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Nancy Schuster
Nancy Schuster

New York Times, Monday, March 30, 1970

12-Down : Insinuate

Author:
Nancy Schuster
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Nancy Schuster has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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H
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B
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© 1970, The New York TimesNo. 7,534
Across
1
Alpaca's home : ANDES
6
Ascended : RISEN
11
U.S. city, for short : CHI
14
Petit or needle : POINT
15
Sport area : ARENA
16
Done with : RID
17
___-nez : PINCE
18
Foreign : PEREGRINE
20
Silvery : ARGENTINE
22
Preposition : ONTO
23
French article : LES
24
Inexperienced : GREEN
25
W. W. II initials : ETO
26
V.I.P. in a will : HEIR
27
Profited : AVAILED
31
Uproar : TUMULT
34
Correct errata : EDIT
35
G.B.S. country: Abbr. : IRE
36
Word with horse and age : IRON
37
Heron : EGRET
39
Genus of tropical shrub : INGA
40
Fuss : ADO
41
Map : PLAN
42
___ Capri : ISLEOF
44
Components of a very long month : SUNDAYS
46
Dove's opponent : HAWK
47
Jazz instrument : SAX
48
Egg-shaped : OVATE
50
Golf goal : PAR
53
Danish Nobelist : BOHR
55
Don Juan, for one : LIBERTINE
57
Lorelei libation : RHINEWINE
60
___-et-un : VINGT
61
Particle : ION
62
Russian girl's name : SONYA
63
Join : ENTER
64
Guevara : CHE
65
Strips : PEELS
66
Floor : STORY
Down
1
Horrify : APPAL
2
Black, in France : NOIRE
3
Bell sounds : DINGS
4
Noun suffix : ENCE
5
Former manager of Mets : STENGEL
6
Sword : RAPIER
7
Goddess of peace : IRENE
8
Balcony music : SERENADE
9
Direction : ENE
10
Pester : NAG
11
Petticoat : CRINOLINE
12
Insinuate : HINT
13
Thought: Prefix : IDEO
19
Roast: Fr. : ROTI
21
In a banal way : TRITELY
25
Erode : EAT
26
Early Asian : HUN
28
Debase : VITIATE
29
Term in logic : ERGO
30
Heedless : DEAF
31
Spanish relatives : TIAS
32
Eastern language : URDU
33
Mountain dew : MOONSHINE
34
Sea bird : ERN
38
Fuel : GASOLINE
39
Breed : ILK
41
Roman peace : PAX
43
Veers suddenly : SWERVES
45
Sew : DARN
46
___ corpus : HABEAS
49
Plastic material : VINYL
50
Western pony : PINTO
51
Wrath : ANGER
52
Test anew : RETRY
53
___-a-brac : BRIC
54
Surprised exclamation : OHOH
56
Hue : TINT
58
Sixth sense: Abbr. : ESP
59
Prophet's threat : WOE

Answer summary:
2 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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