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Dorothy Elliott
Dorothy Elliott

New York Times, Thursday, October 24, 1985

Author:
Dorothy Elliott
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Y }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 22.0
Dorothy Elliott has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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C
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A
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K
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Q
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S
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A
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P
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S
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B
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A
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C
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B
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C
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G
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,134
Across
1
Kind of suit : LIBEL
6
Create edgings : TAT
9
Tree of the custard-apple family : PAPAW
14
" ... to get you in ___, honey" : ATAXI
15
Mature : AGE
16
Calvino or Balbo : ITALO
17
"Beat it!" : SCRAM
18
Turpin or Vereen : BEN
19
Wakefield personage : VICAR
20
Hope movie: 1951 : THELEMONDROPKID
23
Half-inning ender : THIRDOUT
24
Sounds of surprise : OHS
27
About 70 percent of the globe : OCEANS
28
Caesar's co-star : COCA
32
Citrus fruit : KUMQUAT
34
Attack : SETUPON
36
Early A.D. theologian : ARIUS
37
Tolerate : ABIDE
38
Most inclined to dawdle : POKIEST
41
Allen film: 1971 : BANANAS
43
Agnes, in Avila : INEZ
44
Saxe-___ : COBURG
46
Superlative finisher : EST
47
Prussian city, famed for cutlery : SOLINGEN
49
Burgess work, with "A" : CLOCKWORKORANGE
56
SE Asian capital : HANOI
57
Sma : WEE
58
Paragon : IDEAL
59
Squash variety : ACORN
60
"A Q O T W F" novelist : EMR
61
Halos : NIMBS
62
Revengers in a recent film : NERDS
63
___ gestae : RES
64
Notched : EROSE
Down
1
Fitzgerald's "The ___ Tycoon" : LAST
2
Hankering : ITCH
3
Expose : BARE
4
Glorify : EXALT
5
"___ Blues," 1924 song : LIMEHOUSE
6
Potted-plant stand : TABORET
7
Schedule : AGENDA
8
Hamstrings : TENDONS
9
Turn : PIVOT
10
Very eager : ATIP
11
Roller-derby grouping : PACK
12
Jai ___ : ALAI
13
Promise : WORD
21
Muscovite : MICA
22
Stratagem : RUSE
24
Giraffe's kin : OKAPI
25
Lake or Indian : HURON
26
Nickleby's companion : SMIKE
28
Largest of the West Indies : CUBA
29
Express a viewpoint : OPINE
30
Ballet finales : CODAS
31
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
33
Exam : QUIZ
35
Jimmy Dorsey hit of 1942 : TANGERINE
39
Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
40
"When the night is beginning ___": Longfellow : TOLOWER
41
Edith and Archie : BUNKERS
42
Ex-constellation : ARGO
45
Vessel that saw action a Actium : BIREME
47
K.P. residue : SKINS
48
Zenith's opposite : NADIR
49
Fictional sleuth : CHAN
50
Limerick product : LACE
51
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
52
String : CORD
53
Nautilus captain : NEMO
54
Wags the tongue : GABS
55
Otherwise : ELSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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