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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Friday, July 31, 1959
15-Across : "___ to the wise ... "
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 31.9
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 O | 2 S | 3 S | 4 A | 5 B | 6 A | 7 C | 8 H | 9 P | 10 A | 11 C | 12 T | |||
13 G | O | O | S | 14 A | L | L | A | 15 A | W | O | R | 16 D |
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17 P | U | F | F | 18 R | E | E | L | 19 T | A | P | I | R |
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20 U | P | T | O | 21 S | N | U | F | F | 22 R | I | A | T | A |
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23 L | O | U | T | 24 B | 25 O | O | T | L | E | G |
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26 B | 27 E | 28 D | L | A | M | 29 Y | A | W | L | |||||
30 E | R | R | O | R | 31 M | A | K | E | S | 32 G | 33 O | 34 O | 35 D |
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36 A | N | E | W | 37 S | E | W | E | D | 38 R | A | G | E |
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39 N | E | W | S | 40 S | T | A | N | D | 41 S | E | R | R | A |
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42 L | O | S | S | 43 D | I | E | S | E | L |
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44 T | 45 A | 46 B | 47 L | E | A | U | 48 S | I | G | N | ||||
49 O | R | L | O | N | 50 R | 51 O | U | G | H | E | 52 D | 53 I | 54 T |
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55 M | R | A | N | D | 56 E | R | G | O | 57 Y | A | L | E |
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58 B | A | D | G | E | 59 U | N | A | U | 60 E | D | E | N |
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61 Y | E | A | R | 62 P | E | R | T | 63 D | A | D | S |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,668
Across
1
Thessalian mount. : OSSA
5
Prolific composer. : BACH
9
Covenant. : PACT
13
Sticky mixtures: Slang. : GOOS
14
Nazimova. : ALLA
15
"___ to the wise ... " : AWORD
17
Quilted bed covering. : PUFF
18
Lively dance. : REEL
19
Relative of the rhino. : TAPIR
20
In fine fettle. : UPTOSNUFF
22
Lariat. : RIATA
23
Boor. : LOUT
24
Illicit: Slang. : BOOTLEG
26
Uproar. : BEDLAM
29
Jolly boat. : YAWL
30
Miscalculation. : ERROR
31
"Arrives." : MAKESGOOD
36
"___ broom ... " : ANEW
37
Hemmed. : SEWED
38
Dernier cri. : RAGE
39
Kiosk. : NEWSSTAND
41
Sawlike part. : SERRA
42
Deprivation. : LOSS
43
Type of engine. : DIESEL
44
Vivid representation. : TABLEAU
48
Shingle. : SIGN
49
New material. : ORLON
50
Camped out. : ROUGHEDIT
55
___ Mrs. North. : MRAND
56
Hence. : ERGO
57
Harriman's alma mater. : YALE
58
Star, for example. : BADGE
59
Two-toed sloth. : UNAU
60
Titular character in Jack London book. : EDEN
61
Fiscal ___. : YEAR
62
Forward. : PERT
63
Family members. : DADS
Down
1
Predecessor of NKVD. : OGPU
2
Consommé. : SOUP
3
Conciliatory. : SOFT
4
Namely. : ASFOLLOWS
5
Tom Thumb's showman. : BARNUM
6
Alaskan. : ALEUT
7
Musical sign. : CLEF
8
Not thought out completely: Colloq. : HALFBAKED
9
Navy or Air Force groups. : PATROLS
10
Be ready for. : AWAIT
11
Lacquer ingredient. : COPAL
12
Stereotyped. : TRITE
16
Pass too slowly. : DRAG
21
Reach heights. : SOAR
25
Was morally obligated to. : OWED
26
Legume. : BEAN
27
Irish river. : ERNE
28
Sketched. : DREW
29
Signs of ennui. : YAWNS
31
Have fitting qualifications. : MEASUREUP
32
Jealous. : GREENEYED
33
Paddles. : OARS
34
Folklore character. : OGRE
35
Trade (in). : DEAL
37
Portico. : STOA
40
Willowy. : SLENDER
41
Sound of longing. : SIGH
43
Unearth. : DIGOUT
44
Sarcophagus. : TOMB
45
Panoply. : ARRAY
46
Dashing young man. : BLADE
47
Ars ___, vita brevis. : LONGA
48
The Bowl in New Orleans. : SUGAR
51
Alençon's river. : ORNE
52
Art cult, circa 1920. : DADA
53
"___ Three Lives." : ILED
54
Banknotes. : TENS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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