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Madeline Corse
New York Times, Tuesday, December 2, 1958
38-Down : Dress: Colloq.
Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 28.3
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 A | 3 C | 4 S | 5 B | 6 A | 7 T | 8 S | 9 I | 10 E | 11 S | 12 T | 13 A |
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14 A | R | O | W | 15 O | U | R | 16 A | B | A | T | E | D |
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17 S | A | R | A | 18 T | O | G | A | 19 T | I | R | A | N | A |
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20 P | L | A | N | E | T | 21 I | 22 C | E | S | 23 T | O | M |
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24 R | H | 25 I | N | A | L | 26 S | I | R | S |
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27 S | 28 U | 29 S | 30 A | N | 31 D | E | W | L | 32 A | P | S | |||
33 A | R | U | M | 34 C | O | D | 35 I | R | A | T | 36 E | |||
37 C | A | P | I | 38 T | A | L | 39 S | T | E | R | I | L | 40 E |
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41 L | E | C | O | N | 42 C | O | E | 43 S | C | I | O |
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44 R | E | G | A | 45 L | E | D | 46 M | E | S | A | S |
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47 B | 48 A | S | S | 49 D | A | M | A | 50 G | E | |||||
51 E | G | O | 52 S | I | D | E | 53 R | A | 54 F | 55 F | 56 L | 57 E |
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58 S | O | N | 59 A | T | A | 60 N | 61 A | U | T | I | L | U | S |
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62 O | R | I | S | O | N | 63 T | H | E | 64 L | E | N | T |
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65 M | A | C | A | W | S | 66 S | A | L | 67 L | E | A | H |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,444
Across
1
Army members. : WACS
5
Cave dweller. : BAT
8
Rest from the hot sun. : SIESTA
14
All lined up. : AROW
15
Done by us. : OUR
16
Diminished. : ABATED
17
U. S. supercarrier. : SARATOGA
19
Capital of Albania. : TIRANA
20
The Earth, for example. : PLANET
21
Cools. : ICES
23
General Thumb. : TOM
24
Pertaining to the nose. : RHINAL
26
Salutation on a formal letter. : SIRS
27
Lazy ___. : SUSAN
31
Folds of skin at the throat. : DEWLAPS
33
Lily plant. : ARUM
34
"The home of the bean and the ___ ... " : COD
35
Wrathful. : IRATE
37
Washington, for instance. : CAPITAL
39
Fruitless. : STERILE
41
Homework for an élève. : LECON
42
College in Cedar Rapids. : COE
43
I know: Lat. : SCIO
44
Entertained. : REGALED
46
Geographic formations. : MESAS
47
Fish. : BASS
49
Impair. : DAMAGE
51
Personality. : EGO
52
___ light (chance knowledge). : SIDE
53
Lottery. : RAFFLE
58
"Moonlight ___." : SONATA
60
Atomic submarine. : NAUTILUS
62
Prayer. : ORISON
63
Article. : THE
64
Imparted. : LENT
65
Parrots. : MACAWS
66
___ atticum (Attic salt): Lat. : SAL
67
Laban's daughter. : LEAH
Down
1
Yellow jacket. : WASP
2
Asian sea. : ARAL
3
Cooper heroine. : CORA
4
"___ Lake." : SWAN
5
Quiz show compartment. : BOOTH
6
Month: Abbr. : AUG
7
Made proficient. : TRAINED
8
Explorer, for instance. : SATELLITE
9
Wading bird. : IBIS
10
Attention. : EAR
11
Facts and figures. : STATISTICS
12
General meaning. : TENOR
13
Peak in the Presidential Range. : ADAMS
18
Sea swallow. : TERN
22
Bird call. : CAW
25
Golden calf. : IDOL
26
Few and far between. : SPARSE
27
Indian. : SAC
28
Eurasian border river. : URAL
29
Faster than sound. : SUPERSONIC
30
Linen neck cloths worn by priests. : AMICES
32
Exist. : ARE
34
Excellent neighbors. : CANADIANS
36
Well-known pen name. : ELIA
38
Dress: Colloq. : TOG
39
Effervescent drink. : SODA
40
Dawn goddess. : EOS
42
Glues. : CEMENTS
45
Boy. : LAD
46
Food in general. : MEAT
47
Twig broom. : BESOM
48
Market place. : AGORA
50
Food for the convalescent. : GRUEL
52
Pack. : STOW
54
Execute (a business order). : FILL
55
Hasten away. : FLEE
56
Moon goddess. : LUNA
57
Baltic native. : ESTH
59
Biblical king. : ASA
61
Exclamation of surprise. : AHA
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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