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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Wednesday, December 3, 1958
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.4
Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 F | 3 A | 4 R | 5 S | 6 W | 7 A | 8 B | 9 C | 10 R | 11 I | 12 S | 13 P |
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14 L | I | L | I | 15 C | A | N | E | 16 R | E | N | T | E |
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17 M | A | I | N | 18 R | I | N | G | 19 L | E | A | D | E | R |
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20 S | T | A | G | 21 L | I | N | E | 22 A | S | P | I | R | E |
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23 S | U | B | S | 24 I | N | T | E | R | N | S |
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25 R | 26 E | 27 P | I | N | E | 28 A | C | C | E | D | E | |||
29 S | P | A | D | E | 30 P | L | I | E | D | 31 C | 32 T | 33 S |
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34 V | I | R | E | 35 R | U | L | E | R | 36 S | T | E | P |
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37 P | S | I | 38 B | A | R | E | R | 39 D | E | L | T | A |
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40 S | 41 L | A | N | G | Y | 42 P | R | A | Y | E | R |
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43 S | 44 C | I | E | N | C | E | 45 C | R | A | W | ||||
46 P | R | E | S | T | O | 47 A | L | A | B | A | 48 M | 49 A | 50 N |
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51 L | A | N | T | E | R | 52 N | J | A | W | 53 T | A | R | O |
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54 I | N | N | E | R | 55 E | A | R | N | 56 E | N | T | O |
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57 T | E | E | R | S | 58 T | R | E | S | 59 R | U | S | K |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,445
Across
1
Distant. : AFAR
5
Mop. : SWAB
9
Bracing. : CRISP
14
Caron movie role. : LILI
15
Stick. : CANE
16
Income: Fr. : RENTE
17
The high sea: Poet. : MAIN
18
Rebel chief. : RINGLEADER
20
Debutante's delight. : STAGLINE
22
Reach toward. : ASPIRE
23
Naval units: Colloq. : SUBS
24
Doctors in training. : INTERNS
25
Languish. : REPINE
28
Agree. : ACCEDE
29
Implement. : SPADE
30
Worked at steadily. : PLIED
31
Coins: Abbr. : CTS
34
Arrow feathered to give rotary motion. : VIRE
35
Desk accessory. : RULER
36
Stride. : STEP
37
Greek letter. : PSI
38
More desolate. : BARER
39
Greek letter. : DELTA
40
Given to argot. : SLANGY
42
Angelus. : PRAYER
43
Branch of learning. : SCIENCE
45
Maw. : CRAW
46
Quickly. : PRESTO
47
Native of Montgomery. : ALABAMAN
51
Facial characteristic. : LANTERNJAW
53
Elephant's-ear. : TARO
54
___ sanctum. : INNER
55
Merit. : EARN
56
Inner: Comb. form. : ENTO
57
Golfers about to drive. : TEERS
58
Three: Span. : TRES
59
A kind of sweet biscuit. : RUSK
Down
1
Charity. : ALMS
2
Edict. : FIAT
3
Inter ___. : ALIA
4
Choice kind of seat. : RINGSIDE
5
Writer. : SCRIBE
6
Old-time wagons. : WAINS
7
English queen. : ANNE
8
Command to a dog. : BEG
9
Having a topknot. : CRESTED
10
Cut, as grain. : REAPED
11
In a roundabout manner. : INDIRECTLY
12
Austere. : STERN
13
Fathers: Fr. : PERES
19
Soldier in the Queen's service. : LANCER
21
Crescent-shaped figure. : LUNE
24
Colder. : ICIER
25
Inviter's abbreviation. : RSVP
26
Religious group: Abbr. : EPIS
27
Bon Marché customer. : PARISIENNE
28
Part of a tennis court. : ALLEY
30
Cleanse. : PURGE
32
Head: Fr. : TETE
33
Box. : SPAR
35
Animosity. : RANCOR
36
Impractical source of gold. : SEAWATER
38
Engages in raillery. : BANTERS
39
Colorless. : DRAB
41
Pearson of Canada. : LESTER
42
Crustaceans. : PRAWNS
43
Rift. : SPLIT
44
Wading bird. : CRANE
45
County of Ireland. : CLARE
47
Partly open. : AJAR
48
By hand: Comb. form. : MANU
49
Painting, drawing, etc. : ARTS
50
Corner. : NOOK
52
Gain. : NET
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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