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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

New York Times, Monday, May 3, 1993

4-Down : Drives away

Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,882
Across
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Refs' cousins : UMPS
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Presidential pooch : FALA
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Gray poem : ELEGY
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Piglet's friend : POOH
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Camelot lady : ENID
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A Margaret Mead subject : SAMOA
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Fair : SOSO
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Greek portico : STOA
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Fledgling's sound : CHIRP
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James Mason film, with "The" : SHOOTINGPARTY
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___ Lanka : SRI
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Circus performer : SEAL
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Banking abbr. : ACC
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"Die Meistersinger" heroine : EVA
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Kilt features : PLEATS
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Lump of clay : CLOD
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Surrounded by : AMID
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Bay window : ORIEL
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Bush league? : REPUBLICANPARTY
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Prop for Wyeth : EASEL
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Half: Prefix : SEMI
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Parched : SERE
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Botany's ___ theory : STELAR
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Wide receiver : END
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Patriotic org. : DAR
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Names, in Nancy : NOMS
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Part of the U.K. : ENG
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T.S. Eliot opus, with "The" : COCKTAILPARTY
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County in 55 Across : SHIRE
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Jacob's third son : LEVI
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Attention getter : AHEM
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Renter's sign : TOLET
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Neat as ___ : APIN
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Costly : DEAR
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Church recesses : APSES
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Danish-American journalist : RIIS
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Pitcher parts : EARS
Down
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Deliverer's initials : UPS
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Pasture noises : MOOS
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Luxurious : POSH
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Drives away : SHOOS
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Salzburg attraction : FESTIVAL
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Con : ANTI
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Pride members : LIONS
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Saw : ADAGE
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Bake, as potatoes : ESCALLOP
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Memorable comic actor : LAHR
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Exude : EMIT
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Describing Grand Guignol : GORY
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Sharp bark : YAP
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Pitchblende or bauxite : ORE
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Twaddle : PAP
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Ranch segments : ACRES
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Ballplayer's shoe : CLEAT
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Small wood : COPSE
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He wrote "The Old Devils" : AMIS
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Notable periods : ERAS
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Broadcast : AIRED
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Half of octa : TETRA
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More like Volpone : SLYER
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Combat for two : DUEL
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Diamonds, to Legs : ICE
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There's nothing like her : DAME
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Covers : BLANKETS
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Bowling game : NINEPINS
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"Humbug!" : ROT
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Genetic letters : DNA
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Cheekbone : MALAR
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Basso Cesare : SIEPI
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A or B : GRADE
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Tennis stroke : CHOP
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Some Rembrandts : OILS
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Manitoban Indian : CREE
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One-third of CLXXI : LVII
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"Take ___ Train" : THEA
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Leap follower : YEAR
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Dep. : STA
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Grundy or Miniver : MRS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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