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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, March 2, 1959

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 50.9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,517
Across
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Nut trees. : COLAS
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Magnificence. : POMP
10
City of Honshu. : NARA
14
The end. : OMEGA
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Style of furniture. : ADAM
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Where Mt. Hekla is: Abbr. : ICEL
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Designating a certain code. : PENAL
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Not to be disclosed. : TOPSECRET
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Parts of a book. : ENDPAPERS
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Ingenuous. : NAIVE
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King of tragedy. : LEAR
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Dividing line. : BORDER
25
Particle. : ACE
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Masterpiece of 1500. : MONALISA
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Shallop or wherry. : BOAT
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Is "full of sound and fury." : RAGES
34
Sound of dismay. : GASP
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Symbol of York or New York. : ROSE
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Compound of ammonia. : AMINE
40
Rubber trees. : ULES
41
Part of an inventory. : ITEM
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Expressing purpose, as a clause. : TELIC
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Primates. : APES
44
Exhibits. : PRESENTS
47
Superlative suffix. : EST
48
Night club VIP's. : EMCEES
51
Available. : OPEN
53
Masked man of baseball. : BERRA
54
Encroaches (on). : INFRINGES
59
Vermont scene of first writers' conference, 1925. : BREADLOAF
61
Foolish act. : FOLLY
62
Quod ___ demonstrandum. : ERAT
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First Arabic letter. : ALIF
64
Bottom of the sea. : FLOOR
65
Causeway: Var. : DYKE
66
Chums. : PALS
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Evinces boredom. : YAWNS
Down
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Ecclesiastical mantle. : COPE
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Portent. : OMEN
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One kind of foreign aid. : LENDLEASE
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Full of wonder. : AGAPE
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Obeisance. : SALAAM
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Crown of the head. : PATE
7
Scent. : ODOR
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Certain illustrations in dictionaries. : MAPS
9
VIP's in government. : PMS
10
Latin-American country. : NICARAGUA
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Pungent to the taste. : ACRID
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Old-time bailiff. : REEVE
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Vary. : ALTER
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"Country" Slaughter. : ENOS
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Distributes fairly. : PRORATES
24
Dividing line. : BISECTOR
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Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
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Aquatic bird. : COOT
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Appoints. : NAMES
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Quick. : AGILE
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Russian revolutionist. : LENIN
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One of two global zones. : TEMPERATE
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Scenic beauty of Mont Blanc. : ALPENGLOW
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Makes investigation. : SEES
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Sibilant signal. : PSST
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Interpret. : READ
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Fine-looking: Slang. : SPIFFY
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Declined. : EBBED
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Jovial. : MERRY
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Squeaking sound. : CREAK
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Town near Harrisburg, Pa. : ENOLA
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City in Kansas. : IOLA
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Staple's relative. : NAIL
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Fortissimo signs. : FFFS
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Esau's father-in-law. : ELON
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Natives of Damascus: Abbr. : SYRS
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Fold. : LAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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