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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Monday, March 26, 1962

7-Down : Title in Turkey.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 29.9
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,637
Across
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Food fish. : SHAD
5
Visitor at 20 Across. : GLENN
10
Title held by MacArthur. : SCAP
14
Theatre section. : LOGE
15
Man's felt slipper. : ROMEO
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Noted war correspondent. : PYLE
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Enveloping glow. : AURA
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Authoritative dictum. : EDICT
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"___ old cowhand ... " : IMAN
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Headline place in B. W. I. : GRANDTURKISLAND
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Repentant. one. : RUER
24
___-de-sac. : CUL
25
Take on additional oil. : REFUEL
28
Paneling. : WAINSCOT
33
Continue to be. : EXIST
34
Short thick fragment. : CHUNK
35
Eureka! : AHA
36
Member of a religious order. : MONK
37
Working. : GOING
38
City problem: Abbr. : TRAF
39
Yellow bugle. : IVA
40
Beginning. : FRONT
41
Lively: Dial. : PEART
42
Bear. : TOLERATE
44
Stories: Fr. : CONTES
45
Penn ___, near Rochester, N. Y. : YAN
46
Marian, for one. : MAID
47
Headline of Feb. 20. : FRIENDSHIPSEVEN
55
Take it easy. : LOLL
56
Part of a dinner set. : PLATE
57
___ Lisboa, capital of Angola. : NOVA
58
Helmsman's term. : ALEE
59
Fido's cousin. : ROVER
60
2nd century date. : CLII
61
Letterpress. : TEXT
62
Jugs. : EWERS
63
Give a cheer. : YELL
Down
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Smelting product. : SLAG
2
___ hand. : HOUR
3
Ancient Mogul capital. : AGRA
4
VIP in Washington. : DEANRUSK
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Fairy tale character. : GRETEL
6
God identified with Loki. : LODUR
7
Title in Turkey. : EMIR
8
___ and crop (completely). : NECK
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Referring to. : NOTICING
10
Runs out. : SPILLS
11
Cornice molding. : CYMA
12
Comdr. Shepard. : ALAN
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Hang. : PEND
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Musical specialty. : DUET
22
Lowered. : SUNK
25
Decrease. : REMIT
26
From the egg: Lat. : EXOVO
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Last. : FINAL
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Plaintive sound. : WHINE
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Benevolent elderly lady. : AUNT
30
200 milligrams. : CARAT
31
Chicago airfield. : OHARE
32
White House dwellers, 1909. : TAFTS
34
Game bird. : COOT
37
Locale of Longfellow's "Evangeline." : GRANDPRE
38
Bias. : TENDENCY
40
Ollie's friend. : FRAN
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Petits ___. : POIS
43
Grommet. : EYELET
44
Young berries used in dressings. : CAPERS
46
Joint in carpentry. : MITER
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Exactly. : FLAT
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Part. : ROLE
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Hardy evergreen. : ILEX
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Sure's companion. : SLOW
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Contain. : HAVE
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Lemming mouse. : VOLE
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Kind of eye. : EVIL
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Fix in steady attention. : NAIL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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