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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Friday, July 18, 1980

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 15.8
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,210
Across
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Ballyhoo : PROPAGANDA
11
Oscar Wilde subject : GAOL
15
"And sold my ___ for a Song": FitzGerald : REPUTATION
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Menlo Park name : ALVA
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In time : EVENTUALLY
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Made to pay through the nose : BLED
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Sword's surpasser : PEN
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Medieval helmet : ARMET
21
Hellhound : FIEND
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Miss Kirk : LISA
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Employed Ma Bell's princess : RANG
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Rabbit fur : LAPIN
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O.T. book : NAHUM
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Warp yarn : ABB
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Takes life easy : IDLES
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Creator of "The African Queen" : FORESTER
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Commercial center of Southern Yemen : ADEN
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Start of a cheer : HIP
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100 centesimi : LIRA
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Colleague of Wallace and Safer : REASONER
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Stockholders' get-togethers : POOLS
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Group in h.s. : SRS
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Dermal orifices : PORES
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Author Turnbull : AGNES
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Stupefied, in a way : AWED
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Jungfrau's locale : ALPS
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Kind of button : PANIC
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City on the Hong : HANOI
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Snaffle : BIT
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Scraps for a snarleyyow : ORTS
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Instructional method for the young : MONTESSORI
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Where Hyde presided: 1938–45 : EIRE
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___ fortitude : INTESTINAL
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Giant star of yore : MAYS
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Evaluation : ASSESSMENT
Down
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___ school : PREP
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Dream, in Dijon : REVE
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Unabashed : OPEN
4
Paronomasia : PUN
5
Gains through effort : ATTAINS
6
Asian bovines : GAURS
7
Cossack chief : ATAMAN
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Khartoum's river : NILE
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Simple Simon, e.g. : DOLT
10
Word with where or way : ANY
11
French actor Jean : GABIN
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Testimony that is contestable : ALLEGATION
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Pizzeria proprietor's need : OVEN
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Actress Cheryl : LADD
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A place in the sun : FAME
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Legal rights : LIENS
23
Capek opus : RUR
24
They need good memories : LIARS
25
Snake that sounds augmentative : ADDER
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Witticism or banter : PLEASANTRY
28
Full of zeal : AFIRE
29
School dance : HOP
31
Milton from N.Y.C. : BERLE
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Kind of ring or band : BRASS
35
Plods along : SLOGS
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" ... love but only ___!": Byron : HER
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Acronym in the news : OPEC
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Greeting gesture : NOD
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Supporters of Mary Queen of Scots, to their foes : PAPISTS
45
River, dam or reservoir in S.C. : SANTEE
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___ up (familiarizes) : WISES
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Wind-borne loam deposit : LOESS
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Tone ___ : POEM
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Marilyn Horne offering : ARIA
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Academic achievements: Abbr. : HONS
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Formicary occupants : ANTS
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Radius, for one : BONE
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Locale of the Zagros Mountains : IRAN
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Knightly sport : TILT
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"Angela ___," 1928 song : MIA
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Alastair ___, British actor : SIM

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

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