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Bernice Gordon
New York Times, Wednesday, December 2, 1981
Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { K Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.3
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 J | 4 A | 5 S | 6 O | 7 L | 8 E | 9 S | 10 C | 11 A | 12 P | 13 E |
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14 E | L | A | M | 15 T | H | O | L | E | 16 A | R | A | L |
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17 L | I | Z | A | 18 R | A | G | I | N | 19 G | B | U | L | L |
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20 D | A | Z | Z | 21 L | E | R | S | 22 T | R | A | M | P | S |
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23 S | O | U | S | A | 24 W | E | A | N | ||||||
25 P | 26 R | I | N | T | S | 27 P | E | N | D | A | 28 N | 29 T | 30 S |
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31 R | I | N | S | E | 32 S | L | I | C | E | 33 I | R | A |
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34 I | N | G | 35 C | L | A | R | E | 36 N | O | N |
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37 A | G | E | 38 J | O | I | N | S | 39 B | 40 L | E | N | D |
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41 M | O | R | 42 N | I | N | G | S | 43 R | I | A | T | A | S |
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44 E | N | T | O | 45 T | O | N | T | O | ||||||
46 A | 47 R | 48 C | A | N | E | 49 V | E | N | G | E | F | 50 U | 51 L |
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52 B | E | A | R | I | S | 53 L | A | N | D | 54 R | I | V | E |
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55 E | A | R | L | 56 S | A | L | S | E | 57 A | V | E | S |
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58 T | R | E | Y | 59 A | R | E | E | L | 60 N | E | A | T |
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,712
Across
1
Goya painting in the Prado : MAJA
5
Fish or Peruvian money : SOLES
10
Cod, for example : CAPE
14
Its capital was Susa : ELAM
15
Fulcrum for an oar : THOLE
16
Lake in the U.S.S.R. : ARAL
17
One of Judy's children : LIZA
18
Robert De Niro role : RAGINGBULL
20
Knockouts : DAZZLERS
22
Certain vessels : TRAMPS
23
The March King : SOUSA
24
Disaccustom by degrees : WEAN
25
Pucci products : PRINTS
27
Baubles for milady : PENDANTS
31
Laundry cycle : RINSE
32
Collop : SLICE
33
Author Levin : IRA
34
Follow follower : ING
35
Cartoonist Briggs : CLARE
36
Antecedent of plus or com : NON
37
Ripen : AGE
38
Amalgamates : JOINS
39
Harmonize : BLEND
41
"We meet our ___ face to face": Belloc : MORNINGS
43
Cowboys' gear : RIATAS
44
Inner: Comb. form : ENTO
45
Film role played by Chief Thundercloud : TONTO
46
Hidden : ARCANE
49
Vindictive : VENGEFUL
52
Locale of a Vanessa Redgrave film : BEARISLAND
54
Tear apart : RIVE
55
Member of the House of Lords : EARL
56
Mud volcano : SALSE
57
Rtes. : AVES
58
Playing card : TREY
59
Spinning : AREEL
60
Orderly : NEAT
Down
1
Play in pinochle : MELD
2
Inter ___ (among other things) : ALIA
3
Film starring Al Jolson, with "The" : JAZZSINGER
4
Penthesilea and her band : AMAZONS
5
Engineer's concern : STRESS
6
He wrote "BUtterfield 8" : OHARA
7
Pilots' records : LOGS
8
Wallach : ELI
9
Decision of a judge : SENTENCE
10
Bathhouse : CABANA
11
Cuckoopint : ARUM
12
Lobster's appendage : PALP
13
Extensions : ELLS
19
Something to make : GRADE
21
Musical instrument : LUTE
24
Dams : WEIRS
25
The last king of Troy : PRIAM
26
Starr of the Beatles : RINGO
27
Designs : PLANS
28
Fonda-Parton-Tomlin film : NINETOFIVE
29
Sodium carbonate : TRONA
30
Gritty particles : SANDS
32
Seaport in Ireland : SLIGO
35
"The Barefoot ___," 1954 film : CONTESSA
38
Supernatural being, in Moslem legends : JINNI
39
Sir Rudolph of opera : BING
40
Church of St. John ___ in Rome : LATERAN
42
Just about : NEARLY
43
Lyric form : RONDEL
45
Present, e.g. : TENSE
46
Egg on : ABET
47
Erect : REAR
48
Concern : CARE
49
Farewell, to Fabius : VALE
50
Layer of the iris : UVEA
51
For fear that : LEST
53
Malay gibbon : LAR
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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