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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Saturday, May 27, 1978

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.6
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,514
Across
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Popinjays : SWELLS
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Wrangle : BICKER
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Speech loss : APHASIA
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Comaneci asset : BALANCE
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Extreme; rigorous : DRASTIC
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American wildcats : OCELOTS
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Recent : LATE
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Classify : RANK
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"Sea of troubles" : WOE
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Give a leg up : AID
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Norway lobsters : PRAWNS
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Musical finale : CODA
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Princess driven mad by Hera : INO
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Handel's birthplace : HALLE
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A founder of Impressionism : MONET
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Four seasons : YEAR
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N.F.L. team : STEELERS
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___ around (indulged in tomfoolery) : HORSED
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De Sade's thing : SADISM
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Having shutters : LOUVERED
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Tasty treat in Taxco : TACO
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Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar : ELCID
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Sail, in Salzburg : SEGEL
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Thinker; brain : WIT
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Moslem call to prayer : ADAN
45
Asparagus shoots : SPEARS
46
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
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___-pros : NOL
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Backup men for Gladys Knight : PIPS
49
Idi of Uganda : AMIN
50
Interweaves : ENLACES
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Coming down in buckets : POURING
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Leaflike appendage : STIPULE
57
Nautical ropes : EARINGS
58
"___ the Truth," TV show : TOTELL
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Has a phobia : DREADS
Down
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Twist, as a wrist : SPRAIN
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Thingumbob or thingamajig : WHATDOYOUCALLIT
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Naturalness : EASE
4
Landing craft : LST
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Year in Claudius's reign : LII
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Of religious rites : SACRAL
7
Supports : BACKS
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O'Neill play : ILE
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Lone Eagle's monogram : CAL
10
Mean business : KNOWONESOWNMIND
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Outer membrane of a jellyfish : ECTODERM
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Does an ushering job : RESEATS
13
Loser to Dwight : ADLAI
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Hats : BONNETS
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Leather-punching tools : AWLS
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Introduced in stages : PHASED
23
More uncommon : RARER
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Infant's ailment : COLIC
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General's display : MEDALS
29
Sam of N.C. : ERVIN
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" ... Pumpkin-___" : EATER
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Cling; grasp for support : HOLDONTO
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Loathe : DESPISE
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Most barren : LEANEST
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Recondite : DEEP
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Reacted to a surprise : GASPED
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Tops in bakeries : ICINGS
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Fireplace gadget : TONGS
45
Incantation : SPELL
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Scotto forte : ARIA
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Pongid or mandrill : APE
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___ de sac : CUL
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Item for a skiff : OAR
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Suffix with press or fail : URE

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

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