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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Thursday, January 4, 1962

14-Across : Witty saying.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,556
Across
1
Planets. : GLOBES
7
Conforms. : ADAPTS
13
Boston, for instance. : SEAPORT
14
Witty saying. : EPIGRAM
15
Prodigious. : IMMENSE
16
Promising. : ROSEATE
17
Change for the better. : AMEND
18
Memorize. : LEARN
20
Evergreen. : YEW
21
Invented. : MADE
22
Ceiling cover. : PLASTER
24
Expand. : DILATE
26
Kingdom in Arabia. : YEMEN
30
Nurses' group: Abbr. : ANC
33
Those no longer in power. : OUTS
34
Sierra ___. : LEONE
35
Mixture. : MELANGE
37
Capistrano's bird. : SWALLOW
39
From the egg: Lat. : ABOVO
40
Favor, old style. : BOON
41
Letter. : ESS
42
English poet. : NOYES
43
Bedouins, for example. : NOMADS
45
Joined. : SPLICED
47
Word of regret. : ALAS
51
Turkish title. : AGA
54
Egyptian bondwoman of Sarah. : HAGAR
55
Texas shrine. : ALAMO
56
Well supplied. : REPLETE
58
Course of study. : SEMINAR
60
Giver of a guarantee. : ENSURER
61
Most impartial. : EVENEST
62
American poet. : SEEGER
63
Spanish saint. : TERESA
Down
1
A bud. : GEMMA
2
Disabled. : LAMED
3
Began. : OPENED
4
Rag paper. : BOND
5
Common suffixes. : ERS
6
Star-shaped. : STELLATE
7
Nautical term. : APORT
8
Storybook world for children. : DISNEYLAND
9
A long time. : AGE
10
Beseech. : PRAY
11
Art gallery in London. : TATE
12
Merganser. : SMEW
13
Tuptim's land. : SIAM
14
Expunge. : ERASE
19
Breaks bread. : EATS
22
Commercial, perhaps. : PLUG
23
Lively dance. : REEL
25
Regions of space. : IONOSPHERE
27
Burrowing animal. : MOLE
28
Space monkey. : ENOS
29
Headlines. : NEWS
30
To ___. : AMAN
31
Biblical peak. : NEBO
32
Surfeit. : CLOY
36
Prayers. : AVES
37
Bath's county. : SOMERSET
38
Dye plant. : WOAD
40
___ Raton, Florida. : BOCA
43
African region. : NIGER
44
Briny. : SALINE
46
Afterward. : LATER
48
Sea routes. : LANES
49
Captain of Absalom's host. : AMASA
50
Character. : SORT
51
Bellicose god. : ARES
52
Biologic factor. : GENE
53
Church recess. : APSE
55
U. S. A. : AMER
57
Earlike piece. : LUG
59
Twilight time. : EVE

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