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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Saturday, July 24, 1976

17-Across : Flexible

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.54, Missing: { G J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,842
Across
1
Gives an opinion : SPEAKS
7
Religious figures : PRIESTS
14
Full-house latecomer : STANDEE
15
Resort area of Europe : RIVIERA
16
Certain red-letter times : PAYDAYS
17
Flexible : ELASTIC
18
Category for "The Iliad" : EPOS
19
Poet W.H. : AUDEN
21
New Jersey has one: Abbr. : TPK
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Sprite : ELF
23
Argentine plains : PAMPAS
25
Auk genus : ALLE
26
Dict. offering : DEF
27
___ a time : ONEAT
28
Mock, in England : SLEER
29
King of Israel : OMRI
31
Superficial reasoners : SOPHISTS
33
___ "Republic" : PLATOS
35
Zoo attractions : RHINOS
36
Italian landlords : PADRONES
38
Roaster : OVEN
39
Gal Fridays: Abbr. : ASSTS
40
"___ will believe it" : NOONE
42
Out of: Prefix : ECT
45
Off-color : RACY
46
Pantry : LARDER
47
Hindu title : SRI
48
Hassle : ADO
49
Gave as reference : CITED
50
Comparative word : THAN
51
Mountaineer, in Spain : SERRANO
53
Having lips : LABIATE
56
___-one (bidding system) : ONEOVER
57
Beyond the twelve-mile limit : OPENSEA
58
East Indian sailors : LASCARS
59
Fractional parts : TENTHS
Down
1
Wire fastener : STAPLE
2
Take revenge : PAYOFFOLDSCORES
3
Items sometimes loose : ENDS
4
Miss Rehan : ADA
5
West or stone : KEY
6
TV street : SESAME
7
Carnivore : PREDATOR
8
Causes irritation : RILES
9
Great or Terrible : IVAN
10
Ruhr refrigerant : EIS
11
Subdues : SETTLESONESHASH
12
Donald Duck's nephews : TRIPLETS
13
Ones who pillage : SACKERS
14
Kind of trap : SPEED
20
Javanese tree : UPAS
23
Dessert wines: Var. : PORTOS
24
Negative atom : ANION
25
Straighten : ALINE
28
React to fear : SHIVER
30
Ernest Borgnine role : MARTY
32
Ring up : PHONE
33
Neighbor of L.A. : PASADENA
34
Baker, Bayh and Brooke : SENATORS
36
Sun protector : PARASOL
37
Offended : SORE
41
Stock-purchase amount : ODDLOT
43
Pier sights : CRATES
44
Ringwear : TINEA
46
Pier visitor : LINER
49
Vena ___ (blood vein) : CAVA
50
Color : TINT
52
Legendary bird : ROC
54
Play follow-the-leader : APE
55
Poet Jonson : BEN

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

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