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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Tuesday, January 7, 1964

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 36.2 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,273
Across
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The thirties. : DECADE
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1st baseman, Hall of Fame, 1939. : SISLER
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Libels. : DEFAMES
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Home on wheels. : TRAILER
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Insult. : AFFRONT
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Full. : REPLETE
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Mortgages. : LIENS
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Airlines abbreviation. : ETA
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Evergreen juniper. : SAVIN
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Traffic division. : LANE
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Gets ahead of. : BEATS
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International relief agency. : CARE
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Ampersand. : AND
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Chinese boats. : SAMPANS
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Large fancy marble. : TAW
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French knots, for example. : STITCHES
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Ball team. : ANGELS
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Blue dye. : WOAD
35
Easy's partner. : FREE
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Environment. : MEDIUM
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Having special ability. : TALENTED
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Soul: Fr. : AME
44
Lingering guest. : TARRIER
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Number. : ONE
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Young oyster. : SPAT
49
Arm of the sea. : SOUND
50
Suffrage. : VOTE
51
Took on. : HIRED
53
Puzzle: Colloq. : GET
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Located. : BASED
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Anchoret. : EREMITE
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Obliteration. : ERASURE
59
Giant of Doubting Castle. : DESPAIR
60
Became serious. : SOBERED
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Favorite furs. : STOLES
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Combed the hair backwards. : TEASED
Down
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Challenging. : DEFIANT
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Turkish title of respect. : EFFENDI
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Meat: Sp. : CARNE
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Memorable radio character. : AMOS
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Where to "beard the lion." : DEN
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Revered. : ESTEEMED
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Layers. : STRATA
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Island country: Abbr. : IRE
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Enervates. : SAPS
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Blooming shrub. : LILAC
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Exhilarate. : ELEVATE
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Act of withdrawing. : RETIRAL
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Polk's Vice President. : DALLAS
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Continues a subscription. : RENEWS
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Lights out. : TAPS
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Popular vacation spot. : BAHAMAS
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Tangled. : SNARLED
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Guy, usually good. : SCOUT
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Scoff. : SNEER
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Double: Prefix. : TWI
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Army man: Abbr. : GEN
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Dimmest. : FAINTEST
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Like some potatoes. : MASHED
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The British and others. : EMPIRES
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Letter opener. : DEAREST
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Companion of tried. : TRUE
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"Don't be ___!" : TOOSURE
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Posted. : ENTERED
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Made over to, legally. : DEEDED
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Memorable humorist. : ROGERS
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Rhythm. : TEMPO
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Containers of a sort. : VASES
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Numbered disk. : DIAL
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Rum cake. : BABA
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Bond. : TIE
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Fish delicacy. : ROE

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

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