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Nancy Schuster
Nancy Schuster

New York Times, Monday, December 24, 1973

39-Across : Webster's adversary

Author:
Nancy Schuster
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J W X }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Nancy Schuster has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,899
Across
1
French clergyman : ABBE
5
Massenet work : MANON
10
News notice : OBIT
14
Burst of laughter : GALE
15
Culture era named for Ohio town : ADENA
16
Ho Chi ___ : MINH
17
Sen. Cranston of Calif. : ALAN
18
Inactivity : QUIESCENCE
20
Amusement: Abbr. : REC
21
Dupe : GULL
22
Kind of sucker : ALLDAY
23
Never mind : SKIPIT
25
Polar fishing perch : FLOE
26
Neighbor of Thailand : LAOS
27
Computer product : PRINTOUT
31
Flickers of light : GLIMS
33
Confiscate : SEIZE
34
To's companion : FRO
35
Baltic port : RIGA
36
Opera by Delibes : LAKME
37
"What ___?" : OFIT
38
Sort of: Suffix : ISH
39
Webster's adversary : DEVIL
40
Billiards shot : MASSE
41
Ingredient of air : NITROGEN
43
Prepare an Alaska : BAKE
44
Schussing locale : ALPS
45
Monte ___ : CRISTO
47
Insight : APERCU
50
___ vital (life force) : ELAN
51
Dye or tack : TIE
53
Bulldogs : YALEELEVEN
55
Aromatic seed : DILL
56
"___ you didn't know!" : ASIF
57
Highland V.I.P. : LAIRD
58
French articles : UNES
59
Vague : HAZY
60
Transit at the trots : SULKY
61
Fairy-tale figure : OGRE
Down
1
Culture gel : AGAR
2
Packages : BALES
3
Infrared beam : BLACKLIGHT
4
Poetic word : EEN
5
French guerrilla of W. W. II : MAQUIS
6
Movie category : ADULT
7
Playwright Simon : NEIL
8
Draw-poker request : ONE
9
Talk in a certain way : NASALIZE
10
Brunch order : OMELET
11
Tight spot : BIND
12
Conquistador's victim : INCA
13
People in general : THEY
19
Group of organisms : CLONE
21
Mail stations: Abbr. : GPOS
24
"Today ___ man" : IAMA
25
Operetta composer : FRIML
27
Duck bred for food : PEKIN
28
Compensating for : OFFSETTING
29
U. S. author : URIS
30
Model's bag : TOTE
31
Cheshire cat's remains : GRIN
32
Virna of films : LISI
33
Redeems : SAVES
36
Put-ons : LEGPULLS
37
Famous race at Epsom : OAKS
39
Sweet, in Siena : DOLCE
40
High seas, to poets : MAIN
42
Attenuate : RAREFY
43
Saint Bernard's largesse : BRANDY
45
Shopgirl : CLERK
46
Houston player : OILER
47
Native nurse in India : AYAH
48
Raisin, in Spain : PASA
49
Of Shakespeare's time: Abbr. : ELIZ
50
Corrupt : EVIL
52
Other : ELSE
54
French water : EAU
55
Pair : DUO

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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