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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

New York Times, Wednesday, December 25, 1991

12-Down : Captured

Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,387
Across
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Like a bachelor dinner : STAG
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Trail marker : BLAZE
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Stoic philosopher : CATO
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Kind of type : PICA
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Home-run king : AARON
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Celebrity : LION
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Seasonal TV offering : ACHRISTMASCAROL
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Doubting Thomases : SKEPTICS
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Hazardous : RISKY
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Essen exclamation : ACH
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Nanny's vehicle : PRAM
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Broadway backers : ANGELS
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Yard part : FOOT
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Hit sign : SRO
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Rhode Island rebel: 1842 : DORR
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Waste maker : HASTE
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A must for cheerleaders : PEP
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Role in 17 Across : EBENEZERSCROOGE
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" author : LEE
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Parry : FENCE
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White-sprinkled horse : ROAN
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Brotherhood member : ELK
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Bill of ___ : FARE
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Beachcomber's loot : SHELLS
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Chromatic prefix : POLY
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Daisy ___ of Dogpatch : MAE
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Vilification : SMEAR
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Fla. resort : SARASOTA
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Role in 17 Across : TINYTIMCRATCHIT
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African succulent : ALOE
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Uneven : ROUGH
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"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
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American Beauty : ROSE
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Diva Emma : EAMES
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___ bene : NOTA
Down
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Bath and Saratoga : SPAS
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Check mark : TICK
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Pain's cousin : ACHE
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John Irving character : GARP
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Fundamentals : BASICS
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Closing device : LATCH
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Fortifies : ARMS
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Animals: Comb. form : ZOA
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U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
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Demand as due : CLAIM
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Tunes : AIRS
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Captured : TOOK
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Sole : ONLY
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Editor's abbr. : ITAL
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Missing judge : CRATER
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Sheriff's men : POSSE
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Campus org. : ROTC
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"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELE
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Prestigious prize : NOBEL
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Socrates, e.g. : GREEK
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Sea bird : ERN
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Feydeau specialty : FARCE
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Thread holder : SPOOL
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Majestic : REGAL
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Unfastens : OPENS
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Ford or Winkler : HENRY
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Endeavor : EFFORT
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Ardor : ZEAL
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Pitchblende or bauxite : ORE
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Actresses Miles and Churchill : SARAHS
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Fervor : HEAT
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Check casher : PAYEE
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One of the Champions : MARGE
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Magi "guide" : STAR
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Actor O'Shea : MILO
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Author Mills : ENOS
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Isaac Singer's last novel : SCUM
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Peruse : SCAN
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Paducah's river : OHIO
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Salon service : TINT
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"___ baby!" : ATTA
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Choler : IRE
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Extinct N.Z. bird : MOA

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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