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Madeline Corse
New York Times, Monday, February 5, 1962
Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.2
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 V | 4 E | 5 R | 6 S | 7 A | 8 P | 9 P | 10 E | 11 N | 12 D |
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13 L | E | B | A | N | O | N | 14 S | N | O | R | T | E | R |
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15 A | M | E | L | I | T | A | 16 P | I | L | E | A | T | E |
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17 P | U | L | E | D | 18 P | 19 L | U | T | O | 20 L | S | D |
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21 P | R | E | T | 22 O | P | E | R | A | N | 23 T | ||||
24 S | 25 T | R | E | E | T | 26 A | I | 27 S | 28 L | 29 E |
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30 S | 31 P | 32 A | 33 O | A | R | S | 34 I | N | I | O | N |
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35 C | O | N | 36 S | U | L | S | 37 D | 38 A | S | T | A | R | D |
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39 A | N | T | I | C | 40 L | E | S | E | 41 M | D | S |
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42 N | E | A | T | H | 43 D | U | R | E | S | 44 S | ||||
45 S | A | 46 M | A | R | I | A | 47 T | 48 A | 49 M | 50 P |
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51 S | 52 I | 53 B | 54 N | I | N | E | S | 55 F | A | V | O | R |
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56 T | R | E | 57 A | D | L | E | 58 I | 59 M | I | T | A | T | E |
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60 E | M | E | R | G | E | S | 61 V | A | L | I | S | E | S |
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62 P | A | S | T | O | R | 63 E | L | E | C | T | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,588
Across
1
Edible seaweeds. : LAVERS
7
Subjoin. : APPEND
13
Mid-East country. : LEBANON
14
One expressing audible contempt. : SNORTER
15
Galli-Curci. : AMELITA
16
Capped, as a mushroom. : PILEATE
17
Whimpered. : PULED
18
Planet discovered in 1930. : PLUTO
20
Pounds, shillings, pence. : LSD
21
Ready: Fr. : PRET
22
In running order. : OPERANT
24
Public road. : STREET
26
Passageway. : AISLE
30
Watering place. : SPA
33
Boathouse gear. : OARS
34
Skull part. : INION
35
Foreign Service officers. : CONSULS
37
Sneaky coward. : DASTARD
39
Ludicrous. : ANTIC
40
___ majesty. : LESE
41
Kildare, Casey, etc. : MDS
42
Under: Poet. : NEATH
43
Compulsion. : DURESS
45
Biblical land. : SAMARIA
47
Pound down. : TAMP
51
Kinsman. : SIB
54
Baseball teams. : NINES
55
Generous act. : FAVOR
56
Foot pedal. : TREADLE
58
Resemble. : IMITATE
60
Comes into view. : EMERGES
61
Bags. : VALISES
62
Clergyman. : PASTOR
63
Chooses. : ELECTS
Down
1
Monkey's cousin. : LEMUR
2
White poplar. : ABELE
3
Hotel employes. : VALETS
4
Lady of Camelot. : ENID
5
Rubbish! : ROT
6
Food fish of warm seas. : SNAPPERS
7
Santa ___ Handicap. : ANITA
8
Slow-tempo dances. : POLONAISES
9
Before: Prefix. : PRE
10
Useful Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
11
Seines. : NETS
12
___ Scott. : DRED
13
European. : LAPP
14
Sudden spell of activity. : SPURT
19
Sediment. : LEES
22
By word of mouth. : ORAL
23
Delicate color. : TINT
25
Precarious state of affairs. : TOUCHANDGO
27
Mongkut's land. : SIAM
28
Title. : LORD
29
Concludes. : ENDS
30
Determine the rhythm of. : SCAN
31
Cornbread. : PONE
32
Architectural pier. : ANTA
36
Convenes. : SITS
37
Ridiculing. : DERISIVE
38
Cruising. : ASEA
40
Artificial bait. : LURE
43
Hamlet and others. : DANES
44
Noise of a sort. : STATIC
46
Track contestant. : MILER
48
Stop!: Naut. : AVAST
49
Specks of dust. : MOTES
50
Executive: Abbr. : PRES
51
Degree. : STEP
52
Broadway heroine. : IRMA
53
Symbols of industry. : BEES
55
Move in a line. : FILE
57
Poetic verb form. : ART
59
___ de mer. : MAL
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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