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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

New York Times, Wednesday, February 13, 1991

20-Across : Brandon Thomas farce

Author:
Nancy Scandrett Ross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 22.4
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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,072
Across
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Soviet news agency : TASS
5
___ Jones average : DOW
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Outpouring : SPATE
13
Astronaut Bean : ALAN
14
Old English letters : EDHS
16
Small drum : TABOR
17
Frequent letterhead feature : LOGO
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Secular : LAIC
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Contest site : ARENA
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Brandon Thomas farce : CHARLEYSAUNT
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Least dotty : SANEST
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Refrain syllable : TRA
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Mrs., in Montreux : MME
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Use the phone : DIAL
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Iterate : REPEAT
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Sundance Kid's girl : ETTA
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Hurrah for the matador! : OLE
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Sousa specialty : MARCH
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Napoleon Solo's show : THEMANFROMUNCLE
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Capital of Vietnam : HANOI
44
Mrs., in Madrid : SRA
45
Stadium section : TIER
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Not alfresco : INSIDE
48
Jumble : MESS
50
Bee follower : CEE
51
Mushy stuff : GOO
53
Precisely : TOATEE
58
Louisa May Alcott novel : EIGHTCOUSINS
61
Natives of Belgrade : SLAVS
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"If ___ My Way," 1913 song : IHAD
65
Sachs of Nürnberg : HANS
66
Piano part : PEDAL
67
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
68
City SW of Buffalo : ERIE
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Oise tributary : AISNE
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Japanese epic film : RAN
71
Impudence : SASS
Down
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Bath powders : TALCS
2
Oahu welcome : ALOHA
3
"A Certain Smile" author : SAGAN
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Sleeper's rumble : SNORE
5
Outtake : DELETION
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Pop singer Anita ___ : ODAY
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"Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1" : WHISTLERSMOTHER
8
Musial of baseball : STAN
9
Component : PART
10
Honest one : ABE
11
Coal quantity : TON
12
Notable period : ERA
15
Cicatrix : SCAR
21
Hallucinogenic monogram : LSD
22
Middle East initials: 1958-71 : UAR
25
Word before beaucoup : MERCI
26
Flat diamond : MACLE
27
An anesthetic : ETHER
29
TV comedy series : ALF
31
Cassowary's cousin : EMU
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Puff : PANT
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Complex of precepts : ETHIC
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Title for Macbeth : THANE
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Nervous : TENSE
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Mine, in France : AMOI
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Support : AID
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Bauxite or pitchblende : ORE
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Extinct mammal : MASTODON
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Quiche ingredient : EGG
49
Old French coin : SOU
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Lima's state : OHIO
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Phoenix source : ASHES
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Coronet : TIARA
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Seat of County Clare : ENNIS
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Road curves : ESSES
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Novelist Hunter : EVAN
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Innisfree, e.g. : ISLE
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New Testament miracle site : CANA
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Watering spot : SPA
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Pacific garland : LEI
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Commercials : ADS

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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