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Nancy S. Ross
New York Times, Wednesday, May 30, 1990
Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 18.0
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.
1 B | 2 A | 3 F | 4 F | 5 C | 6 O | 7 R | 8 M | 9 O | 10 L | 11 D | 12 E | 13 R |
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14 I | D | L | E | 15 A | L | E | E | 16 B | U | R | R | O |
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17 P | E | A | R | 18 G | L | E | N | 19 T | R | E | A | D |
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20 O | L | Y | M | 21 P | I | A | D | U | 22 K | A | K | I | S | |
23 D | E | S | I | R | E | 24 L | I | S | ||||||
25 E | R | 26 S | 27 S | I | N | 28 W | 29 H | 30 O |
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31 C | 32 L | 33 A | 34 S | S | 35 T | 36 H | E | E | 37 P | R | O | D |
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38 R | I | C | K | S | 39 P | R | I | N | G | 40 F | I | E | L | D |
41 A | N | T | I | 42 E | A | S | T | 43 R | E | N | T | S |
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44 M | E | S | 45 S | T | Y | 46 A | 47 H | A | ||||||
48 S | T | A | 49 I | N | 50 S | 51 I | 52 D | 53 E |
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54 M | 55 A | H | A | L | 56 I | 57 A | 58 J | A | C | K | S | O | N |
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59 S | I | T | A | R | 60 S | L | O | T | 61 U | S | N | A |
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62 S | C | A | R | E | 63 L | I | E | U | 64 N | E | A | T |
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65 T | A | N | K | S | 66 E | E | L | S | 67 K | I | T | E |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,813
Across
1
Golfer's stroke : BAFF
5
Bulb's cousin : CORM
9
Wiser partner : OLDER
14
Unoccupied : IDLE
15
Tar's direction : ALEE
16
Pack animal : BURRO
17
Bosc, e.g. : PEAR
18
Small valley : GLEN
19
Stair surface : TREAD
20
Capital actress : OLYMPIADUKAKIS
23
Streetcar's name : DESIRE
24
Lily of France : LIS
25
Hesitant syllables : ERS
27
Lapse : SIN
28
Rock group, with "The" : WHO
31
Teacher's charges : CLASS
35
Friends' pronoun : THEE
37
Goad : PROD
38
Capital rock star : RICKSPRINGFIELD
41
Not pro : ANTI
42
Orient : EAST
43
Leases : RENTS
44
Parisian possessive : MES
45
Pig's digs : STY
46
"Gotcha!" relative : AHA
48
Dep. : STA
49
Not alfresco : INSIDE
54
Capital gospel singer : MAHALIAJACKSON
59
Shankar's instrument : SITAR
60
Post-office opening : SLOT
61
Sch. for midshipmen : USNA
62
Alarm : SCARE
63
Place : LIEU
64
Uncluttered : NEAT
65
Military vehicles : TANKS
66
Morays : EELS
67
High flier : KITE
Down
1
Two-legged support : BIPOD
2
"Die Fledermaus" maid : ADELE
3
Excoriates : FLAYS
4
Nobel physicist: 1938 : FERMI
5
More shrewd : CAGIER
6
Spanish stew : OLLA
7
Clarinetist's need : REED
8
Diner's card : MENU
9
Get : OBTAIN
10
Lies in wait : LURKS
11
Number in Nürnberg : DREI
12
Periods : ERAS
13
Curtain hanger : ROD
21
Urge : PRESS
22
___ light (movie maker's lamp) : KLIEG
26
Maverick or dogie : STRAY
27
Wagner heroine : SENTA
28
St. Paul's architect : WREN
29
Gothic novelist Victoria : HOLT
30
Bookie's concern : ODDS
31
Prepare for a test : CRAM
32
Part of a football team : LINE
33
Treads the boards : ACTS
34
Enjoy the slopes : SKI
36
Word on a towel : HIS
37
Tart's cousin : PIE
39
Potpourri component : PETAL
40
French note : FRANC
45
Looks : STARES
47
Lacuna : HIATUS
48
"Jaws" star : SHARK
50
Kind of cabbage : SKUNK
51
Some Japanese-Americans : ISSEI
52
Actor in "The Winslow Boy" : DONAT
53
Maternal relative : ENATE
54
Isinglass : MICA
55
"Pictures ___ Exhibition": Mussorgsky : ATAN
56
"___ of the Dead," Karloff film : ISLE
57
"___ of the Mind," Shepard play : ALIE
58
Pop singer Billy : JOEL
59
J.F.K. "bird" : SST
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.
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