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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Thursday, December 22, 1988

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 18.0
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,289
Across
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Goliath's god : BAAL
5
Speak pompously : ORATE
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Recording star Johnny : CASH
14
River in Czechoslovakia : ODRA
15
Wisent : BISON
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One opposed : ANTI
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Singers team up for a duet : ELTONJOHNDENVER
20
Charlotte of TV : RAE
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Harmful mosquito : AEDES
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Lacking sophistication : NAIVE
23
Library sign : SILENCE
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Like some teeth : FILLED
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Container for wine : VAT
27
Square-rigged ships : BRIGS
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Gluck of the opera : ALMA
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Great Britain, to Victoria : REALM
33
Past : AGO
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Songstress joins actor : DIANAROSSMARTIN
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Japanese sect : ZEN
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A tithe : TENTH
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African river : UELE
43
Pieces in the parlor : SOFAS
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Avail oneself of Vail : SKI
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Rise : ASCENT
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Emulated Jasper Johns : PAINTED
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Greek legislative assembly : BOULE
54
Brick structure in the Southwest : ADOBE
56
Dander : IRE
57
Senator meets author : ALBERTGOREVIDAL
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Russian-born actress : STEN
61
Passover meal : SEDER
62
Hog's fare : MAST
63
Partner of seek : HIDE
64
Pointed instruments on ranches : PRODS
65
Something a hood cops : PLEA
Down
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Some South Africans : BOERS
2
Dwight's opponent : ADLAI
3
Collective in the U.S.S.R. : ARTEL
4
Vientiane native : LAO
5
Target : OBJECT
6
___ Oro, African bay : RIODE
7
Winner at Wimbledon: 1975 : ASHE
8
"Sixteen ___," Tennessee Ernie Ford hit : TONS
9
Conclusion : END
10
Shortcuts for ships : CANALS
11
Block used by a smithy : ANVIL
12
Garvey of baseball : STEVE
13
Took on : HIRED
18
Starring role for 60 Across : NANA
19
A puzzlement : ENIGMA
24
Author Hunter : EVAN
25
Shoot a movie : FILM
27
Defeats : BESTS
28
Impetuous : RASH
29
Tool used for trimming wood : ADZ
30
Nose grower for Pinocchio : LIE
31
___ about town : MAN
32
Jaffe or Barrett : RONA
33
Noshed : ATE
34
Gerard of "Buck Rogers ... " : GIL
35
Small bill : ONE
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He expiates : ATONER
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Fissure : REFT
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Archeologist's find : RUIN
43
Greek goddess of the moon : SELENE
44
Cavalry weapons : SABERS
45
City on the Dnepr : KIEV
46
Disconcert : ABASH
47
Sir Georg of the Chicago Symphony : SOLTI
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Raised to the third power : CUBED
49
Studied hard : PORED
50
Kind of wave : TIDAL
51
Clean the slate : ERASE
52
Gamma follower : DELTA
54
Electric-lamp inspector : AGER
55
Fuddy-duddy : DODO
58
Cooking abbr. : TSP
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Dennis the Menace, e.g. : IMP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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