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Madeline Corse
New York Times, Saturday, December 22, 1956
Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 39.0
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original clue for 20-Across was for the 22-Across entry and vice versa. Switched the clues to correct this mistake.
1 S | 2 C | 3 A | 4 R | 5 B | 6 E | 7 D | 8 S | 9 S | 10 C | 11 A | 12 L | 13 P |
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14 E | R | N | A | 15 O | L | I | O | 16 E | R | R | O | R |
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17 L | I | T | H | 18 E | N | E | S | S | 19 C | A | R | G | O |
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20 F | B | I | 21 D | E | C | K | 22 P | E | T | A | I | N |
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23 T | 24 W | I | S | T | 25 C | A | D | E | N | C | E |
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26 S | 27 H | O | O | T | E | R | 28 O | R | E | S | ||||
29 T | E | X | A | S | T | O | 30 W | E | R | S | 31 C | 32 A | 33 Y |
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34 I | B | I | D | 35 L | A | X | 36 A | R | N | O |
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37 R | E | C | 38 U | 39 N | I | F | I | 40 C | 41 A | T | I | O | N |
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42 K | N | E | E | 43 S | U | B | T | E | N | D |
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44 S | 45 L | 46 A | N | D | E | R | 47 T | R | O | Y | S | |||
48 C | O | W | A | R | D | 49 P | E | R | U | 50 W | 51 I | 52 T |
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53 A | B | O | V | E | 54 M | U | N | I | T | 55 I | O | N | S |
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56 M | A | K | E | S | 57 O | N | C | E | 58 C | L | I | P |
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59 P | R | E | S | S | 60 W | Y | E | S | 61 A | F | T | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,734
Across
1
Rocky place. : SCAR
5
Garden spots. : BEDS
9
Tonsure area. : SCALP
14
Singer Berger. : ERNA
15
Mixture. : OLIO
16
Passed ball or wild pitch. : ERROR
17
Flexibility. : LITHENESS
19
Freight. : CARGO
20
Branch of Justice Department. : FBI
21
Bedizen. : DECK
22
Henri Philippe ___. : PETAIN
23
End of an O. Henry story. : TWIST
25
Rhythm. : CADENCE
26
Marble. : SHOOTER
28
Native metals. : ORES
29
Radar islands. : TEXASTOWERS
31
Coral reef off a mainland. : CAY
34
Footnote abbreviation. : IBID
35
Careless. : LAX
36
Florence's river. : ARNO
37
Written report: Abbr. : REC
38
Problem in Germany. : UNIFICATION
42
Patella area. : KNEE
43
Extend under. : SUBTEND
44
Canard. : SLANDER
47
Ilium and others. : TROYS
48
Contemporary playwright. : COWARD
49
Ecuador's neighbor. : PERU
50
To ___. : WIT
53
Better than. : ABOVE
54
Defense material. : MUNITIONS
56
Carries on. : MAKES
57
At all. : ONCE
58
Rapid pace: Colloq. : CLIP
59
Importune. : PRESS
60
Letters. : WYES
61
Times of day: Abbr. : AFTS
Down
1
The identity of any person. : SELF
2
Manger. : CRIB
3
Counteracting poison. : ANTITOXIC
4
Cheer. : RAH
5
Thoroughwort. : BONESET
6
Lighting fixture. : ELECTROLIER
7
Center of certain flowers. : DISK
8
Help! : SOS
9
Withdraws formally. : SECEDES
10
Packing boxes. : CRATES
11
Island in the Firth of Clyde. : ARRAN
12
Way of reasoning. : LOGIC
13
Inclined (to). : PRONE
18
Revises. : EDITS
22
Young salmon. : PARR
24
Plant yielding blue dye. : WOAD
25
Proposed substitute for cold war. : COEXISTENCE
26
Activity. : STIR
27
Goddess of youth. : HEBE
30
Girl in uniform. : WAF
31
Gives a false alarm. : CRIESWOLF
32
Shortly. : ANON
33
Over there: Poet. : YOND
36
Man of law: Abbr. : ATTY
38
Ordinary clothing, as opposed to uniform. : UNDRESS
39
Necessity. : NEED
40
Certain stewed dishes. : CURRIES
41
Circa. : ABOUT
42
Cards. : KNAVES
44
Rascal. : SCAMP
45
Having rounded projections. : LOBAR
46
Became active. : AWOKE
49
Slight. : PUNY
51
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
52
Recipe quantities. : TSPS
54
Part of a barn. : MOW
55
Government agency. : ICA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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