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Mary S. Snyder
Mary S. Snyder

New York Times, Thursday, May 6, 1993

49-Across : Toward the back

Author:
Mary S. Snyder
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Mary S. Snyder has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,885
Across
1
Parisian gangsters : APACHES
8
Vanilla ice specialty : RAP
11
Month for 14 Across : MAY
14
Theme of this puzzle : MOTHERS
15
Greek vowel : ETA
16
Caucho : ULE
17
Pittsburgh gridder : STEELER
18
A carrier : MAILMAN
20
Ornamental tree : ELM
21
Pitcher and Maguire : MOLLYS
22
Mom's twosome : EMS
24
What amo means : ILOVE
26
Boxes: Abbr. : CTNS
29
Sheet of floating ice : FLOE
30
Lug : TOTE
31
Drew co-star : REHAN
32
Ignited : LIT
33
Ordinal suffix : ETH
34
" ... ___ prouder foe": Shak. : MEETA
35
Jacob's eighth son : ASHER
38
Kind of breeze : SEA
40
Actress Gabrielle ___ : ANWAR
41
City in Tuscany : SIENA
42
Speed meas. : RPS
44
"This ___ House" : OLE
45
Mohammed's Word : KORAN
46
I.o.u. : CHIT
47
Jejune : ARID
48
Irritated state : SNIT
49
Toward the back : AREAR
50
J.F.K.'s preceder : DDE
51
"Hud" actor : NEWMAN
53
Volcanic product : ASH
55
Goosefoot, e.g. : ALLSEED
57
Mother-___ (nacre) : OFPEARL
61
"Golden Girl" Arthur : BEA
62
Gram. case : ABL
63
Thespian Michael ___ : LEARNED
64
Mother whale, e.g. : COW
65
Burns negative : NAE
66
Nabs : ARRESTS
Down
1
Morning hrs. : AMS
2
Kind of boiler : POT
3
Consul follower : ATE
4
Gruyère, e.g. : CHEESE
5
Tartarus : HELL
6
Recluse : EREMITE
7
Ukr., once : SSR
8
Get rid of : REMOVE
9
"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
10
Beach toy : PAIL
11
"Don't tell a soul!" : MUMSTHEWORD
12
___ king : ALA
13
Hankering : YEN
19
French high-school student : LYCEEN
21
Fussily protective parent : MOTHERHEN
22
Omission : ELISION
23
Mrs. Rodham, to Clinton : MOTHERINLAW
25
Oodles : LOTS
27
Cole or Wood : NATALIE
28
Entangled : SNARED
29
Laboratory utensils : FLASKS
31
Brit. military sch. : RMA
36
Kin on Mom's side : ENATES
37
Sprinted : RAN
39
Samoan port : APIA
43
Machine gunner : STRAFER
46
Stork's repository? : CRADLE
47
Cling : ADHERE
49
One-celled protozoan : AMEBA
52
Withdraw from dependency : WEAN
54
Bandy words : SPAR
55
A network : ABC
56
Summer sign : LEO
57
Ending for pay or plug : OLA
58
Articles : ANS
59
Soak flax : RET
60
Mormons: Abbr. : LDS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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