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Marcia Gladstone
Marcia Gladstone

New York Times, Friday, January 31, 1958

22-Across : Making thread or yarn.

Author:
Marcia Gladstone
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Marcia Gladstone has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,139
Across
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Pronoun. : THEM
5
Winning race horse of 1935. : OMAHA
10
Winter sport equipment. : SLED
14
Capp's "Lizard of ___." : OOZE
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Comicality. : HUMOR
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Matador's foe: Span. : TORO
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Principal. : MAIN
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Silly one. : IDIOT
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Similar. : AKIN
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Rodeo pony. : BRONCO
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Making thread or yarn. : SPINNING
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___ Lansing, home of 39 Down. : EAST
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Two pages. : LEAF
27
Nittany Lions' school. : PENNSTATE
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Unit, as in game scores. : POINT
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Lumberman's tool. : AXE
36
Scarlett O'___. : HARA
37
Coach "Pop" of football. : WARNER
38
Big shots. : VIPS
40
Where Arizona State is. : TEMPE
42
Major-___. : DOMO
43
Pass, as time. : ELAPSE
45
Attitude. : POSE
47
A "Senator." : NAT
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Biblical word. : SELAH
49
Ivy League power. : DARTMOUTH
51
Pro ___. : RATA
53
Imposing. : EPIC
54
Men of Pitt. : PANTHERS
58
Where Casanova is coach. : OREGON
62
Pigmentary layer of the eye. : UVEA
63
Home of the Hurricanes. : MIAMI
65
French composer. : LALO
66
Rent. : TORN
67
Enter a port. : PUTIN
68
Roman poet. : OVID
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Pairs. : TWOS
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Native of the Caucasus. : OSSET
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Cards. : TENS
Down
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Kind of vault. : TOMB
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White with age. : HOAR
3
Singer Pinza. : EZIO
4
Gov. Williams' middle name. : MENNEN
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Buckeyes' school. : OHIOSTATE
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___ puddle. : MUD
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French friends. : AMIS
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Comic strip Major. : HOOPLE
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Bandman Shaw. : ARTIE
10
Pacific Coast Conference member. : STANFORD
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Norse god of mischief. : LOKI
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Yeats' land: Poet. : ERIN
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Bell sound. : DONG
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Pocket money. : CASH
23
California county. : NAPA
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Biblical weed. : TARE
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Lays asphalt. : PAVES
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Peron's status. : EXILE
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Tibet's neighbor. : NEPAL
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Florida city. : TAMPA
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Former president of Turkey. : INONU
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Threadlike: Prefix. : NEMAT
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Pledged faith. : TROTH
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Home of the Black Knights. : WESTPOINT
39
Michigan State players. : SPARTANS
41
Read carefully (with "over). : PORE
44
Eastern ruler. : SHAH
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Arab chieftain. : EMIR
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Great king of Persia. : DARIUS
50
Spotted cat. : OCELOT
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Rate of activity. : TEMPO
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Golf stroke. : PUTT
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Confess. : AVOW
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Detective Wolfe. : NERO
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Game times: Abbr. : SATS
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Contributed. : GAVE
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Sen. Johnston. : OLIN
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Sways. : NODS
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Italian pronoun. : MIE

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

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