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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Tuesday, May 14, 1974

19-Across : Emcees' mouthpieces

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 38.6
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,040
Across
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L.B.J. son-in-law : ROBB
5
Bristle: Prefix : SETI
9
Mother of Pollux : LEDA
13
Novelist Ehrenburg : ILYA
14
One of two "line" men of 1760's : DIXON
15
Grandparental : AVAL
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Lubbers : OAFS
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Prefix for lock or view : INTER
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Distant: Prefix : TELE
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Emcees' mouthpieces : MIKES
21
Abstruse : ESOTERIC
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Alley unit : TENPIN
25
Vivacious : AIRY
26
Take aback : ASTOUND
27
___ Women : DEANOF
30
Depot: Abbr. : STA
31
On the glacial side : STOSS
33
Incline : SLOPE
34
Fleeces : CONS
36
Reserve, in Rouen : ENCAS
38
In the ___ (fashionable) : SWIM
39
Loosened : UNDID
41
Sea birds : ERNES
43
Chemical suffix : ANE
44
Hypnosis name : MESMER
46
Man's name in Nantes : ETIENNE
48
Bulrush : TULE
49
Put on : DONNED
50
Florentine painter : FRALIPPI
53
Growing out : ENATE
55
Grass genus : AIRA
56
Man-___ : EATER
58
"___ Is Your ... " : THIS
60
Gear for Bill Dickey : MITT
61
Choir members : ALTOS
62
Atmosphere: Prefix : AERO
63
Latin infinitive : ESSE
64
Luminary : LION
65
Lop, in Scotland : SNED
Down
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___ de la Plata : RIO
2
Hebrew universe : OLAM
3
Irregularly : BYFITSANDSTARTS
4
Score for Willis Reed : BASKET
5
Sermon topic : SIN
6
Puts on the cuff : EXTENDSCREDITTO
7
Baby counters : TOES
8
Penetration : INROAD
9
Some passes : LATERALS
10
On occasion : EVERYNOWANDTHEN
11
Spanish artist : DALI
12
Writer Waugh : ALEC
14
Squabble : DISPUTE
20
Genesis name : ENOS
22
Play-off situations : TIES
24
"___ ear and ... " : INONE
26
In harmony : ATONE
28
Surmise : OPINE
29
Woman, in law : FEME
30
Riffraff : SCUM
32
___ Domingo : SANTO
35
Feign : SIMULATE
37
Some fishermen : SEINERS
40
Cold-cuts center : DELI
42
Swiss herdsman : SENN
45
Abrogate : REPEAL
47
___ a pin : NEATAS
50
Place in the sun : FAME
51
Journalist Jacob : RIIS
52
Hawaiian slope : PALI
54
Land of the Dail : EIRE
57
Age : EON
59
Sward : SOD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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