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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Tuesday, February 17, 1959

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.1
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,504
Across
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Plastic mass. : PASTE
6
Proves innocent. : CLEARS
12
Fighting weight. : BANTAM
13
Introduced as a topic of conversation. : BROACHED
15
Aquatic animals. : OTTERS
16
Army missile. : REDSTONE
17
Zodiac sign. : ARIES
18
Artful device. : DODGE
19
Small quantity. : DAB
20
Nothing, in France. : RIEN
21
___ Geneva Doud. : MAMIE
22
Bristle. : SETA
23
Item in Morse code. : DOT
24
West Pointer. : CADET
25
Old Scrooge, for one. : MISER
26
Flower parts. : STAMENS
28
Nine inches. : SPAN
30
Look pleasant, please. : SMILE
31
Obliterate. : ERASE
34
High notes. : ALTS
36
Symbol of Louisiana. : PELICAN
38
Peak in the Presidential Range. : ADAMS
41
Indefinite period of time. : HOURS
43
Natural resource. : ORE
44
Son of Jacob. : LEVI
45
Trite and tiresome. : CORNY
46
___ Stanley Gardner. : ERLE
47
Refrigerate. : ICE
48
Parallel to. : ALONG
49
Lukewarm. : TEPID
50
Member of a monastic order. : CENOBITE
52
Feminine name. : MURIEL
53
Etches. : ENGRAVES
54
Songlike. : ARIOSE
55
Puzzling problem. : TEASER
56
Concerning. : ANENT
Down
1
Patrick Henry, John Hancock, etc. : PATRIOTS
2
U. S. carrier. : ANTIETAM
3
Dutch painter (1626–79). : STEEN
4
Viscid products. : TARS
5
Printers' measures. : EMS
6
Important items on TV screens. : CREDITS
7
U. N. spokesman. : LODGE
8
Leisure. : EASE
9
A doing. : ACT
10
___ scholars. : RHODES
11
Legislative body, 98 members. : SENATE
12
The stage. : BOARDS
13
Grass having large drooping spikelets. : BROME
14
Exclude. : DEBAR
18
Fathers. : DADS
21
Impressionist painter. : MANET
22
Where Moses received the Law. : SINAI
24
Cubicles. : CELLS
25
Earthy deposits. : MARLS
27
Well-known winter resort. : MIAMI
29
Staring. : PEERY
32
U. S. jet plane. : SCORPION
33
First. : EARLIEST
35
Large and fancy marble. : SHOOTER
36
Box sleigh. : PUNG
37
Cleopatra's ___. : NEEDLE
38
Girl who met the Mock Turtle. : ALICE
39
Proper. : DECENT
40
Exact satisfaction for. : AVENGE
42
Village near Verdun. : ORNES
45
British soldier and empire builder. : CLIVE
46
Uncanny. : EERIE
48
Arabian garments : ABAS
49
Curve. : TURN
51
___ et labora (pray and work): Lat. : ORA
52
Animal cry. : MAA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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