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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, August 11, 1958

47-Down : Abounding in certain fishes.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,331
Across
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Señor's emphatic assent. : SISI
5
Thorough. : CLEAN
10
Spice from nutmegs. : MACE
14
"Your house ___ fire ... " : ISON
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___ bell (recall to mind): Colloq. : RINGA
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Language of the Caucasus. : AVAR
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Needlewoman on a special job. : FLAGMENDER
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Colette novel. : GIGI
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Part of a plant. : TAPROOT
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Seasoning ingredient. : CHIVES
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Competent. : ABLE
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Mañana, perhaps. : SOON
25
Diplomacy. : TACT
28
Terminals of a battery. : ELECTRODES
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Former. : OTHER
35
"___ County." : RAINTREE
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Title in a religious order. : FRA
37
Compel. : ENFORCE
40
Palm leaf. : OLA
41
Logs. : FIREWOOD
43
Found a new tenant. : RELET
45
Pioneer labor leader. : SAMGOMPERS
48
Mad emperor. : NERO
49
Girl's name. : AVIS
50
Cries of triumph. : AHAS
52
Warm fabric. : WOOLEN
55
Archaic imprecation. : MALISON
59
Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
60
Outer covering for a bank truck. : ARMORPLATE
63
Shoestring catch, for example. : FEAT
64
Bole. : TRUNK
65
Heroine of German legend. : ELSA
66
English river. : TYNE
67
Endeavor. : ESSAY
68
Pas ___ (solo dance): Fr. : SEUL
Down
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Pass through a sieve. : SIFT
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Island: Span. : ISLA
3
Shampoo preparation. : SOAP
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Thankless one. : INGRATE
5
Patois of Louisiana. : CREOLE
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Part of a door frame. : LINTEL
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Finis. : END
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Twenty-one plus. : AGE
9
Producing insensibility. : NARCOTIC
10
French line, flanked in 1940. : MAGINOT
11
Tel ___. : AVIV
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Teller's compartment. : CAGE
13
Greek goddess. : ERIS
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Unruly crowd. : MOB
22
Little Jack. : HORNER
24
Cliff. : SCAR
25
British dandies: Slang. : TOFFS
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Roman rooms. : ATRIA
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Amulet. : CHARM
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Wear away. : ERODE
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Quaintly amusing: Fr. : DROLE
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Fisherman. : EELER
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Alliance, political and Oriental. : SEATO
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Darned. : REWOVE
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Propose for office. : NOMINATE
39
Dandies. : FOPS
42
Key word in the French Revolution. : EGALITE
44
Stores, as fodder. : ENSILES
46
Heroine of 1884 novel. : RAMONA
47
Abounding in certain fishes. : SHARKY
51
Peak. : ALP
52
Carry on the breeze. : WAFT
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Submit. : OBEY
54
Algerian seaport. : ORAN
56
Buyer's opportunity. : SALE
57
City near Kyoto. : OTSU
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Man's name. : NEAL
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Common carriers: Abbr. : RRS
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Greek letters. : MUS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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