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Nancy S. Ross
Nancy S. Ross

STAGING AREA

New York Times, Sunday, September 16, 1973

9-Down : Drug plants

Author:
Nancy S. Ross
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.06, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 511 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 108, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 22 Grid has duplicate clues.
Nancy S. Ross has 34 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 22 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,800
Across
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Assn. : ORG
4
Matured : AGED
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French storefront word : TABAC
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"Rheingold" role : FROH
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Part of S.S.T. : SUPER
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Florida city : DADE
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Actress Valli : ALIDA
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Verdi heroine : AIDA
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City landmark : OPERAHOUSE
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Absorbed one : PORER
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Fret : STEW
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Stark quality : BARENESS
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Counting devices : OPERAMETERS
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Indian of Peru : ANDE
30
Namesakes of Wagner heroine : SENTAS
33
Boundary: Abbr. : LIM
34
Tangled : MATTED
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Decline : SET
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Kidney-shaped : RENIFORM
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Linen's place : CLOSET
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Depot: Abbr. : STA
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Agents : OPERATIVES
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Vehicle : CAR
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TV fare : SOAPOPERAS
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Pocket site : VEST
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Irish luck : CESS
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Good name, for short : REP
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Mining damp : STYTHE
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Silkworm : ERIA
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Before : UNTIL
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Few: Fr. : PEU
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Stop ___ dime : ONA
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Neighbor of Syr. : ISR
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Some dwellings : COOPERATIVEAPARTMENTS
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African land: Initials : OFS
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Black's partner : TAN
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Sleuth, for short : TEC
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Surprised sounds : GASPS
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Shinto temples : SHAS
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Bride: Fr. : MARIEE
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Resin : LAC
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Dressy chap : TOFF
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___ das Cruzes, Brazil : MOGI
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Western : HORSEOPERA
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Hair: Prefix : PIL
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Monologue subjects : OPERATIONS
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Metric unit : ARE
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Colorless gas : ETHENE
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Assemblies : SESSIONS
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O. T. book: Abbr. : PSA
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Indian fast : DHARNA
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French noble : DUC
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Customer : CLIENT
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Town of Japan : SISA
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Teamwork : COOPERATION
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Union target : OPENSHOP
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Role in Mascagni opera : LOLA
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"Just do ___" : ASIDO
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Lorgnette's relative : OPERAGLASS
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Do ___ thing : ONES
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Roman goddess : CERES
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Persian elf : PERI
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Heads: Fr. : TETES
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Soviet agency : TASS
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Scent, in Italy : ODORE
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Weedy plant : TARE
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W. W. II group : OSS
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Shrewdies : OPERATORS
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Lets anew : RERENTS
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Spanish V.I.P.'s : GRANDEES
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Fusses : ADOS
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Magnetic unit : GAUSS
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Sullivan et al. : EDS
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Sandra or Ruby : DEE
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Mulberry bark: Var. : TAPPA
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Drug plants : ALOES
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Whirring sound : BIRR
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"___ in magic and spells" : ADEALER
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Orff's "___ Burana" : CARMINA
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Writer Howard : FAST
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Ceremony : RITE
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Eur. river : ODER
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Turns left : HAWS
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Show grief : SOB
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___ tree : UPA
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Give ___ (consider) : HEEDTO
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Baseball great : OTT
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Exude : EMIT
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Prohibit : ESTOP
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Tide : NEAP
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Start of 14th century : MCCC
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Side petals : ALAE
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Take it easy : REST
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Knicks or Lakers : FIVE
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"___ Killarney ... " : OVERIN
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Withstand : RESIST
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Spectral types : MSTARS
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Wheat : SPELT
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"Coffee ___?" : ORTEA
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Settle a debt : PAYUP
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Girl's name : ARIANA
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Sorts: Fr. : ESPECES
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Have a bite : SUP
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Roman satirist : HORACE
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Noun endings : ENTS
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Tennis need : NET
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Vehicle : TRAM
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Elec. unit : AMP
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Universe : COSMOS
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"Time ___" (Snow) : OFHOPE
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Indians or oranges : OSAGES
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Suffix for aud or trans : ITION
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Turns : VEERS
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All eyes : AGAPE
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Part of i.e. : EST
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Falstaff et al. : SIRS
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Greek letters : RHOS
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Navigation aid : LORAN
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Collapsible items : OPERAHATS
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Sibelius, e.g. : FINN
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___ market : FLEA
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Loosen : EASE
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Arabia's neighbor : REDSEA
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"I haven't ___ wear" : ATHINGTO
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Staff man : AIDE
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African bird : TOURACO
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Boxed : INCASED
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To-dos : HASSLES
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Frat-man's wear : PIN
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Beverage : CIDER
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Like some ends : LOOSE
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"___ is human" : TOERR
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Coagulate : CLOT
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Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
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Cheers for Escamillo : OLES
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Football play : PASS
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Neophyte: Var. : TIRO
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___-dieu : PRIE
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Bold, in France : OSE
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Afterthoughts: Abbr. : PSS
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Choose : OPT
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Princess's tormentor : PEA

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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