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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Tuesday, May 6, 1986

25-Across : Indian cereal grass

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,328
Across
1
The Pennines, e.g. : ALPS
5
Kind of bull : PAPAL
10
R-V connection : STU
13
Dwelling, for short : COOP
14
In agreement : ATONE
15
Superman's girlfriend : LOIS
16
Inventor Elias : HOWE
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Ménages : HOUSEHOLDS
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Mote : SPECK
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Prize donor : REWARDER
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Disturbs the peace : RIOTS
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Indian cereal grass : RAGI
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Levels of responsibility : ECHELONS
29
Marina sight : YACHT
32
Old card game : LOO
33
Unaccompanied : ALONE
35
Painter Dufy : RAOUL
37
Lizard: Comb. form : SAUR
39
Smelting byproduct : DROSS
41
La femme : ELLE
42
Plus factor : ASSET
44
Utter : TOTAL
46
Half of MCII : DLI
47
Lukewarm : TEPID
49
Fortifications : DEFENSES
51
City of the Taj Mahal : AGRA
53
Extend, in a way : RENEW
54
Time of the troglodytes : STONEAGE
58
Calm down : ABATE
61
T.V.A. largess : WATERPOWER
64
Salt Lake City team : UTES
65
Leaf-stem angle : AXIL
66
Ibsen's "An ___ of the People" : ENEMY
67
Minus : LESS
68
Again, in Agincourt : BIS
69
Units of force : DYNES
70
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
Down
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Woeful words in Wiesbaden : ACHS
2
Air-show maneuver : LOOP
3
Go-getter : POWERHOUSE
4
Coin : SPECIE
5
Scornful cry : PAH
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From ___ Z : ATO
7
Decant : POUR
8
Goose genus : ANSER
9
Margin for error : LEEWAY
10
Got money for : SOLD
11
Flood or spring : TIDE
12
Eurasian nation: Abbr. : USSR
15
Roman soldiers' corselets : LORICAE
18
His duck says "Qvack" : HAGAR
20
Peninsula in 12 Down : KOLA
23
Informed : TOLD
24
Express contempt : SNORT
26
Lion of note : ELSA
27
Glide effortlessly : COAST
28
Hairnet : SNOOD
30
Proves tenable : HOLDSWATER
31
Fine silk net : TULLE
34
___ gum (used in lacquers) : ESTER
36
Luau neckwear : LEIS
38
Work on the walls : REPANEL
40
Umpire's call : SAFE
43
Detroit pro : TIGER
45
Horne of songdom : LENA
48
Hung loosely : DRAPED
50
Cloudlike patch seen at night : NEBULA
52
Ecstasy's antithesis : AGONY
54
Gob's mop : SWAB
55
Trundle to a takeoff spot : TAXI
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Big name in elevators : OTIS
57
A Gershwin biographer : EWEN
59
Assay : TEST
60
To be, to Brutus : ESSE
62
Aberdeen uncle : EME
63
U.P. and B.& O. : RYS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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