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Nancy McCarthy
New York Times, Monday, June 7, 1982
27-Down : Wading bird
Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 A | 3 G | 4 S | 5 S | 6 C | 7 O | 8 U | 9 T | 10 A | 11 L | 12 L |
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13 E | B | R | O | 14 A | O | R | T | A | 15 E | R | I | E |
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16 L | E | E | R | 17 G | R | E | E | N | 18 B | A | C | K | S |
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19 P | E | E | R | 20 A | G | E | 21 T | I | T | H | E | S |
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22 N | E | V | E | R | 23 P | A | N | E | ||||||
24 S | 25 A | B | L | E | D | 26 D | E | R | A | N | 27 G | 28 E | 29 S |
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30 P | R | E | S | S | 31 C | O | R | A | L | 32 R | A | T |
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33 E | E | R | 34 C | O | T | E | S | 35 E | S | E |
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36 A | T | E | 37 B | O | D | E | S | 38 S | 39 T | E | E | N |
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40 R | E | T | 41 U | R | N | E | D | 42 B | L | E | N | D | S |
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43 T | A | T | S | 44 B | O | O | T | H | ||||||
45 S | 46 O | 47 R | T | I | E | 48 A | N | T | H | E | 49 M | 50 S |
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51 G | R | E | E | N | S | 52 W | 53 A | R | D | 54 E | R | A | T |
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55 T | E | A | R | 56 T | O | P | E | E | 57 R | O | M | E |
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58 S | O | L | 59 S | W | O | R | D | 60 S | N | A | P |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,899
Across
1
Beldams : HAGS
5
Reconnoiter : SCOUT
10
Everyone : ALL
13
Spanish river : EBRO
14
Large artery : AORTA
15
A Great Lake : ERIE
16
Sidelong look : LEER
17
Singles, vees and sawbucks : GREENBACKS
19
Body of equals : PEERAGE
21
Taxes of a sort : TITHES
22
At no time : NEVER
23
Window section : PANE
24
Fur clad : SABLED
26
Drives mad : DERANGES
30
Weigh heavily upon : PRESS
31
Yellowish red : CORAL
32
Cat's quarry : RAT
33
Poet's "always" : EER
34
Pigeon or sheep shelters : COTES
35
Nationality: Suffix : ESE
36
Goddess of infatuation : ATE
37
Portends : BODES
38
Dutch painter Jan : STEEN
40
Gave back : RETURNED
42
Intermingles : BLENDS
43
Makes lace : TATS
44
Author Tarkington : BOOTH
45
Combat mission : SORTIE
48
Patriotic hymns : ANTHEMS
51
Grassy turf : GREENSWARD
54
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
55
Lacerate : TEAR
56
Pith helmet : TOPEE
57
The Eternal City : ROME
58
The sun : SOL
59
Blade : SWORD
60
Break suddenly : SNAP
Down
1
Be of use : HELP
2
Busy as ___ : ABEE
3
Special-services soldier : GREENBERET
4
Horses of a certain color : SORRELS
5
Sank in the middle : SAGGED
6
Kitchen tool : CORER
7
Pay dirt : ORE
8
Shoshonean : UTE
9
Trumpet blasts : TANTARAS
10
Foot area : ARCH
11
Resembling : LIKE
12
Minus : LESS
15
Devoured : EATEN
18
Twofold : BINAL
20
The birds : AVES
23
Israeli Labor Party leader : PERES
24
Catch fish, in a way : SPEAR
25
Rugged peak : ARETE
26
Was overly fond : DOTED
27
Wading bird : GREENHERON
28
Mitigated : EASED
29
British weapons : STENS
31
Morse and zip : CODES
34
Competitions : CONTESTS
37
Intelligent one : BRAIN
38
Animal track : SLOT
39
Ties up : TETHERS
41
Total : UTTER
42
Furnished bail : BONDED
44
Having less equipment : BARER
45
N.C.O.'s : SGTS
46
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
47
Actual : REAL
49
Nursery word : MAMA
50
Marching pace : STEP
52
Smash hit : WOW
53
G.I.'s overseas address : APO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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.