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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1956

23-Across : Cathedral official.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,506
Across
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Benefit. : HELP
5
Dull finish. : MATTE
10
Obstacle. : SNAG
14
Love: Latin. : AMOR
15
The willow. : OSIER
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Small bay. : COVE
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Obstructionist tactic in Congress. : FILIBUSTER
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So be it. : AMEN
20
Legend. : TRADITION
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Golfer's fault. : SLICE
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Biblical name. : ENOS
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Cathedral official. : DEAN
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Doctrine. : ISM
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Being: Spanish. : ENTE
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Guerdon. : REWARD
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Chez ___ (at our house): French. : NOUS
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One's college. : ALMAMATER
36
Invalid. : NULL
37
Ambassador. : ENVOY
38
Money-raiser's slogan. : GIVE
39
Appraised. : ESTIMATED
41
French coins. : SOUS
42
Invader. : RAIDER
43
European. : SERB
46
Gain. : NET
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Bills. : TENS
48
Regrets. : RUES
50
French statesman. : FAURE
52
Without guilt. : BLAMELESS
57
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
58
Eloquent. : ORATORICAL
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Biblical killer of Sisera. : JAEL
60
Party trinket. : FAVOR
61
Hence: Latin. : ERGO
62
___ dixit (dogmatic statement): Latin. : IPSE
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Anxieties. : FEARS
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Reddish brown. : RUST
Down
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Handle. : HAFT
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Eastern ruler. : EMIR
3
Girl in a popular song. : LOLA
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Self-respect. : PRIDE
5
Hardy fur. : MOUTON
6
Right-hand man. : ASSISTANT
7
Belgrade dictator. : TITO
8
Cardinal suffix. : TEEN
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Make a faux pas. : ERR
10
Rascals. : SCALAWAGS
11
Step in the Presidential race. : NOMINATION
12
With: French. : AVEC
13
Actor Raymond. : GENE
18
Flexible shoot. : BINE
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Appear. : SEEM
23
Wagon. : DRAY
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Internal. : INNER
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Noted band leader. : SOUSA
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Hosts. : MULTITUDES
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Brownies. : ELVES
30
Stage show. : REVUE
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Clothed. : DREST
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Calculating instrument. : SLIDERULE
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Presiding officer. : MODERATOR
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Fruiting spikes. : EARS
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Word in the writing on the wall. : MENE
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The makings of scuttlebutt. : RUMORS
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Bock. : BEER
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Sneakier. : SLIER
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Sacred mountain of Japan. : FUJI
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Not care ___. : ARAP
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Scottish hillside. : BRAE
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Melted rock. : LAVA
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Color. : ECRU
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Droops. : SAGS
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Keyway. : SLOT
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More remote. : OFF

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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