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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Friday, October 27, 1967
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J W X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 33.6
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 Q | 2 U | 3 A | 4 K | 5 E | 6 I | 7 D | 8 A | 9 R | 10 E | |||||
11 S | U | P | P | E | R | 12 N | O | R | U | N | 13 S | |||
14 S | T | E | P | I | N | S | 15 P | R | I | N | T | E | 16 R |
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17 C | O | R | E | S | 18 A | 19 P | R | I | L | 20 R | A | E |
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21 A | R | I | D | 22 S | T | R | I | A | 23 G | E | N | E |
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24 L | E | E | 25 F | A | Z | E | S | 26 A | L | A | C | K |
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27 E | D | D | 28 I | E | D | 29 S | O | 30 C | R | A | T | E | S |
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31 T | R | I | 32 B | U | N | A | L | S | ||||||
33 I | 34 C | 35 E | C | R | E | A | M | 36 P | E | S | 37 T | 38 L | 39 E |
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40 M | O | T | H | Y | 41 R | I | 42 V | E | S | 43 H | A | S |
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44 P | R | E | Y | 45 L | O | N | E | R | 46 V | E | S | T |
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47 E | R | R | 48 S | O | N | G | S | 49 R | E | A | T | A |
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50 L | A | N | 51 D | T | I | E | 52 S | 53 A | U | N | T | E | R |
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54 L | A | V | E | R | S | 55 E | N | S | U | E | D | |||
56 L | I | M | E | S | 57 L | A | K | E | R |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,649
Across
1
Tremor. : QUAKE
6
"___ say." : IDARE
11
Meal. : SUPPER
12
Shutout situation. : NORUNS
14
Open-heeled shoes. : STEPINS
15
Ben Franklin's early trade. : PRINTER
17
Nuclei. : CORES
18
Spring time. : APRIL
20
Girl's name. : RAE
21
Uninteresting. : ARID
22
Narrow groove. : STRIA
23
Heredity factor. : GENE
24
Nautical term. : LEE
25
Disconcerts: Colloq. : FAZES
26
Exclamation of sorrow. : ALACK
27
Swirled. : EDDIED
29
Great name of 2400 years ago. : SOCRATES
31
Courts. : TRIBUNALS
33
Part of a parfait. : ICECREAM
36
Tool for grinding. : PESTLE
40
Filled with Lepidoptera. : MOTHY
41
Splits. : RIVES
43
Experiences. : HAS
44
Quarry. : PREY
45
Not a joiner. : LONER
46
Garment. : VEST
47
Blunder. : ERR
48
Spirituals. : SONGS
49
Vaquero's rope. : REATA
50
Type of connecting chain. : LANDTIE
52
Walk, in a way. : SAUNTER
54
Ecclesiastic vessels. : LAVERS
55
Followed. : ENSUED
56
Florida crop. : LIMES
57
Type of 42 Down. : LAKER
Down
1
Interrogated. : QUERIED
2
Raised: Colloq. : UPPED
3
Sacred bull. : APIS
4
Cognizance. : KEN
5
Substitute. : ERSATZ
6
Locked up. : INPRISON
7
Famous Genoese admiral. : DORIA
8
Seed covering. : ARIL
9
Quick trip. : RUN
10
Implore. : ENTREAT
11
Laid away. : STORED
13
Special type of meeting. : SEANCE
14
Map maker's ratio. : SCALE
16
Smokes. : REEKS
19
Making suppositions. : PRESUMING
22
Maugham heroine. : SADIE
23
Tumbler. : GLASS
25
Passenger boat. : FERRY
26
City on the Rhone. : ARLES
28
Impatiently eager: Colloq. : ITCHY
30
European bush with flavorful buds. : CAPER
32
Title. : BARONESS
33
Force. : IMPEL
34
Round up. : CORRAL
35
Everlasting. : ETERNAL
37
Stars' milieu. : THEATER
38
Endured. : LASTED
39
To be: Sp. : ESTAR
42
Craft. : VESSEL
45
Vouvray's river. : LOIRE
46
Place where trial is held. : VENUE
48
Part of a pipe. : STEM
49
Cabinet member. : RUSK
51
6th cen. date. : DVI
53
Literary collection. : ANA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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