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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Friday, January 12, 1962

8-Down : Burrel and Seckel.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.7 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,564
Across
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California crop. : GRAPES
7
Show up. : APPEAR
13
Karachi or Key West. : SEAPORT
14
Riot squad's weapon. : TEARGAS
16
Fed the pot. : ANTEDUP
17
Front hall furnishing. : HATRACK
18
Oahu neckwear. : LEI
19
Typewriter bars. : SPACERS
21
Ring decision. : TKO
22
"Money ___ everything." : ISNT
24
Chances. : TURNS
25
Jumbled, as type. : PIED
26
After sundown. : NIGHT
28
___ detector. : LIE
29
Heroine of "The Flying Dutchman." : SENTA
30
State. : ASSERT
32
Bulwark. : BUTTRESS
34
Fly a plane. : AERO
36
State of mind. : MOOD
37
Relates (to). : PERTAINS
41
Light refractors. : PRISMS
45
In the open. : OVERT
46
Word element for "outside." : ECT
48
Tool material. : METAL
49
Nap. : PILE
50
Massenet opera. : THAIS
52
Part of a da Vinci title. : MONA
53
Landing boat. : LCI
54
Diet factor. : PROTEIN
56
Pencil of light. : RAY
57
Studio. : ATELIER
59
All the nobles. : PEERAGE
61
Abrogates. : REVOKES
62
Whole number. : INTEGER
63
Adulterate. : DEBASE
64
Cairo chief. : NASSER
Down
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From Adam to Joseph. : GENESIS
2
TV or campus topic. : RATINGS
3
Anthropoid. : APE
4
Hulls. : PODS
5
Break out violently. : ERUPT
6
"Twin" of Minneapolis. : STPAUL
7
Literary or scientific club. : ATHENEUM
8
Burrel and Seckel. : PEARS
9
Butter cuts. : PATS
10
Make a fluff. : ERR
11
Like quartz. : AGATINE
12
Bats for Pancho. : RACKETS
13
Salt bed. : SALINA
15
Munitions magnates of Czechoslovakia. : SKODAS
20
Slatted bin. : CRIB
23
Part of the Lincoln Center. : THEATRE
25
By the day. : PERDIEM
27
Negotiate. : TREAT
29
Blizzard. : STORM
31
Three: Prefix. : TRI
33
Zenith. : TOP
35
Small-town: Colloq. : ONEHORSE
37
Cottonwood. : POPLAR
38
Forced out. : EVICTED
39
Ease tension. : RELIEVE
40
Cat-chasing word. : SCAT
42
Safekeeping. : STORAGE
43
Executive. : MANAGER
44
Assassin. : SLAYER
47
Cravat ornament. : TIEPIN
50
Tall timber. : TREES
51
St. Catherine's home. : SIENA
54
Rabbit's relative. : PIKA
55
Certain fabrics. : NETS
58
Racket shot. : LOB
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In medias ___. : RES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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