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Nancy McCarthy
Nancy McCarthy

New York Times, Monday, August 22, 1983

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.1
Nancy McCarthy has 47 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,340
Across
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Plod : SLOG
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Day of songdom and filmdom : DORIS
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Seasoning : SAGE
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Track-meet "elevator" : POLE
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Oust : EVICT
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Anjou or Bosc : PEAR
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Wind gauge : ANEMOMETER
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Sister of Ares : ERIS
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Hyson, for one : TEA
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Withered : SERE
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"When Day ___," 1926 song : ISDONE
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Hemingway : ERNEST
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Anatomical divider : SEPTUM
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Menotti's "Amelia ___ to the Ball" : GOES
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Bounders' kin : LEAPERS
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Volcanic scoria : SLAG
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Turning on an axis : ROTARY
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Low digit : TOE
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___-walsy : PALSY
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Beer container : VAT
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Food fish : SMELT
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Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
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___ dictum (incidental opinion) : OBITER
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Angers : IRES
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Roofing unit : SHINGLE
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Adroit : DEFT
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Half : MOIETY
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Stylish : DRESSY
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Variegated rock : GNEISS
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River in Spain : EBRO
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One ___ time : ATA
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Decomposes : ROTS
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Skipper's speed-measuring device : SILLOMETER
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Out of the wind : ALEE
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Greece, to a Greek : ELLAS
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Mountain pool : TARN
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Keeps out : BARS
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Tivoli's Villa ___ : DESTE
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Singletons : ONES
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Outpouring : SPATE
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Hermit : LONER
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City in N.Y. : OLEAN
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Sparkler : GEM
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Goddess of fertility : DEMETER
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Finished : OVER
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Ceremonies : RITES
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Jewels, to a yegg : ICE
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Game fish : STRIPER
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Accelerated : SPEDUP
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Gas-density gauge : AEROMETER
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Make progress : GAIN
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Gaelic : ERSE
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___ buco, Italian dish : OSSO
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Reprieves : STAYS
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Urges, with "on" : EGGS
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Heartened : ELATED
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Russian council : SOVIET
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Part : ROLE
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What Sol does, out West : SETS
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Baths of a sort : SPAS
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Lattice component : LATH
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Height gauge : ALTIMETER
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Make lace : TAT
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Hindu ascetics : YOGIS
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Widow's ___ (pittance) : MITE
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Sanctified : BLESSED
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" ... I Wore a Big ___" : REDROSE
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Bruits : NOISES
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"Take it ___ the top" : FROM
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Shouts : YELLS
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Old Nick : SATAN
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Cubic meter : STERE
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Stories : YARNS
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Clutch : GRAB
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Piano favorite : NOLA
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Calf's cry : BLAT
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___ de France : ILE
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W.W. II theater : ETO

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