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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Monday, January 4, 1982

29-Across : Substandard language form

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,745
Across
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A source of roe : SHAD
5
Cup-and-lip intruder : SLIP
9
Appealed earnestly : PLED
13
Lovely lass : PERI
14
Word with hair or spring : TONIC
16
Lord's spouse : LADY
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Essayist's pseudonym : ELIA
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Atelier appurtenance : EASEL
19
Medicinal herb : ALOE
20
Outline for puzzle solvers : DIAGRAM
22
Freshwater algae : DIATOMS
24
Unctuous : OILY
25
Egyptian goddess : MUT
26
Leans : SLANTS
29
Substandard language form : DIALECT
33
Goddesses of the seasons : HORAE
34
Jai-alai equipment : CESTA
35
Before rod; after battering : RAM
37
U.S.S.R. city : OREL
38
Poet Rossetti : DANTE
39
Name literally meaning "gifts" : DORA
40
Manipulate a camera : PAN
41
Befogs : MISTS
42
Indian game : BISON
43
"Restless" ones, at times : NATIVES
45
Crows : BOASTS
46
Malt beverage : ALE
47
Polly, to Tom Sawyer : AUNT
48
Channel choosers : DIALERS
52
Logs : DIARIES
56
Fischer's castle : ROOK
57
Dravidian : TAMIL
59
Leggy Nilot : IBIS
60
Thousand-day queen : ANNE
61
Spotted : SPIED
62
Stooped : BENT
63
Word after tumble or rag : WEED
64
French money, once : SOUS
65
Zsa Zsa has several : EXES
Down
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Exceeded a certain limit : SPED
2
Sun: Comb. form : HELI
3
"Arianna" air : ARIA
4
Bias : DIAGONAL
5
Purloins : STEALS
6
Like good soil : LOAMY
7
Reagan's group : INS
8
Mottled : PIED
9
Nebraska river : PLATTE
10
French composer : LALO
11
Biblical land : EDOM
12
Eosin and anilin : DYES
15
Weather conditions : CLIMATE
21
Solemnity : RITE
23
Meeting hall : AULA
26
Compare prices : SHOP
27
Navigation system : LORAN
28
Spanish sand : ARENA
29
Fender benders : DENTS
30
Exponents : ISTS
31
Crotchety : CROSS
32
Soothsayer's card : TAROT
34
Inspect with larceny in mind : CASE
36
Supplies personnel : MANS
38
Entertains : DIVERTS
39
Violent denunciation : DIATRIBE
41
Wanamaker or Millrose run : MILE
42
___ fide : BONA
44
Spilled the beans : TALKED
45
Erects : BUILDS
47
So long, in Brest : ADIEU
48
Sketch : DRAW
49
Bulwer-Lytton heroine : IONE
50
Top-notch : AONE
51
Weakens : SAPS
53
Wild climber of peaks : IBEX
54
German article : EINE
55
Concordes : SSTS
58
"O sole ___" : MIO

Answer summary:
3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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