYINGMACHINE
63
Part of R.F.D. : RURAL
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Partner of means : WAYS
65
Actress Swenson : INGA
66
Muse of poetry : ERATO
67
Yorkshire river : AIRE
68
"A friend in ___ ... " : NEED
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Part of a train : DINER
70
Kind of bed or stead : ROAD
71
Parisian airport : ORLY
Down
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Dusting powders : TALCS
2
Sailing boat : SLOOP
3
Texas shrine : ALAMO
4
"Red ___" (comic strip) : RYDER
5
Resist : OPPOSE
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Writer Anita : LOOS
7
Meted out : DOLED
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"Zoot suit with a drape ___" : SHAPE
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Aim high : ASPIRE
10
Laurel or Kenton : STAN
11
Franchot of films : TONE
12
After "The King" or "The Egg" : ANDI
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Tatum's father : RYAN
21
Crown décor : JEWEL
22
Severe : HARSH
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Ruth or Herman : BABE
28
Breathe wearily : SIGH
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Sounds from Santa : HOHO
30
Roman road : ITER
31
Segment : PART
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Buck's peach-pit planter : OLAN
33
Kind of show or step : SIDE
34
Prewedding party : STAG
35
"___ boy! Have a cigar!" : ITSA
37
Andy Gump's wife : MIN
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Preminger : OTTO
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Varnish base : ELEMI
42
Son of Abraham : ISAAC
47
Estelle or Robert : TAYLOR
49
Let : LEASED
51
First name in Egypt : ANWAR
52
Mystery-writer Marsh : NGAIO
54
Zoo heavyweight, for short : RHINO
55
Forty-___ : NINER
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Author of "How To Buy Stocks" : ENGEL
57
Duly equipped : READY
58
Extinct TV horse : MRED
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Cosmonaut's first name : YURI
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Friend of Kukla : FRAN
61
Tardy : LATE
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A Hess who became a dame : MYRA

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