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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Monday, January 6, 1958

58-Down : ___ culpa.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,114
Across
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Lattice strip. : LATH
5
Sharpen. : STROP
10
Small duck. : SMEW
14
Away from the wind. : ALEE
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Poetic pronoun. : THINE
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Trainbearer. : PAGE
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Ancient name of Egypt. : MISR
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Entertainer's stock in trade. : REPERTOIRE
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Fighters. : BATTLERS
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Pressed. : IRONED
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"___ porridge hot ... " : PEASE
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Heavenly bodies. : PLANETS
25
Cooks eggs in a certain way. : SHIRRS
27
Count ___ of the entertainment world. : BASIE
28
Small: Dial. : LIL
29
English county. : DEVON
31
Exchange. : TRADE
35
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
37
Ventured. : DARED
39
Turned. : SPUN
40
Good citizen. : VOTER
42
West Indian volcano. : PELEE
44
Tablet. : PAD
45
Lowest point. : NADIR
47
Fishes with a moving line. : TROLLS
49
Walked through slush. : SLOSHED
52
Wading bird. : CRANE
53
Pair of great scientists. : CURIES
54
Descent. : TAILSPIN
57
Concrete expression of some idea, quality, etc. : EMBODIMENT
59
Opera. : AIDA
60
German negative. : NEIN
61
Artistically expressed: Fr. : RENDU
62
Hurdle. : LEAP
63
Social insects. : ANTS
64
Namesakes of Marryat's Midshipman. : EASYS
65
Being. : ESSE
Down
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Gentle person. : LAMB
2
Inter ___. : ALIA
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Aviation's indispensable man. : TESTPILOT
4
State Department figure. : HERTER
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Emphasized. : STRESSED
6
Soothing exclamation. : THERE
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Tears. : RIPS
8
Number. : ONE
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Pauline's adventures. : PERILS
10
Tunnel of love riders. : SPOONERS
11
Where Moosehead Lake is. : MAINE
12
Plumed bird. : EGRET
13
Does a garden job. : WEEDS
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Characteristic. : TRAIT
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Shortening. : LARD
24
Jury. : PANEL
25
Bulgar. : SLAV
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Port of Hawaii. : HILO
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Insect. : BORER
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Unexciting. : VAPID
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Menu favorites. : APPLEPIES
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Twofold. : DUAL
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Goals. : ENDS
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Boardinghouses, in Paris. : PENSIONS
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Debris. : DETRITUS
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Cheered. : RAHED
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Of an age. : ERAL
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Request. : DESIRE
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After-Christmas store sign. : ONSALE
49
Part of an opera. : SCENA
50
Unit of light flow. : LUMEN
51
Ordinary course of life. : ORBIT
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Comfits. : CANDY
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Certain bills. : TENS
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Cousin of Castor. : IDAS
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Back of the neck. : NAPE
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___ culpa. : MEA

Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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