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Anne Gerlach
Anne Gerlach

New York Times, Monday, January 5, 1959

12-Down : Test of accuracy.

Author:
Ann Gerlach
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F X Z }, Scrabble score: 318 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Anne Gerlach has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Ann Gerlach is an alias for Anne Gerlach.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,461
Across
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Circumference. : AMBIT
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Predicament: Colloq. : HOLE
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Savoir-faire. : TACT
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Tropical climber. : LIANE
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Candid. : OPEN
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Extremely pale. : ASHY
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Part of Vietnam. : ANNAM
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Magic music man of legend. : PIEDPIPER
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Symbol of blackness. : INK
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Bishops of Rome. : POPES
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One of the Roosevelts. : ALICE
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___ prosequi. : NOLLE
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Artists' coveralls. : SMOCKS
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___ out (made a parachute jump). : BAILED
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Rhythm. : METER
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Water plant. : ALGA
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Siamese coin. : TICAL
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Bona ___, Roman goddess. : DEA
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Drafter of the Monroe Doctrine. : JOHNQUINCYADAMS
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Relevant. : APT
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Excessive. : UNDUE
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Of Mars: Comb. form. : AREO
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Feet: Comb. form. : PODES
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Composed. : MADEUP
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Shrewd. : ASTUTE
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Pepys' signoff, "And so ___." : TOBED
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Ring up. : PHONE
51
Vehicles of a sort. : JEEPS
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Antiquity: Poet. : ELD
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Precipitation. : RAINSTORM
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Messenger. : ENVOY
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She: Fr. : ELLE
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Small broom. : WISP
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Unsophisticated. : NAIVE
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Bird food. : SEED
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Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
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President in 1841. : TYLER
Down
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Jai ___. : ALAI
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Gopher State: Abbr. : MINN
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Added movie attraction. : BANKNIGHT
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___ spot. : INA
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Relative of a cathedral. : TEMPLE
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Billiards champion. : HOPPE
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English painter of 18th century. : OPIE
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Sediment. : LEES
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Upshot. : END
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Kind of clothier. : TAILOR
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Savory meat jelly. : ASPIC
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Test of accuracy. : CHECK
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Pneumatics on Piccadilly. : TYRES
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Novel title. : PAMELA
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Former. : OLD
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Luise Rainer's Oscar-winning role. : OLAN
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Guy rope. : STAY
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___ California peninsula in Mexico. : BAJA
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Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
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Lacking: Colloq. : MINUS
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Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
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Stream. : TIDE
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Stunt man. : DAREDEVIL
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Australian bird. : EMEU
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All wet. : ASOP
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Printing marks: Colloq. : QUOTES
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Wavy: Heraldry. : UNDE
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___ City, NE of Tampa. : DADE
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Made a sort of joke. : PUNNED
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Swab. : MOP
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Lacking. : ABSENT
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Afterwards: Fr. : APRES
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Fine-grained rock. : SHALE
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Variety of silk. : TOILE
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Allegro, for example. : TEMPO
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Couple. : JOIN
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Formerly: Archaic. : ERST
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Term of endearment. : LOVE
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Worker with clothing. : DYER
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___-by-four. : TWO
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A refusal. : NAY

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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