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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, January 14, 1983

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 36.1
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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B
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,120
Across
1
Tear : RACE
5
Assemble : AMASS
10
Body of an organism : SOMA
14
Noted name in newspapers : OCHS
15
Column style : DORIC
16
Tartan-clad group : CLAN
17
"___ Hagen Girl," Reagan film : THAT
18
Pennines peak : MATTERHORN
20
Other: Comb. form : HETERO
22
Class members : SENIORS
23
Harold of comics : TEEN
24
___ point (Siamese cat) : SEAL
25
100 centavos in Honduras : LEMPIRA
28
Stagnation : STASIS
32
Craggy hills : TORS
33
Relative of a pear : SORB
35
Town near Madras : ARCOT
36
Umbrella part : RIB
37
Former German coins : THALERS
39
Blind impulse : ATE
40
Irregular : EROSE
42
Allot : METE
43
Thatch made of nipa palm leaves : ATAP
44
More than 14 million Americans : TEXANS
46
Erudite people : SAVANTS
48
Milk in Marseille : LAIT
50
Sea bird : ERNE
51
Spoil : PLUNDER
54
Constructed : REARED
57
"Soft soap" purveyors : FLATTERERS
59
Salver : TRAY
60
Kind of wolf : LONE
61
Speak pompously : ORATE
62
Crossbred horse : TURK
63
Was in debt : OWED
64
Past one's prime : FADED
65
Eye with a sigh : OGLE
Down
1
Bowler Mark ___ : ROTH
2
Feel compassion : ACHE
3
Gabby one : CHATTERBOX
4
Values : ESTEEMS
5
Express disapproval : ADMONISH
6
Extinct ratite : MOA
7
Sciences' partner : ARTS
8
Spatial locations : SITES
9
Situations : SCENES
10
Person of learning : SCHOLAR
11
Swan genus : OLOR
12
The red planet : MARS
13
Bay State cape : ANN
19
Cowboys' gear : RIATAS
21
Plain-weave fabric : REP
25
Bay of Biscay feeder : LOIRE
26
Range over : ROAM
27
Kingdom of Burgundy : ARLES
29
Floor covering : SCATTERRUG
30
Bits : IOTAS
31
Part of a staircase : STEP
32
Allowance for waste : TRET
34
Key letter : BETA
37
Rent payer : TENANT
38
Overthrew a decision : REVERSED
41
Hailed : SALUTED
43
Dye from a tropical tree : ANNATTO
45
___ beef : SIDEOF
47
Part of "to be" : ARE
49
___ cotta : TERRA
51
Proceed steadily : PLOW
52
Section of a turnpike : LANE
53
He wrote "Sheridan's Ride" : READ
55
Peer : EARL
56
Checkers opening : DYKE
57
Defunct spinoff from "Alice" : FLO
58
No. 1, e.g. : RTE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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