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Frances Hansen
Frances Hansen

ANSWERING SERVICE

New York Times, Sunday, October 24, 1982

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { Z }, Scrabble score: 557 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 135, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Frances Hansen has 81 pre-Shortz puzzles and 40 Shortz Era puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,038
Across
1. Brubeck or Garroway : DAVE
5. "Horse Marines" captain : JINKS
10. Name for cowboy Bill : PECOS
15. Eskers : OSAR
19. Kaffiyeh cord : AGAL
20. One and all : EVERY
21. Mercer-Raksin song : LAURA
22. Tall follower : TALE
23. Chaste? : YESBUTIRANFASTER
26. Black : EBON
27. Hot under the collar : INCENSED
28. "Them" author : OATES
29. Set : GELLED
31. Legendary : STORIED
32. Register : ENROL
33. Swiss city (old spelling) : BASLE
34. Wee drop : TOT
35. Sugar: Prefix : GLYCO
36. Bone formation : OSTOSIS
39. Six-Day War winner : DAYAN
42. Weight? : NOIMINARUSH
45. Botanist Gray : ASA
46. Cupid : EROS
47. Telegraphic speed measure : BAUD
48. "The Censor" : CATO
49. "It's a ___ brecht moonlecht necht": Lauder : BRAW
50. "Who's on first?" questioner : LOU
51. Build? : NOCREDITORS
55. Sheepish complaint : BLEAT
56. Port : LARBOARD
58. Pay homage to : ADORE
59. Memorable comedian: 1890–1958 : FRISCO
60. Démodé : PASSE
61. First American to orbit the Earth : GLENN
62. Irish seaport : SLIGO
63. Rude bed : PALLET
65. "___ say . . . " : DOASI
66. "You said a ___!" : MOUTHFUL
69. Pile up : AMASS
70. So? : ISTITCHABIT
72. Singing syllable : TRA
73. Pedro's rock : ROCA
74. Where Greek met Greek : STOA
75. Toward the mouth : ORAD
76. Copper : CENT
77. One of the Three Stooges : MOE
78. Taut? : IWASTUTORED
82. U.S. artist-inventor : MORSE
83. Slightly aberrant : ANORMAL
85. Hocus-___ : POCUS
86. Writer Deighton : LEN
87. Kind of day for ducks : RAINY
88. Bombay bards : BHATS
89. Poet May and family : SARTONS
93. Jog the memory : REMIND
95. Actress Massey : ILONA
96. ___ away (hoard) : SQUIRREL
97. W.W. II losers : AXIS
98. Sleigh? : IWOULDNTHURTAFLY
101. Austen : JANE
102. Like windmills : VANED
103. Shinto temple gateway : TORII
104. Porter : COLE
105. Singer Ed from Boston : AMES
106. ___-Unis : ETATS
107. Meanly nasty : SNIDE
108. Drop or gas leader : TEAR
Down
1. "When ___ Done," 1926 song : DAYIS
2. 007, for one : AGENT
3. Explorer da Gama : VASCO
4. Freestone peaches : ELBERTAS
5. Social butterflies : JETSET
6. Like old college buildings : IVIED
7. Jerk : NERD
8. Long-tailed ape : KRA
9. Roget entry : SYNONYM
10. Police unit : PLATOON
11. Atelier sight : EASEL
12. Snubs openly : CUTS
13. Bauxite, e.g. : ORE
14. Sea of weeds : SARGASSO
15. Verdi opera : OTELLO
16. Minx? : SABLESARESOFTER
17. Lily plant : ALOE
18. Rip up : REND
24. Kind of card or suit : UNION
25. Stuffed, in cookery : FARCI
30. O.T. book : ESTH
32. Strike out : ELIDE
33. Boxing events : BOUTS
35. Primitive dipper : GOURD
37. Newton or Stern : ISAAC
38. Took care of : SAWTO
39. Farmer's place : DELL
40. Former Venezuelan copper center : AROA
41. Wear? : YOURPLACEORMINE
42. Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
43. Squash type : ACORN
44. Steak order : RARE
47. Toot one's horn : BOAST
49. Mr. Christian's skipper : BLIGH
51. Aids in counting : NOSES
52. ___ Lama : DALAI
53. That is: Lat. : IDEST
54. Invigorating dose : TONIC
55. Actress May from Sweden : BRITT
57. Raft wood : BALSA
59. Amenable to change : FLUID
61. Reached : GOTAT
62. "The world is grown ___": Shak. : SOBAD
63. Toscanini's birthplace : PARMA
64. "___ for the Misbegotten" : AMOON
65. U.K. awards : DSOS
66. ___-nest (hoax) : MARES
67. Coffee makers : URNS
68. Like George Apley : LATE
70. "The Boot" of Europe : ITALY
71. Falconlike solar deity : HORUS
74. Graceful pool entrance : SWANDIVE
76. Catch : CONTRACT
78. Porter's "___ Love Again" : IMIN
79. Supports : UPHOLDS
80. ___ fro : TOAND
81. Navigators' instruments : OCTANTS
82. Kind of badge : MERIT
84. Musters : RAISES
86. Bonnie Annie of song : LAURIE
88. Cornflower : BLUET
89. Fish bait : SQUID
90. " . . . fame of friend ___": Riley : ORFOE
91. A wife in "Gianni Schicchi" : NELLA
92. More foxy : SLYER
93. Rani's mate : RAJA
94. Quiz : EXAM
95. Hebrides island : IONA
96. Indian title of respect : SHRI
99. ___ Tyler, English rebel : WAT
100. Style : TON

Answer summary: 9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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