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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Saturday, June 3, 1978

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 35.7
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,521
Across
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Dangers offshore : SHOALS
7
Kin of spades : SHOVELS
14
Hard-hearted gal in a 1924 song : HANNAH
15
Member of an ancient, scholarly Jewish sect : PHARISEE
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First or Second, in N.Y.C. : AVENUE
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Munificence : LARGESSE
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Holder of a D.V.M. : VET
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Pours from bottle to bottle : DECANTS
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African cobra : ASP
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Geraint's wife : ENID
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Bar mitzvah, e.g. : RITE
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Words heard on the Hill : AYES
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City on the Tevere : ROMA
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Very thin : BONY
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Hot spot at times : OVEN
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Procedural unit : STEP
30
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
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Crossbar patterns : GRIDS
32
Made it big : PROSPERED
35
Pivotal : POLAR
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Whitney : ELI
38
Theories : ISMS
42
Famed lithographer : IVES
43
Sleep, to hurt minds: Shak. : BALM
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"Imagine ___!" : THAT
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Scored on a perfect serve : ACED
46
Rank just below prince : DUKE
47
Maneuverable, as a ship : YARE
48
Vessel: Abbr : STR
49
Having a green film, as old bronze : PATINED
52
Boulevardier : FOP
53
First heavyweight champ : SULLIVAN
55
Important lawn grass : REDTOP
57
Education : TRAINING
58
Chant : INTONE
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Having a dividing wall : SEPTATE
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Weigh the pros and cons : ASSESS
Down
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Little ones : SHAVERS
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Poor devil : HAVENOT
3
Quondam : ONETIME
4
Massachusetts cape : ANN
5
Praise : LAUD
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Irish fairies : SHEE
7
Abode for 2 Down : SHANTY
8
Collaborator with Twain : HARTE
9
Assns. : ORGS
10
Compete : VIE
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Gave it a try : ESSAYED
12
Eases up : LESSENS
13
What a leak does : SEEPS
15
Not mincing words : PLAINSPEAKING
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Constantine's vision : CROSS
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Variegated : DAPPLED
25
Profiteer's vice : AVIDITY
27
Yokel : BOOR
28
Sphalerite is one : ORE
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Uncompromising : GRIM
33
Ethiopian V.I.P. : RAS
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Actress Terry : ELLEN
35
Dorian Gray's nemesis : PICTURE
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Partly coincide with : OVERLAP
39
Mother Goose's "Pretty Bobby" : SHAFTOE
40
Leaves high and dry : MAROONS
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Arid tracts : STEPPES
43
Compound used as a fuel gas : BUTANE
45
Members of a D.A.'s staff : ASSTS
46
Boat hoist : DAVIT
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" ... ___ rose on me" : PINA
50
Silkworm : ERIA
51
Nookeries : DENS
54
Ignited : LIT
56
Wino's affliction : DTS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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