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Bernice Gordon
New York Times, Thursday, October 3, 1968
53-Across : Naval hero, 1815.
Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.1
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 L | 4 K | 5 H | 6 A | 7 R | 8 E | 9 M | 10 S | 11 I | 12 L | 13 L |
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14 A | M | I | E | 15 A | L | I | V | E | 16 T | R | U | E |
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17 L | A | D | Y | 18 L | E | M | O | N | 19 R | A | N | D |
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20 S | H | O | W | 21 O | F | F | 22 K | A | 23 T | A | N | G | A |
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24 E | F | T | 25 D | E | C | O | Y | |||||||
26 T | 27 R | 28 U | S | T | I | 29 E | R | 30 E | L | E | 31 V | 32 E | 33 S |
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34 R | E | N | T | 35 M | A | A | 36 M | 37 E | D | I | L | E |
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38 O | T | T | 39 S | E | R | P | E | 40 N | T | 41 G | I | G |
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42 U | R | I | 43 E | L | 44 S | E | M | E | 45 K | O | T | O |
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46 T | O | L | T | E | 47 C | 48 R | E | S | 49 P | I | R | E | S |
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50 H | E | R | 51 B | Y | 52 T | A | N | |||||||
53 D | 54 E | 55 C | A | T | U | R | 56 L | E | D | G | 57 E | 58 R | 59 S |
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60 O | X | E | N | 61 S | O | 62 B | I | G | 63 D | U | E | T |
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64 R | A | T | E | 65 O | W | I | N | G | 66 O | R | A | L |
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67 A | M | E | S | 68 E | S | T | A | S | 69 M | E | M | O |
© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,991
Across
1
Pitcher's fault. : BALK
5
Scheherazade's milieu. : HAREM
10
Part of a door. : SILL
14
Girl friend: Fr. : AMIE
15
Still in use. : ALIVE
16
Constant. : TRUE
17
Wife. : LADY
18
Flavoring. : LEMON
19
Leather strip. : RAND
20
Play to the gallery. : SHOWOFF
22
Congo region. : KATANGA
24
Lizard. : EFT
25
Lure. : DECOY
26
More dependable. : TRUSTIER
30
Pupils: Fr. : ELEVES
34
Ripped. : RENT
35
Form of address. : MAAM
37
Official in ancient Rome. : EDILE
38
Cooperstown name. : OTT
39
Ophidian. : SERPENT
41
Fish spear. : GIG
42
Archangel. : URIEL
44
Sown: Fr. : SEME
45
Japanese zither. : KOTO
46
Early Mexican. : TOLTEC
48
Breathes. : RESPIRES
50
Grassy. : HERBY
52
Color. : TAN
53
Naval hero, 1815. : DECATUR
56
Office equipment. : LEDGERS
60
Bovines. : OXEN
61
Novel of 1924. : SOBIG
63
Sister act, at times. : DUET
64
Regard (as). : RATE
65
Due. : OWING
66
Viva voce. : ORAL
67
Name in the theater. : AMES
68
These: Sp. : ESTAS
69
Reminder. : MEMO
Down
1
French social affairs. : BALS
2
Indian nanny. : AMAH
3
Famous island resort. : LIDO
4
City in the Deep South. : KEYWEST
5
Break during a game. : HALFTIME
6
Hebrew letter. : ALEF
7
Margin. : RIM
8
Call out. : EVOKE
9
Dennis. : MENACE
10
Off the beaten track. : STRAYED
11
Country on the Caspian. : IRAN
12
Diver's gear. : LUNG
13
Helen's mother. : LEDA
21
Frequent: Poet. : OFT
23
House sign. : TOLET
25
Decorator's art. : DRAPERY
26
Steelhead. : TROUT
27
Kind of rocket. : RETRO
28
To the point that. : UNTIL
29
Up to the ___. : EARS
31
Dash. : VIGOR
32
Choice part. : ELITE
33
Lily plants. : SEGOS
36
Same: Fr. : MEME
39
Weather word. : SLEET
40
Certain assets. : NESTEGGS
43
Hydrocarbons. : ETHANES
45
___ come. : KINGDOM
47
Friday's companion. : CRUSOE
49
Launching ___. : PAD
51
Facial features. : BROWS
53
Dickens character. : DORA
54
Test. : EXAM
55
Order of whales. : CETE
56
Girl's name. : LINA
57
Seine tributary. : EURE
58
Quantity of paper. : REAM
59
Town near Caen. : STLO
62
Short time: Colloq. : BIT
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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