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Elaine D. Schorr
Elaine D. Schorr

New York Times, Tuesday, August 24, 1976

39-Across : Smith or Smothers

Author:
Elaine D. Schorr
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.37, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 11, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.4
Elaine D. Schorr has 49 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,873
Across
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Grown-up : MATURE
7
Demolition-derby feature : CRASH
12
Charms : AMULETS
14
Try again for the right number : REDIAL
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Lazy Susan, in a way : SERVICEREVOLVER
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Trieste measure : ORNA
20
Hood or kind : MAN
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Eydie's partner : STEVE
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Folklore goblin : NIS
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Certain share : LIONS
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Cut, in Scotland : SNEG
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"___ on parle ... " : ICI
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Instruction books : MANUALS
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"___ merry-go-round" : ONA
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Missionary's greeter : CANNIBAL
32
Amsterdam's river : AMSTEL
34
___ about : ONOR
35
Addition word : PLUS
36
On the mend, in Munich : BESSER
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Smith or Smothers : BROTHERS
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Yalie : ELI
44
Exchanges coupons : REDEEMS
46
Pro ___ : TEM
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Phonograph record : DISC
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Fiends, in Aberdeen : DEILS
50
Tree of Brazil : APA
51
Preclude, in law : ESTOP
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Babylonian sky god : ANU
54
One of a radio twosome : AMOS
55
Athletic Moslem : WHIRLINGDERVISH
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"___ to grow on" : ANDONE
60
Coalition : ENTENTE
61
Western park : ESTES
62
Do a realty-tax job : ASSESS
Down
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Kind of lodge : MASONIC
2
North, South or Central : AMERICA
3
Calls it a day : TURNSIN
4
Seaweed genus : ULVA
5
Defendants, in law : REI
6
Common abbr. : ETC
7
Actor Richard : CRENNA
8
Part of R.P.M.: Abbr. : REV
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Bustles : ADOS
10
River-mouth deposits : SILTS
11
Pauper : HAVENOT
13
Study group : SEMINAR
15
Actor Sam : LEVENE
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Director Walsh : RAOUL
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Stately : REGAL
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Lacking spontaneity : LABORED
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Skiing events : SLALOMS
27
Seeker of lodes : MINER
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South African leader : SMUTS
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Refusals : NOS
33
Sound in a library : SSH
35
Musical piece : PRELUDE
36
Moisten : BEDEW
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Hebrew prophet : ELISHA
38
Famed chapel : SISTINE
39
Person : BEING
40
Open-mesh fabric : ETAMINE
41
Fencing thrusts: Var. : REPOSTS
42
Tennis coups de grace : SMASHES
45
Silas and family : DEANES
48
Wood quantities : CORDS
52
Small bit of land : PLOT
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Roads: Abbr. : AVES
56
Ending for opal : INE
57
Queenly name : ENA
58
Some tickets: Abbr. : RTS

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

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