This web browser is not supported. Use Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox for best results.
Nancy Schuster
Nancy Schuster

AWAY FROM IT ALL

New York Times, Sunday, July 5, 1970

5-Across : Panama city

Author:
Nancy Schuster
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 170, Blocks: 86, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 651 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 135, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Nancy Schuster has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1
S
2
A
3
L
4
S
5
C
6
O
7
L
8
O
9
N
10
O
11
B
12
A
13
N
14
T
15
A
16
I
17
P
18
E
19
H
20
T
R
A
I
21
T
22
A
L
I
V
E
23
F
A
R
E
24
U
N
M
A
D
E
25
O
M
I
N
O
26
N
I
N
E
S
27
F
L
A
P
28
S
T
A
S
I
S
29
P
A
C
K
U
30
P
Y
O
U
R
T
31
R
O
U
B
L
32
E
S
33
U
S
E
S
34
A
R
L
O
35
S
T
E
E
R
36
S
U
N
L
37
A
M
P
38
T
39
R
40
A
41
I
O
N
42
S
43
R
A
T
44
S
45
S
T
E
P
S
O
46
U
47
T
48
H
E
R
49
E
S
Y
50
A
51
L
52
P
53
M
U
T
54
E
55
O
D
A
56
R
N
R
57
A
D
E
P
T
58
A
X
I
O
59
M
60
N
A
S
61
A
62
S
63
A
T
T
E
64
R
O
A
S
T
65
E
D
66
T
W
O
67
W
E
E
K
S
68
W
69
I
T
H
P
A
Y
70
O
R
C
A
71
H
E
R
E
72
L
E
T
I
N
73
A
H
N
74
P
75
R
76
I
M
A
L
77
D
O
R
R
I
78
T
79
R
E
S
H
80
S
O
N
81
G
82
A
E
S
83
P
I
84
K
E
85
S
I
G
H
86
T
87
R
E
A
88
P
89
T
E
E
90
P
A
L
91
E
92
P
E
A
93
L
94
S
H
A
R
95
O
N
96
L
A
97
M
O
D
E
98
L
A
B
99
S
A
R
A
100
H
101
E
S
E
R
102
D
E
C
A
103
I
N
N
O
104
C
E
N
T
S
A
105
B
R
O
A
D
106
E
S
K
I
107
M
108
O
109
S
110
F
I
D
E
L
111
H
E
R
R
112
S
T
E
113
I
N
114
A
R
E
N
T
115
I
C
H
116
E
117
P
118
I
119
R
E
I
120
N
121
Y
R
S
122
A
G
E
N
C
Y
123
L
E
O
124
T
A
R
D
125
S
126
S
T
A
127
N
128
M
129
A
M
E
130
S
E
X
131
P
A
T
E
L
L
132
A
133
A
P
O
134
R
135
T
136
T
A
D
137
S
138
C
139
A
P
N
140
S
E
E
N
141
O
N
E
S
E
E
142
N
T
H
E
M
143
A
144
L
145
L
146
A
L
I
N
147
E
S
148
E
V
E
N
149
A
N
N
U
L
150
A
E
R
I
E
151
D
A
N
I
T
E
152
V
I
I
I
153
L
E
O
N
E
154
L
A
N
D
S
155
S
I
G
N
E
D
156
E
L
L
A
157
T
E
R
S
E
158
R
O
O
T
© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,631
Across
1
My Gal and others : SALS
5
Panama city : COLON
10
Argyll resort : OBAN
14
Taiwan city : TAIPEH
20
Quality : TRAIT
22
Well's companion : ALIVE
23
Diet : FARE
24
Like some beds : UNMADE
25
Manikin: It. : OMINO
26
Mets, Muses, et al. : NINES
27
Flutter : FLAP
28
Stoppage of fluid : STASIS
29
Kit-bag advice : PACKUPYOURTROUBLES
33
Purposes : USES
34
Guthrie : ARLO
35
Guide : STEER
36
Beach substitute : SUNLAMP
38
___-la : TRA
41
Particles : IONS
43
Exclamation : RATS
45
Goes on the town : STEPSOUT
48
Galileo's crime : HERESY
50
Skiing place : ALP
53
Silent : MUTE
55
Harem room : ODA
56
Brit. sea unit : RNR
57
Handy : ADEPT
58
Proverb : AXIOM
60
Houston initials : NASA
62
Honshu town : SATTE
64
Prepared chestnuts : ROASTED
66
Big deal from the boss : TWOWEEKSWITHPAY
70
Whale : ORCA
71
"Wish you were ___" : HERE
72
Admit : LETIN
73
Ancestor: Ger. : AHN
74
Most important : PRIMAL
77
Dickens heroine : DORRIT
79
Hebrew letter : RESH
80
Bird output : SONG
82
Roman bronze : AES
83
Toll road : PIKE
85
Kind of seer : SIGHT
87
Gather : REAP
89
Golf place : TEE
90
Dim : PALE
92
Ring : PEAL
94
Rose of ___ : SHARON
96
Pie à ___ : LAMODE
98
Research room : LAB
99
Genesis wife : SARAH
101
Danish weights : ESER
102
Ten: Prefix : DECA
103
