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Lita M. Elvers
Lita M. Elvers

New York Times, Thursday, April 25, 1974

Author:
Lita M. Elvers
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 3, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 17.6
Lita M. Elvers has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,021
Across
1
Coalition : BLOC
5
Word used by a lady with an umbrella, with 41 and 56 Across : SUPER
10
Membership in Congress : SEAT
14
Glide high : SOAR
15
Type of TV time : PRIME
16
Bruins' campus : UCLA
17
Court's Arthur : ASHE
18
Caper : ANTIC
19
Nanny's prop : PRAM
20
Ship part : SUPERSTRUCTURE
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Fraternal man : ELK
24
Theater sign : SRO
25
Refugees : DPS
28
Word with eyed or gin : SLOE
31
Criticize harshly : ROAST
36
He was, in old Rome : ERAT
38
Space walks : EVAS
40
Keen liking : GUSTO
41
See 5 Across : CALIFRAGILISTIC
44
"A Bell for ___" : ADANO
45
Impose, as a tax : LEVY
46
Small or back : TALK
47
Alpine sound : YODEL
48
___ avis : RARA
50
Legal matter : RES
51
Kind : ILK
54
Business abbr. : INC
56
See 5 Across : EXPIALIDOCIOUS
64
Become blackened : SMUT
65
Excuse : ALIBI
66
Second-hand : USED
68
Falsehood : TALE
69
Monkeys, in Madrid : MONOS
70
Covering : RIND
71
Snakes : ASPS
72
Valuable quality : ASSET
73
Young ones : TADS
Down
1
Youth org. : BSA
2
Deprivation : LOSS
3
Pacific island : OAHU
4
Kind of paper : CREPE
5
Popular July 4 item : SPARKLER
6
Vessels : URNS
7
British statesman : PITT
8
Arabian princes : EMIRS
9
Come up again : RECUR
10
Building V.I.P. : SUPT
11
Color : ECRU
12
Winged : ALAR
13
Docile : TAME
21
Letters : ELS
22
Welsh dog : CORGI
25
Go to pot : DECAY
26
Madrid sight : PRADO
27
Word with Caesar or days : SALAD
29
Running track : OVAL
30
Anxious : EAGER
32
Expel : OUST
33
Wish upon ___ : ASTAR
34
Fence-climber's aid : STILE
35
African hornbills : TOCKS
37
Prong : TINE
39
Hindu deity : SIVA
42
Thin layers : FOLIA
43
Hammerstein, for one : LYRICIST
49
Tropical bird : ANI
52
Andean sight : LLAMA
53
Metric units, for short : KILOS
55
Supreme or Margaret : COURT
56
This, in Spain : ESTA
57
Holiday : XMAS
58
Fruit part : PULP
59
Suffixes for natives : ITES
60
Clamors : DINS
61
Reed : OBOE
62
Federal agency : USIA
63
"___ no money" (ad words) : SEND
67
Dental degree : DDS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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