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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Friday, January 16, 1959

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.6 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,472
Across
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Rode a bicycle. : PEDALED
8
Passes. : ELAPSES
15
Summary. : EPITOME
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Great comic author. : MOLIERE
17
Cheese dish. : RAREBIT
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Famous reindeer. : PRANCER
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Rude shelter. : HUT
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Not very warm. : TEPID
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Group of physicians. : AMA
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Mohammedan name. : ALI
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Rocks. : SCARS
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Touch of frost. : NIP
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Equals. : PEERS
29
Ascot. : TIE
30
U. S. copper center. : BUTTE
32
Big fellow. : STRAPPER
34
Parsonages. : MANSES
35
Amphibian. : TOAD
36
Be in abeyance. : PEND
37
Mechanism. : ACTION
40
Satellite launching Operation. : VANGUARD
44
Von Steuben, for instance. : BARON
45
Prohibition. : BAN
46
Cleave. : SEVER
47
"What a good boy ___!" : AMI
48
Of less importance. : MINOR
50
1948 foreign aid agency. : ECA
51
Church talk: Abbr. : SER
52
River in France. : ISERE
53
Van Winkle. : RIP
54
Fastidiously tasteful. : ELEGANT
57
Perturb. : AGITATE
60
Group of languages. : ROMANCE
61
Executive. : MANAGER
62
More rigorous. : STERNER
63
African port in the news. : ALGIERS
Down
1
Maybe. : PERHAPS
2
Shoulder piece. : EPAULET
3
More sullied. : DIRTIER
4
Corroded. : ATE
5
Throw underhand. : LOB
6
Gives out. : EMITS
7
Found out. : DETECTED
8
Designating a gown style. : EMPIRE
9
House of Parliament. : LORDS
10
According to: Fr. : ALA
11
Transfix. : PIN
12
Lines in trigonometry. : SECANTS
13
Recluse. : EREMITE
14
Blanket garments. : SERAPES
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Twosome. : PAIR
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Proportion. : RATIO
28
Golf club. : SPOON
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Hair-do. : BANGS
31
Not fitting. : UNDUE
33
God of Arcadia. : PAN
34
Crew. : MEN
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Comprehensive view. : PANORAMA
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Humble ones. : ABASERS
38
Legendary place in British fable. : CAMELOT
39
Galley. : TRIREME
40
Wind indicator. : VANE
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Mean. : AVERAGE
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Narrator. : RECITER
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London dry goods dealers. : DRAPERS
45
Dark-brown pigment from soot. : BISTER
48
Cut fine. : MINCE
49
Queenly. : REGAL
55
Fish. : GAR
56
"Man and Superman" heroine. : ANN
58
Participle suffix. : ING
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Siamese: Var. : TAI

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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