Twain book : INNOCENTSABROAD
106
Igloo dwellers : ESKIMOS
110
Name in Cuba : FIDEL
111
German title : HERR
112
Mug : STEIN
114
Common contraction : ARENT
115
"___ dien" : ICH
116
Prefix for derm or gram : EPI
119
Harness strap : REIN
121
Time spans: Abbr. : YRS
122
Travel ___ : AGENCY
123
Ballet gear : LEOTARDS
126
Oliver's partner : STAN
128
Broadway role : MAME
130
The fair ___ : SEX
131
Kneecap : PATELLA
133
Sea term : APORT
136
Youngsters : TADS
138
Skipper, familiarly : CAPN
140
Blasé remark of tourists : SEENONESEENTHEMALL
146
Straightens : ALINES
148
Steady : EVEN
149
Abrogate : ANNUL
150
High nest : AERIE
151
One of a Biblical tribe : DANITE
152
Number for a Henry : VIII
153
Sierra ___ : LEONE
154
Reaches port : LANDS
155
Okayed : SIGNED
156
Poet Wilcox : ELLA
157
To the point : TERSE
158
Plant part : ROOT
Down
1
Telegram word : STOP
2
Vergil word : ARMA
3
Secular : LAIC
4
___ putt : SINKA
5
Grand place to visit : CANYON
6
Medley : OLIO
7
"Peanuts" character : LINUS
8
Manifest : OVERT
9
Bird : NESTER
10
Soldier ___ : OFFORTUNE
11
Sumatra wildcat : BALU
12
Sons of Ishmael : ARABS
13
___ ultra : NEPLUS
14
Scuffled : TUSSLED
15
Pismire : ANT
16
Moslem leaders: Var. : IMAUMS
17
Mug shot of a kind : PASSPORTPHOTO
18
Miss Adams : EDIE
19
Rudolf or Myra : HESS
21
Accommodation to avoid : TOURISTTRAP
30
Shrewd move : PLOY
31
Paper measure : REAM
32
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
37
Woman with ___ : APAST
38
Yonder, out West : THAR
39
Repeat : REDO
40
Code for callers : AREA
42
Instrument : SAX
44
Madame de ___ : STAEL
46
Word for parasol users : UNTANNED
47
Playing card : TREY
49
Downs or salts : EPSOM
51
Printing process, for short : LITHO
52
Authorities : POWERS
54
Sandy ridge : ESKER
58
Nabokov work : ADA
59
Folk dance : MORRIS
61
Aft : ASTERN
63
Exclamations : AHAS
65
Event of March 7, 1970 : ECLIPSE
67
Luggage man : WEIGHER
68
Judicious : WISE
69
Smokes in a way : INHALES
74
Childish fare : PAP
75
Swell : REALNICE
76
Jet-set delight : ISLANDHOPPING
77
Scarcity : DEARTH
78
Aegean island : THASOS
81
Turn right : GEE
84
English theater name : KEAN
86
Compact : TREATY
88
Tour offering : PACKAGEDEAL
91
Tropical tree : EBOE
93
Light beam : LASER
95
Judge's word : ORDER
97
City V.I.P. in France : MAIRE
100
Rodents : HARES
102
Retreat : DEN
103
P. I. tree : IFIL
104
Gangplank strip : CLEAT
105
Lady of the waves : BRITANNIA
107
Kind of store : MENS
108
Not repeatedly : ONCE
109
River of myth : STYX
113
Theory : ISM
117
Crowded : PRESSED
118
Groundless : IDLE
120
Place for a chignon : NAPE
122
Eastern nurse : AMAH
124
Astringent : TANNIN
125
Garment part : SLEEVE
127
Describing some diets : NOSALT
129
Churchill's successor : ATTLEE
132
Verdi chorus : ANVIL
134
Jeanmaire : RENEE
135
Melchior, for one : TENOR
137
Lab sample : SMEAR
138
Bounders : CADS
139
Jai ___ : ALAI
141
Eye: Fr. : OEIL
142
Hebrew letters : NUNS
143
River of Italy : ARNO
144
Venetian resort : LIDO
145
For fear that : LEST
147
After printemps : ETE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 11 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

Found bugs or have suggestions? Please let us know.

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

Previous puzzle | Next puzzle
XWord Info Home
XWord Info © 2007-2024, Jim Horne
50 ms