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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Tuesday, October 30, 1984

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 56.3
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,775
Across
1
Kind of jockey : DISC
5
Containing less chroma : PALER
10
Health centers : SPAS
14
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
15
Overhead : ABOVE
16
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
17
Ballroom marches : PROMENADES
19
Ice-cream holder : CONE
20
Take a header : TOPPLE
21
Stop temporarily : INTERMIT
23
___ breve : ALLA
25
Rani's robe : SAREE
26
Dispirit : DEPRESS
29
In better shape : FITTER
32
Lots of land : ACRES
33
Spats : TIFFS
36
"Bali ___" : HAI
37
Crucifix : ROOD
38
Apollo's legendary birthplace : DELOS
39
U. of Md. athlete : TERP
40
Common street name : ELM
41
Axes or cans : FIRES
42
Fry quickly : SAUTE
43
"Two-pippers" : DEUCES
45
Acquired relative : STEPSON
47
Archibald ___ (Cary Grant) : LEACH
49
An article in Munich : EINE
50
Minister's place of business : LEGATION
53
Bracts enclosing the flowers in grasses : PALEAE
57
Word of woe : ALAS
58
Inducements to action : PROMPTINGS
60
Not on time : LATE
61
Uhlan's weapon : LANCE
62
Entre ___ : NOUS
63
Individuals : ONES
64
Choose : ELECT
65
Puzzler's favorite serf : ESNE
Down
1
Part of an org. : DEPT
2
Set of boxes : INRO
3
Cool it! : STOP
4
Likened : COMPARED
5
TV groups : PANELS
6
Arab's garment : ABA
7
City in N.J. : LODI
8
Squares accounts : EVENS
9
Provides new workers : RESTAFFS
10
Arcane : SECRET
11
Shelley's "___ Unbound" : PROMETHEUS
12
Sacred ape of ancient Egypt : AANI
13
Proofreader's direction : STET
18
Femmes' pronoun : ELLES
22
Ares' sister : ERIS
24
Fall flower : ASTER
26
Defied : DARED
27
Kin of a lycée : ECOLE
28
Make widespread : PROMULGATE
30
Have an ___ the ground : EARTO
31
Mature : RIPEN
34
___ de la Cité : ILE
35
"Pippin" director : FOSSE
38
Follower : DISCIPLE
39
Measuring device : TAPELINE
41
Exploit : FEAT
42
French legislature : SENAT
44
Discontinues : CEASES
46
Scarf : TIPPET
48
Occurring 24 times a day : HORAL
50
Sugar-cane shoot : LALO
51
Verve : ELAN
52
Not any : NONE
54
Biblical oldster : ENOS
55
"You Can't Get a Man with ___" : AGUN
56
Basic verb for Virgil : ESSE
59
DC doubled : MCC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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