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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

New York Times, Wednesday, October 19, 1988

49-Down : Old English bard

Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 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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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,225
Across
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Tiff : SPAT
5
In front : AHEAD
10
Ohio city : LIMA
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Noted lioness : ELSA
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Softly, musically : PIANO
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Eliot's Bede : ADAM
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Balanchine ballet : WESTERNSYMPHONY
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Crèche scene : NATIVITY
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City where Van Gogh painted : ARLES
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Some Bklyn. trains : ELS
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Polanski film : TESS
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N.Y.C. subway payments : TOKENS
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Passion : HEAT
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Dry, as wine : SEC
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___ code : AREA
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Meaning : SENSE
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"Die Meistersinger" heroine : EVA
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Balanchine ballet : STARSANDSTRIPES
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Dram : TOT
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Wear down : ERODE
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
44
Site of the Pearl Mosque : AGRA
45
Contribute : DONATE
47
Scout's achievement : KNOT
48
T-man : FED
49
Follower of Zeno : STOIC
52
Dieters' concerns : CALORIES
57
Balanchine ballet : CONCERTOBAROCCO
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Sound from a sty : OINK
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Beforehand : EARLY
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Lower Manhattan district : SOHO
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Stratagem : PLOY
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Enjoys a restaurant : DINES
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Prolific auth. : ANON
Down
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Hemmed : SEWN
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Trial opener : PLEA
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Adj. : ASST
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Famed French actor : TATI
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" ... now that ___ there": Browning : APRILS
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Intimations : HINTS
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Comfortable : EASY
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One or another : ANY
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Monk's title : DOM
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John and Bert : LAHRS
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Adored one : IDOL
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Horse hairs : MANE
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Irving and Vanderbilt : AMYS
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Tied : EVEN
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Sticker : PASTER
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Rigid : TENSE
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Bridge position : EAST
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Morsel : TASTE
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"What the Butler Saw" author : ORTON
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"Endymion" poet : KEATS
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Pitcher feature : EAR
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Ibsen protagonist : HEDDA
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Cuttlefish : SEPIA
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Occurrence of note : EVENT
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Social rank : CASTE
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Sound of contempt : SNORT
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Medium's medium : SEANCE
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Jason's ship : ARGO
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Actor Richardson : IAN
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Tarries : DELAYS
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Aroma : ODOR
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Pleasurably amusing: Slang : KICKY
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Teaching tale : FABLE
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Old English bard : SCOP
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Labor : TOIL
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___ account (not at all) : ONNO
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Pone ingredient : CORN
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Diva Ponselle : ROSA
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Sacred image : ICON
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Role in "Ariadne auf Naxos" : ECHO
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Promptly : SOON
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Carmine : RED
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Randy's skating partner : TAI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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