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Nancy A. Wood
Nancy A. Wood

New York Times, Tuesday, October 11, 1983

Author:
Nancy A. Wood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 27.4
Nancy A. Wood has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,390
Across
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Agreements : PACTS
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Created : MADE
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Appoint : NAME
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More or less : ABOUT
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Fee-faw-fum : OGRE
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Wotan, to the Norse : ODIN
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Melancholy baby : WEDNESDAYSCHILD
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Actor Stallone's nickname : SLY
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Kooky : WEIRD
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Latvians : LETTS
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Feudal have-not : SERF
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To dare, in Dijon : OSER
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Places of religious instruction : SUNDAYSCHOOLS
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State of northern Brazil : PARA
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Byzantine image : IKON
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___ Vegas : LAS
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Small piece of paper : SLIP
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Most disastrous : WORST
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Incline : RAMP
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Souchong is one : TEA
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Rocky hideaway : CAVE
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Madame Bovary : EMMA
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Day before Lent : SHROVETUESDAY
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Tied : EVEN
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Denials : NAYS
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Lessen : ABATE
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Court orders : WRITS
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Fitting : APT
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Afternoon performance : SATURDAYMATINEE
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Black : EBON
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Region : AREA
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Chosen : ELITE
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Bien-___ (French darling) : AIME
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Secretary of sorts : DESK
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Menfolk : MALES
Down
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Fido's feet : PAWS
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Famous murder victim : ABEL
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Buffalo Bill : CODY
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Wine cask : TUN
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Cooked prunes : STEWED
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Change : MODIFY
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Thickening agent : AGAR
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Shipyard features : DRYDOCKS
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Boot ending : EES
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"One brave deed makes ___": Whittier : NOHERO
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Mine entrance : ADIT
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Cartoonist Gross : MILT
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Means justifications : ENDS
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Anti-infection agents : SERA
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Athenian demagogue : CLEON
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Thin, crisp cookie : SNAP
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Scotch measure : SHOT
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January events : SALES
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Mr. Heep : URIAH
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River to the Danube : SIRET
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Peruvian mammal : LLAMA
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Kaye or Cahn : SAMMY
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West Coast clock reading : PST
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Mineral-water mecca : SPA
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Undulate : WAVE
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Heatproof dishes : OVENWARE
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Beatty film : REDS
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Conceal : COVER
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Correct the pitch again : RETUNE
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Island off Alaska : UNIMAK
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"Fine women ___ crazy salad": Yeats : EATA
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Method : SYSTEM
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On the briny : ASEA
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"___ Yar," Yevtushenko poem : BABI
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Particle : ATOM
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Types of grain : RYES
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Blue dye : ANIL
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Rozelle or Fountain : PETE
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Golf gadgets : TEES
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Pop : DAD
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Dockworkers' org. : ILA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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