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Nancy W. Atkinson
Nancy W. Atkinson

New York Times, Thursday, September 6, 1990

Author:
Nancy W. Atkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 15, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 15.8
Nancy W. Atkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,912
Across
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"___ Carlotta," T. A. Daly poem : MIA
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Works with rattan : CANES
9
Line winder : SPOOL
14
Constant : INVARIANT
16
Spiteful : CATTY
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"___ Dundee," 1986 movie : CROCODILE
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Like many rings or watches : AURIC
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Reeve role : KENT
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Actor in 56 Across : ELIWALLACH
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A cube's sextet : SIDES
24
Curmudgeon's cry : BAH
25
Golfer Peete : CAL
28
Woman's wide, lacy collar : BERTHA
30
Gift for some Scorpios : OPAL
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Soap plant : AMOLE
36
Boozer : SOT
37
Wingding : GALA
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Put in a new carton : REBOXED
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Tardy : BELATED
43
City in Scotland : OBAN
44
The real issue : NUB
46
What some burglars gain : ENTRY
47
Playwright Connelly : MARC
48
Port on the Black Sea : ODESSA
51
"___ Magic," Doris Day hit : ITS
52
Actor Linden : HAL
54
Of both kinds: Comb. form : AMPHI
56
"The ___," 1981 movie : SALAMANDER
60
"___ Enchanted Evening" : SOME
64
"___ Romance" : AFINE
65
"The ___ People," 1959 movie : ALLIGATOR
67
Abdul-Jabbar was one : LAKER
68
Jet design : DELTAWING
69
Dice throws : TREYS
70
A strong point : ASSET
71
Mich. locks, for short : SOO
Down
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Rocker Jagger : MICK
2
Concerning : INRE
3
Bath's county : AVON
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___-Magnon : CRO
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___-camp : AIDEDE
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Carpenter, often : NAILER
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Gets one's help : ENLISTS
8
Jugged hare, e.g. : STEW
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Milan's La ___ Opera House : SCALA
10
Star of 17 Across : PAULHOGAN
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Norwegian river : OTRA
12
Of hearing : OTIC
13
Churchyard's ___ gate : LYCH
15
Biblical book : ACTS
21
Simmer down : ABATE
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Wild goat : IBEX
25
Billiard shot : CAROM
26
Very simple animal : AMEBA
27
Of a part of the lungs : LOBAR
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Raise ___ (behave destructively) : HOB
31
Page or LuPone : PATTI
32
Argus-eyed : ALERT
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___-slipper (orchid) : LADYS
35
Actor in 65 Across : LONCHANEY
39
___ Gay, W.W. II bomber : ENOLA
40
Clinker : DUD
42
A wife of Jacob : LEAH
45
Parish officers : BEADLES
49
Whiffs : SMELLS
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Tinker Bell, e.g. : SPRITE
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Natives of the U.S.A. : AMERS
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"Was it a cat ___?" : ISAW
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Shaker contents : SALT
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Almost out of sight : AFAR
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Much the same as : LIKE
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It's nothing to Juan : NADA
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Name in lifts : OTIS
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Kind of rail : MONO
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Therefore : ERGO
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Thug's heater : GAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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