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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

New York Times, Wednesday, May 30, 1990

5-Across : Bulb's cousin

Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 14,813
Across
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Golfer's stroke : BAFF
5
Bulb's cousin : CORM
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Wiser partner : OLDER
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Unoccupied : IDLE
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Tar's direction : ALEE
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Pack animal : BURRO
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Bosc, e.g. : PEAR
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Small valley : GLEN
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Stair surface : TREAD
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Capital actress : OLYMPIADUKAKIS
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Streetcar's name : DESIRE
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Lily of France : LIS
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Hesitant syllables : ERS
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Lapse : SIN
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Rock group, with "The" : WHO
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Teacher's charges : CLASS
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Friends' pronoun : THEE
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Goad : PROD
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Capital rock star : RICKSPRINGFIELD
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Not pro : ANTI
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Orient : EAST
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Leases : RENTS
44
Parisian possessive : MES
45
Pig's digs : STY
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"Gotcha!" relative : AHA
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Dep. : STA
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Not alfresco : INSIDE
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Capital gospel singer : MAHALIAJACKSON
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Shankar's instrument : SITAR
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Post-office opening : SLOT
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Sch. for midshipmen : USNA
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Alarm : SCARE
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Place : LIEU
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Uncluttered : NEAT
65
Military vehicles : TANKS
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Morays : EELS
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High flier : KITE
Down
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Two-legged support : BIPOD
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"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELE
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Excoriates : FLAYS
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Nobel physicist: 1938 : FERMI
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More shrewd : CAGIER
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Spanish stew : OLLA
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Clarinetist's need : REED
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Diner's card : MENU
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Get : OBTAIN
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Lies in wait : LURKS
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Number in Nürnberg : DREI
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Periods : ERAS
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Curtain hanger : ROD
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Urge : PRESS
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___ light (movie maker's lamp) : KLIEG
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Maverick or dogie : STRAY
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Wagner heroine : SENTA
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St. Paul's architect : WREN
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Gothic novelist Victoria : HOLT
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Bookie's concern : ODDS
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Prepare for a test : CRAM
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Part of a football team : LINE
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Treads the boards : ACTS
34
Enjoy the slopes : SKI
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Word on a towel : HIS
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Tart's cousin : PIE
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Potpourri component : PETAL
40
French note : FRANC
45
Looks : STARES
47
Lacuna : HIATUS
48
"Jaws" star : SHARK
50
Kind of cabbage : SKUNK
51
Some Japanese-Americans : ISSEI
52
Actor in "The Winslow Boy" : DONAT
53
Maternal relative : ENATE
54
Isinglass : MICA
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"Pictures ___ Exhibition": Mussorgsky : ATAN
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"___ of the Dead," Karloff film : ISLE
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"___ of the Mind," Shepard play : ALIE
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Pop singer Billy : JOEL
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J.F.K. "bird" : SST

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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