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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

New York Times, Wednesday, December 5, 1990

24-Across : Petitioners

Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Nancy S. Ross has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 22 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Nancy Scandrett Ross is an alias for Nancy S. Ross.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,002
Across
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Recedes : EBBS
5
Where Tabriz is : IRAN
9
Swell party : BASH
13
Building-site sight : CRANE
15
Corrida animal : TORO
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Choir voice : ALTO
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"Salome" king : HEROD
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To-do : STIR
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Coin of 5 Across : RIAL
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Renowned ex-quarterback : OTTOGRAHAM
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___-nod (grow drowsy) : NID
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Editor's notation : STET
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Petitioners : ASKERS
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Summer time in Vt. : EDT
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Rapprochement of a sort : ENTENTE
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Crux : MEAT
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Chits : IOUS
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Relish : ENJOY
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Ballerina Tallchief : MARIA
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Electees : INS
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Shoulders warmer : STOLE
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Pertinent : ADREM
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Appear : SEEM
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Circus performer : SEAL
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Gear position : REVERSE
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Org. for Jets and Giants : NFL
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French perfume center : GRASSE
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Astronauts' org. : NASA
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Play the stoolie : RAT
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Renowned ex-quarterback : SIDLUCKMAN
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Tunes : AIRS
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Chamber-music composition : TRIO
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Discontinue : CEASE
68
Osiris's partner : ISIS
69
Corn holders : EARS
70
Heads, to Arletty : TETES
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Race segments : LAPS
72
Frances and Ruby of films : DEES
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Not this : THAT
Down
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Nymph who loved Narcissus : ECHO
2
Harte of letters : BRET
3
Renowned ex-quarterback : BARTSTARR
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Act uppity toward : SNOOT
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"___ girl!" : ITSA
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Hayward role : ROTH
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Song for 8 Down : ARIA
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Diva Jessye : NORMAN
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Grill's partner : BAR
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Style of dress : ALINE
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Flight part : STAIR
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Nelsons, e.g. : HOLDS
14
Border : EDGE
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Me.-to-Fla. hwy. : RTEI
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Jeanne d'Arc et al.: Abbr. : STES
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Rockwell and Allegra : KENTS
27
Madame Bovary : EMMA
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James Joyce's "The ___" : DEAD
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Clamor : NOISE
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Key person : TUNER
32
Road curves : ESSES
34
Rows : TIERS
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Renowned ex-quarterback : JOENAMATH
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Patron saint of Norway : OLAF
39
Cheer : YELL
41
Home of Iowa's Cyclones : AMES
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Carte du jour : MENU
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Protected by law : VESTED
51
Knights' quest : GRAIL
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First Puccini Turandot: 1926 : RAISA
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Hove clear, as an anchor : ATRIP
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Banking abbr. : ACCT
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Form of trapshooting : SKEET
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Dies ___ : IRAE
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Desperate : DIRE
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Result of a sack : LOSS
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On the briny : ASEA
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Snug spot : NEST
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Draft org. : SSS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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