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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Wednesday, December 31, 1980

20-Across : Military command

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has repeated answers.
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,376
Across
1
Ivy league team : YALE
5
Brilliance : ECLAT
10
To which "all roads lead" : ROME
14
Lamb's pen name : ELIA
15
Something to take up : SLACK
16
Gallic brainstorm : IDEE
17
Dregs : LEES
18
Clash in Texas: Jan. 1 : COTTONBOWL
20
Military command : LEFTFACE
22
Confederate general : EARLY
23
Labor : WORK
24
Like certain cats : COOL
26
Oscar-winner Meryl : STREEP
29
Candlemaker : CHANDLER
33
Erstwhile "Voice of the Opera" : CROSS
34
Specks : WHITS
35
See 1 Across : ELI
36
Family member : AUNT
37
Electrified particle : ION
38
Marsh bird : RAIL
39
Cornell's Big ___ team : RED
40
Cuttlefish ink : SEPIA
42
Short story : CONTE
43
More austere : FROSTIER
45
In a huddle : MASSED
46
Female deer : HIND
47
" ... he shall ___ again": Matt. 20:19 : RISE
48
Bobwhite : COLIN
51
Postseason game for dirty players? : WASHBOWL
55
Florida fracas: Jan. 1 : ORANGEBOWL
58
A woodwind : OBOE
59
Labyrinth : MAZE
60
Asian country : KOREA
61
"The Way We ___" : WERE
62
River in Germany : ODER
63
Vestibule : ENTRY
64
Lixiviums : LYES
Down
1
College cheer : YELL
2
Command at sea : ALEE
3
Willingly : LIEF
4
Shrine Bowl opponents: Jan. 10 : EASTWEST
5
Part of a rampart : ESCARP
6
Scoreboard fixture : CLOCK
7
Recent : LATE
8
Performance : ACT
9
Boxing result : TKO
10
Vulgarly jocular : RIBALD
11
Reputation : ODOR
12
Cry like a baby : MEWL
13
Slithery : EELY
19
Ad lights : NEONS
21
The other side : FOES
24
"Slow Boat" destination : CHINA
25
Cereal grass : OAT
26
Muffler : SCARF
27
More faithful : TRUER
28
Musical composition : RONDO
29
Singing group : CHOIR
30
Relies (on) : LEANS
31
Top-drawer : ELITE
32
Het up : RILED
34
Rubbed clean : WIPED
38
California showdown: Jan. 1 : ROSEBOWL
40
Smart : STING
41
___ Gev, Israeli settlement : EIN
42
Ready money : CASH
44
Silvery freshwater fish : SHINER
45
Lose : MISLAY
47
Bleaker : RAWER
48
Lake or Perry : COMO
49
Mouthward : ORAD
50
Take life easy : LAZE
51
Potherb : WORT
52
Comply : OBEY
53
Lasted : WORE
54
Prominent Virginia family : LEES
56
Supplement, with "out" : EKE
57
Double this for a confection : BON

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

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