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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Tuesday, March 2, 1982

36-Across : Trim

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, 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.
David Steinberg notes:

In 10-Across clue, "Bradshaw" may have been meant instead of "Bradford"; left as in the original.

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C
2
L
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A
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P
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T
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R
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I
8
A
9
D
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B
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O
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M
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B
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R
A
C
E
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R
A
N
G
E
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E
V
E
R
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O
V
E
R
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W
O
R
K
E
D
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W
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R
E
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W
A
R
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H
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S
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I
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M
A
R
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T
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T
O
P
E
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S
C
A
R
P
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F
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L
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O
O
R
S
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S
C
A
R
E
O
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F
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F
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R
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V
E
L
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B
L
A
T
S
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W
O
O
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I
V
E
S
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P
R
U
N
E
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H
E
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R
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E
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R
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D
A
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N
T
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W
O
R
S
T
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D
E
L
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A
Y
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N
G
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T
R
U
S
T
Y
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A
L
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R
T
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F
E
A
R
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T
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A
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P
A
N
T
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B
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O
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A
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R
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P
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O
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V
E
R
T
H
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R
O
W
S
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E
D
E
N
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F
I
N
C
H
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E
R
N
S
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T
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D
S
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F
A
D
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S
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B
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T
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,802
Across
1
Applaud : CLAP
5
Group of three : TRIAD
10
Bradford-to-Swann pass : BOMB
14
Speed contest : RACE
15
Gamut : RANGE
16
Always : EVER
17
Trite, as a joke : OVERWORKED
19
N.C.O.'s "As you ___!" : WERE
20
Kind of horse or ship : WAR
21
Cultivators : HOES
22
Middle East inn : IMARET
24
Tipple : TOPE
25
Steep slope : SCARP
26
Stories or storeys : FLOORS
29
Cause a cat to scat : SCAREOFF
32
Delight (in) : REVEL
33
Makes sheepish sounds : BLATS
34
Court : WOO
35
Singer Burl : IVES
36
Trim : PRUNE
37
Scion : HEIR
38
Suffix for mountain : EER
39
Dishearten : DAUNT
40
Poorest : WORST
41
Like stallers' tactics : DELAYING
43
Reliable : TRUSTY
44
On one's guard : ALERT
45
Dread : FEAR
46
S.A. ungulates : TAPIRS
48
Gasp : PANT
49
Constrictor : BOA
52
Ready to eat : RIPE
53
Deposes : OVERTHROWS
56
Milieu of the first snake in the grass : EDEN
57
Songbird : FINCH
58
Gannets' kin : ERNS
59
Knight and Bessell : TEDS
60
Grows weaker : FADES
61
Carter's "Why Not the ___?" : BEST
Down
1
Chortle : CROW
2
Volcano product : LAVA
3
Maple-tree genus : ACER
4
___ diem : PER
5
Scout units : TROOPS
6
Street show : RAREE
7
Signs a contract : INKS
8
Grow older : AGE
9
Consecrate : DEDICATE
10
Use caution : BEWARE
11
Defeats decisively : OVERPOWERS
12
Parisian mother : MERE
13
Author Harte : BRET
18
"Let's give it a ___!" (fingerprinter's pun) : WHORL
23
God of war : MARS
24
Locales of certain phalanges : TOES
25
Barely sufficient : SCANT
26
Sautéed : FRIED
27
River embankment : LEVEE
28
Lay upon and beyond : OVERLAPPED
29
Thrown : SLUNG
30
Palm off : FOIST
31
Number of Ali Baba's foes : FORTY
33
Main thrust : BRUNT
36
Forms couples : PAIRSOFF
37
Eleventh ___ : HOUR
39
Colorist : DYER
40
High dudgeon : WRATH
42
Outsiders : ALIENS
43
Tithes : TENTHS
45
Forcemeat : FARCE
46
Waste allowance : TRET
47
HQ officer : AIDE
48
Hang fire : PEND
49
Cause ennui : BORE
50
Possesses : OWNS
51
One in a D.A.'s office : ASST
54
Italian way : VIA
55
Johnny ___ : REB

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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