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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Saturday, July 12, 1980

1-Down : Comic opera's Oscar

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 37.5
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,204
Across
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Domain : SPHERE
7
Future replacements : SPARES
13
They've got the goods : TRADERS
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Kind of battery : STORAGE
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From La Spezia, Italy, to Hyères, France : RIVIERA
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Fire and fury : PASSION
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Dill herb of the Bible : ANET
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State of deep despair : SLOUGH
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Sentry post: Abbr. : STA
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Thespian Hagen : UTA
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___ up (adjust) : TUNE
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Sampler beginning : BEIT
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Conventicle group : SECT
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Spinal component : DISK
28
Kind of step or neck : GOOSE
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Passive : DORMANT
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Van's place in an army : FRONT
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Nary a soul : NOONE
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Box up : CRATE
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Slyly malicious : SNIDE
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Most relaxed : LOOSEST
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Doctor the drink : SPIKE
38
Chinese dynasty : MING
39
Nigerian group : EDOS
41
Valley of the vines : NAPA
42
Refreshers of a sort : NAPS
43
Picnic pest : ANT
44
Birth month of D.D.E. : OCT
45
Silents star Love : BESSIE
47
"___ the wild blue yonder" : INTO
48
Largest of the Ryukyu Islands : OKINAWA
50
Star's sub : STANDIN
52
City near Bucharest : PLOESTI
53
Earthly : TERRENE
54
"And steep my ___ in forgetfulness?": Shak. : SENSES
55
Marked with lines or grooves : SCORED
Down
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Comic opera's Oscar : STRAUS
2
Kind of matter : PRINTED
3
Hit the ceiling : HAVEACONNIPTION
4
Emulate Robert Giroux : EDIT
5
Arikara : REE
6
Earns a demerit : ERRS
7
Drew's milieu : STAGE
8
Like London's Savoy : POSH
9
___ poetica : ARS
10
Cause to hit the ceiling : RAISEONESDANDER
11
He has "I" trouble : EGOTIST
12
Where Chiles might turn to Stone : SENATE
14
Cracker : SALTINE
15
Wood or fungus that smolders when lit : SPUNK
20
Give the gate : OUST
24
Baby wear : BOOTEE
26
Moscow vehicle : TROIKA
27
Great ___ : DANE
28
Fat, in France : GRAS
30
Rhythmical scheme : MODE
31
Coat fastener : FROG
33
Be formed (of) : CONSIST
34
Patch plasterwork : SPACKLE
35
Items to be puckered : LIPS
36
Survivor-takes-all insurance : TONTINE
37
Busybodies : SNOOPS
38
Some of the Kenyans : MASAI
40
Blotto : STONED
42
Salamanders : NEWTS
45
Diamond point : BASE
46
Seine summers : ETES
47
Japanese receptacle : INRO
49
Readings on vanes : NES
51
Curve segment : ARC

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

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