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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Wednesday, December 30, 1981

52-Across : "King" of the Polo Grounds

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,740
Across
1
Ruth or Herman : BABE
5
Girl whom Phil Rizzuto married : CORA
9
Red Sox state : MASS
13
Comply : OBEY
14
The birds : AVES
15
Puff up : ELATE
17
Queue : LINE
18
Kind of duck : LAME
19
Cavalry weapon : SABER
20
"The Splendid Splinter" : TEDWILLIAMS
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What Guidry kicks up : LEG
24
Best pitchers : ACES
25
Invalids : AILERS
27
Pursued a long fly : CHASED
30
Singer Lena : HORNE
32
Plaster supports : LATHS
33
He hit 755 home runs : HANKAARON
37
Depiction of the beautiful : ART
38
Carries : TOTES
39
Devoured : ATE
40
"Big Poison" : PAULWANER
43
Baltimore eleven : COLTS
45
Supplied weapons : ARMED
46
Trustworthy : HONEST
47
In Morpheus's arms : ASLEEP
50
Quién ___? : SABE
51
Antique car : REO
52
"King" of the Polo Grounds : CARLHUBBELL
58
Pillow stuffing : KAPOK
60
Of the dawn : EOAN
61
Felipe, Matty or Jesus : ALOU
62
Metric measure : STERE
63
Legal wrong : TORT
64
Catcher's flash : SIGN
65
Glacial ridges : OSAR
66
Terminates : ENDS
67
Soften : EASE
Down
1
Nut's partner : BOLT
2
Rose's man : ABIE
3
Lean : BEND
4
Flattery: Slang : EYEWASH
5
Said "Safe!" or "Out!" : CALLED
6
Athletic areas : OVALS
7
Ancient people of Gaul : REMI
8
On the ocean : ASEA
9
Sicilian seaport : MESSINA
10
In the manner of : ALA
11
Rich fur : SABLE
12
Longhorn : STEER
16
Work units : ERGS
21
Sherbets : ICES
22
Strikes and spares : MARKS
26
Pasture : LEA
27
Respond to a good play : CLAP
28
___-kiri, samurai's end all : HARA
29
One of the Aleutians : ATTU
30
Abominated : HATED
31
Willie Mays, e.g. : ONER
33
Sharpen : HONE
34
Breathing sound : RALE
35
Mel and Ed : OTTS
36
Turtle's home : NEST
38
Soccer's ___ Bay Rowdies : TAMPA
41
New Guinea town : LAE
42
Tow truck : WRECKER
43
"The Georgia Peach" : COBB
44
Kind of hit : ONEBASE
46
Hangouts : HAUNTS
47
Scows' kin : ARKS
48
"From ___ shining ... " : SEATO
49
An artful Dodger : LOPES
50
Earthenware fragment : SHARD
53
Solar plexus, e.g. : RETE
54
Diving bird : LOON
55
Lamb's pseudonym : ELIA
56
Diaries : LOGS
57
Clair de ___ : LUNE
59
"A feast ___ famine" : ORA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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