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Nancy Schuster
Nancy Schuster

New York Times, Saturday, July 31, 1965

21-Down : Spiteful.

Author:
Nancy Schuster
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Nancy Schuster has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,844
Across
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Flower. : LILAC
6
Maimonides. : RABBI
11
Relative of "by-and-by." : MANANA
12
Job for a boy. : ERRAND
14
Film producer. : CINEMATOGRAPHER
17
Ampère's first name. : ANDRE
18
Of birds. : AVIAN
19
Fabric of the Near East. : ABA
20
Cure. : SALT
21
Crowds. : CRAMS
22
Musical sign. : SLUR
23
Parrot of Brazil. : ARA
24
Western author. : HARTE
25
Tête-___. : ATETE
26
Henpecked. : LEDBYTHENOSE
29
Engraving tool. : STYLET
30
Raising. : UPPING
34
Long-run comedy on Broadway. : ANYWEDNESDAY
38
___ solemnis. : MISSA
41
New York city. : OLEAN
42
Be at fault. : ERR
43
Skipper's term. : ALEE
44
French cathedral city. : REIMS
45
Passenger. : FARE
46
Presidential title: Abbr. : CIC
47
Take advantage of (an opportunity) quickly. : SEIZE
48
Sea goose. : SOLAN
49
The moon. : EARTHSSATELLITE
52
Ductile element. : CERIUM
53
Seine-___, French department. : ETOISE
54
Melville romance. : TYPEE
55
Famous lexicographer. : ROGET
Down
1
Concierge of a sort. : LANDLADY
2
Neutral. : INERT
3
Rich fabric. : LAME
4
Librarian's concern. : ANA
5
Rheum. : CATARRH
6
Diet. : REGIMEN
7
Tapestry. : ARRAS
8
Chaff of grain. : BRAN
9
Religious denomination: Abbr. : BAP
10
Pipe smokers don't. : INHALE
11
Mosque feature. : MINARET
13
Social event. : DEBUT
14
Famous name in music. : CASALS
15
Of a certain shape. : OVATE
16
Exceptional. : RARE
21
Spiteful. : CATTY
22
Measures. : STEPS
24
Animal. : HYENA
25
Western resort. : ASPEN
27
World-weary. : BLASE
28
River in Finland. : OUNAS
31
Horatio Alger, for example. : IDEALIST
32
Tell. : NARRATE
33
Leatherneck. : GYRENE
35
Cry of grief. : WOEISME
36
Julie or Audrey. : ELIZA
37
Goddess akin to Ceres. : DEMETER
38
Nutmeg. : MACE
39
Pertaining to certain bones. : ILIAC
40
Top ___. : SECRET
44
Make a second petition. : RESUE
45
Madness: Fr. : FOLIE
47
Queen Mary. : SHIP
48
Plod heavily. : SLOG
50
Render. : TRY
51
Wartime area. : ETO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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