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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Wednesday, December 3, 1986

18-Down : Pickle

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,539
Across
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Russian log hut : ISBA
5
Look angrily : GLARE
10
Pung or coaster : SLED
14
Joy ride : SPIN
15
Pontifical : PAPAL
16
Bring to heel : TAME
17
Acts : TAKESSTEPS
19
Satan's stock in trade : EVIL
20
Pool member : STENO
21
Get rid of dandelions : EXTIRPATE
23
Harbor sights : TUGS
25
Dawn goddess : EOS
26
Priestly vestment : ALB
29
Pitcher Paige, for short : SATCH
32
Expert : ADEPT
36
Honcho : LEADER
38
Farmer, sometimes : HARROWER
40
Graham or Kruger : OTTO
41
Rakish chap : BLADE
43
Artifice : WILE
44
Exhibit area : SHOWROOM
46
Booby's kin : GANNET
48
Lead-tin alloy : TERNE
49
Asparagus unit : SPEAR
51
Tapuyan Indians : GES
52
"Gott mit ___" : UNS
54
Rubber trees : ULES
56
Small, red earthworm : BRANDLING
61
"___ Knows," Dion hit : NOONE
65
Shoe-sole leveler : RAND
66
Contracts to do : UNDERTAKES
68
Frenchman's deed : ACTE
69
Lawrence Taylor, for one : GIANT
70
J.F.K.or L.B.J. : PRES
71
Solar or calendar chaser : YEAR
72
"___ alive!" : SAKES
73
William Buckley's alma mater : YALE
Down
1
Adherents : ISTS
2
Trivial tiff : SPAT
3
Teener's transport : BIKE
4
About : ANENT
5
Family M.D.'s : GPS
6
Most modern : LATEST
7
Top : APEX
8
Carried away : RAPT
9
Madison Ave. cow : ELSIE
10
Leaves the witness stand : STEPSDOWN
11
Etna's melted rock : LAVA
12
Issue : EMIT
13
Printer's direction : DELE
18
Pickle : SOUSE
22
Stadium sound : ROAR
24
Camille portrayer: 1936 : GARBO
26
Gather's "___ Lady" : ALOST
27
River of oblivion : LETHE
28
Ulan ___, Mongolia : BATOR
30
Leon or Larry, e.g. : CHAMP
31
Possessed : HAD
33
"Dallas" name : EWING
34
Martinique volcano : PELEE
35
Waste allowances : TRETS
37
Australia's location : DOWNUNDER
39
Stately : REGAL
42
Avila article : LOS
45
Rip asunder : REND
47
"Where there ___ no Ten Commandments ... ": Kipling : ARENT
50
Wolfe hero : EUGENE
53
Bullets : SLUGS
55
Saponaceous : SOAPY
56
Sound like a jackass : BRAY
57
Belmont event : RACE
58
Architectural pier : ANTA
59
Genus of Amazonian cetaceans : INIA
60
Bismarck is its cap. : NDAK
62
Soup vegetable : OKRA
63
Alice ___, famed portraitist : NEEL
64
To be: Lat. : ESSE
67
Some coll. linemen : RTS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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