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Nancy Schuster
Nancy Schuster

New York Times, Thursday, April 12, 1979

Author:
Dana Gross
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 32.8
Nancy Schuster has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Dana Gross is an alias for Nancy Schuster.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,747
Across
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Forefront : VAN
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Docile person : LAMB
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Type of history : ORAL
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In a line : AROW
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Place of an action, in law : VENUE
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A lot of money : PILE
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Tree native to the southern U.S. : TITI
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Concern of Soviet officials : EMIGRATION
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Atmospheric pollutant : AEROSOL
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Liqueur and condiment flavor : ANISE
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Birthplace of the limerick : ERIN
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Located at or in the ear : OTIC
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Insect-eating mammal of Madagascar : TENREC
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Washington Monument, e.g. : OBELISK
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Part of the psyche : EGO
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Caliban, to Prospero : SLAVE
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Jack Horner, for one : EATER
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Signs of Rialto success : SROS
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Rejoice : EXULT
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Captain in a Verne novel : NEMO
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Doctrine : TENET
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Epic of the Trojan War : ILIAD
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Like a teacher's pet : APT
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Able to withstand stress : TENSILE
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"There is no ___ but life": Ruskin : WEALTH
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Wood and coal derivatives : TARS
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Almost invisible biter : GNAT
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Blazing : AFIRE
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Mouth of a clam : ORIFICE
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G.I. sent elsewhere : TRANSFEREE
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Frat's next of kin : DORM
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Make goo-goo eyes : OGLE
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Complete : UTTER
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Beat out barely : EDGE
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Candidate's concern : POLL
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Word between stop and listen : LOOK
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The time of many billions of lives : EON
Down
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Wine vessel : VAT
2
"The Toreador Song," e.g. : ARIA
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Observe : NOTE
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Winning manager in 1978 World Series : LEMON
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Dye : ANIL
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Drinking utensil : MUG
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Criticize sharply : BERATE
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Spectacles are his specialty : OPTICIAN
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Social reformer: 1849–1914 : RIIS
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Succulent plant : ALOE
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Author Deighton : LEN
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Building artisan : WIRER
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Blister : VESICLE
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Old-womanish : ANILE
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Ilmenite and chalcopyrite : ORES
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Printers' daggers : OBELI
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Acid ___ : TEST
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Bird known for its valuable plumes : EGRET
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Caldwell's "___ Hears" : NOONE
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Part of a seed plant : OVULE
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Peculate : STEAL
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Trim : KEMPT
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Branch or leaf angles : AXILS
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He wrote "Portnoy's Complaint" : ROTH
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Possible watcher on the Rhine : SENTINEL
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More like a lion's pelt : TAWNIER
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Autocrats : TSARS
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Unwilling to listen : DEAF
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Angry : IREFUL
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"There is ___ in the affairs of men ... " : ATIDE
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Socrates or Isocrates : GREEK
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Jason's ship : ARGO
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Collapse : FALL
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Hamlet's "___ take arms ... " : ORTO
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Word with area or zip : CODE
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Hence, to Hadrian : ERGO
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Kind of billing : TOP
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Ike's post in W.W. II : ETO
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Pieces for Fischer : MEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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