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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

DAD'S DAY

New York Times, Sunday, June 19, 1988

80-Down : Cover, as with mushrooms or onions

Author:
Nancy Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 555 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 115, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Nancy S. Ross has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 22 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Nancy Ross is an alias for Nancy S. Ross.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,103
Across
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Bellona's brother : MARS
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Ruth St. ___ : DENIS
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Org. : ASSOC
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Synthetic estrogen, for short : DES
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Parisian possessive : ALUI
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Corrode : ERODE
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Prefix for dactyl : PTERO
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Forwarded : SENT
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Julian's father : JOHNLENNON
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Alan's father : ROBERTALDA
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Skylit courts : ATRIUMS
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"L'Elisir d'amore" heroine : ADINA
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Dispossess : DIVEST
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Editor's notation : STET
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Actor Keach : STACY
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Schlep : TOTE
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Like some castles : MOATED
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Paul, in Pisa : PAOLO
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Comes ashore : DEBARKS
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Laborers of yore : ESNES
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Margaret's father : HARRYTRUMAN
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Adlai's opponent : IKE
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Part of C. in C. : CMDR
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Julia ___ Howe : WARD
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Contrary: Abbr. : OPP
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Chamber-music piece : TRIO
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Benz product : CAR
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Natalie's father : NATKINGCOLE
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Sign : TOKEN
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Windflowers : ANEMONES
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Pontificate : ORATE
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Molts : SHEDS
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Made waves : WADED
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Night lights : STARS
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Seed: Comb. form : SPORO
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Acknowledged : OWNED
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Softly, to Solti : PIANO
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Saddle adjuncts : STIRRUPS
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Gabby of westerns : HAYES
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Charlie's father : MARTINSHEEN
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Tibetan gazelle : GOA
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Western Indians : UTES
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Inventor Evinrude : OLE
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Black-billed birds : PIES
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Cut : SLIT
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N.H.L. goal : NET
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Carrie's father : EDDIEFISHER
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Aspect : PHASE
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More like pelite : SHALIER
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Glittery fabrics : LAMES
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Lifts off, to typists : ERASES
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Pinza or Plishka : BASS
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Criterion : CANON
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Lord Rutherford's concern : ATOM
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Cranston of "The Shadow" : LAMONT
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Chutzpah : CRUST
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Composer Frédéric and Nicolas : CHOPINS
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Peter's father : EDDYDUCHIN
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Jane's father : HENRYFONDA
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Nitti's nemesis : NESS
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Awaken rudely : ROUST
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Late 50's auto : EDSEL
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Old Irish alphabet : OGAM
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Jap. Big Board : TSE
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Displaces : BUMPS
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Drives : ROADS
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Benefit : SAKE
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Goya subject : MAJA
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"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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Rhine tributary : RUHR
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Ominous : SINISTER
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Judged : DEEMED
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Surrealist Max : ERNST
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Negative prefix : NON
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Benedict's last words : IDO
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Sam Houston was one : SENATOR
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Ansu or ume : APRICOT
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Hardhearted : STONY
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A grandson of Ham : SEBA
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Pitchblende, e.g. : ORE
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Moorish capital : CORDOBA
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Marginal mark : DELE
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Windups : ENDS
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Office copy : STAT
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Frugal one : SAVER
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Concrete spreaders : LUTES
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Coeus or Crius : TITAN
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Gless's co-star : DALY
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N.Y.C. restaurateur : SARDI
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Fiesta Bowl site : TEMPE
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Mohammed's birthplace : MECCA
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Ertogrul's son : OSMAN
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Jamie's father : ANDREWWYETH
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Some are national : PARKS
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Twofold : DUPLE
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Michael's father : KIRKDOUGLAS
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Berlin's were blue : SKIES
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Loathed : HATED
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Haley book : ROOTS
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Billion years : EON
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Petered out : WANED
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"___ is human ... " : TOERR
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Swellings : NODES
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___ home (out) : NOTAT
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Sigurd's horse : GRANI
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"Lili" star : CARON
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Spine : THORN
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Gnu features : MANES
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Operatives : SPIES
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Intensive with "yes" : SIREE
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Bullock : STEER
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"The Profane Art" author : OATES
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To grow dim, in Dijon : PALIR
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Flings : SHIES
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Alt's asset : POISE
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Gluts : SATES
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Nomadic barbarian : HUN
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Methods : MODES
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Wedge: Comb. form : SPHEN
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Salon services : SHAMPOOS
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Spiral-horned creature : ELAND
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Unsettle : DISTURB
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Shows off : FLAUNTS
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Hunter and Richardson : IANS
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Cover, as with mushrooms or onions : SMOTHER
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Potable's potency : PROOF
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"___ will is the wind's will": Longfellow : ABOYS
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Antiknock fluids : ETHYLS
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Frangible : CRISP
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Like a country gentleman : ACRED
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Fast time : LENT
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Citrus coolers : ADES
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Store gds. : MDSE
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Cohort : CHUM
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Actress Swenson : INGA
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Minot's loc. : NDAK
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Ditto : SAME
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Tête holder : COU
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Maestro de Waart : EDO
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Campus org. : NSA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 12 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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