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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

New York Times, Thursday, July 3, 1980

Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 18.2
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.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,195
Across
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Verdi heroine : AIDA
5
Ski resort : ASPEN
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Partridge's tree : PEAR
14
Brumal blanket : SNOW
15
Diamond : STONE
16
Describing Ben Jonson : RARE
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German opera : HANSELUNDGRETEL
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Tolkien creation : ENT
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Blocks of stamps : PANES
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Lamb product : ESSAY
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Fledgling's delight : NESTING
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Jeanne d'Arc: Abbr. : STE
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Division of "Billy Budd" : ACT
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"The tumult and the ___ dies": Kipling : SHOUTING
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"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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Shallot's cousin : ONION
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Prefix with classic : NEO
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Italian opera : MADAMABUTTERFLY
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Latin paradigm : AMO
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They're rolling in petrol : ARABS
43
Alley Oop's bride : OOLA
44
Models : PARAGONS
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Mus. piece : CTO
48
Autographed: Abbr. : SGD
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Some are fireless : COOKERS
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Tajo and Vinco : BASSI
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Thermoplastic : SARAN
58
Black Hawk was one : SAC
59
French opera : ROMEOETJULIETTE
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Related : AKIN
63
Dashing fellow : BLADE
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Observed : SEEN
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Catcher's gear : MITT
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Chinese rebel of 1900 : BOXER
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U.S. satellite : ESSA
Down
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Pale : ASHEN
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Silly : INANE
3
Dos and ___ : DONTS
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Cries of disgust : AWS
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Obliquely : ASLANT
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Gypped : STUNG
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Cornmeal cake : PONE
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Goals : ENDS
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Kind of vote: Abbr. : NEG
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___ board, for theatrical lighting : PRESET
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Road sign : EATS
12
Space : AREA
13
Depend : RELY
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Southey's "The Curse of Kehama" : EPIC
19
Adjust piano keys : RETUNE
24
Bye-bye : TATA
25
Chimney sweep's concern : SOOT
27
Gives the cold shoulder to : SNUBS
28
What "Otello" and "Peter Grimes" immediately became : HITS
29
Data, for short : INFO
30
Dickens character : NELL
31
Spanish painter : GOYA
32
"Journey over all the universe in ___": Cervantes : AMAP
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Priest at Lhasa : LAMA
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Scent : ODOR
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Scottish resort : OBAN
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___ Musicale Fiorentino : MAGGIO
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" ... rule them with ___ of iron": Rev. 2:27 : AROD
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Fischer's castle : ROOK
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Agree : ASSENT
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Ship carrying a fuel : COALER
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Singer Tennille : TONI
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Unfinished : CRUDE
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___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
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Evaluates : RATES
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Part of "La Bohème" : SCENA
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Author Stoker : BRAM
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Golfer Isao : AOKI
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Struck, old style : SMIT
56
Historic Norman town : STLO
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A Greek hero in the "Iliad" : AJAX
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Dwindle : EBB
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Compass pt. : ESE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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