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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, March 4, 1958

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 28.3
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,171
Across
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German organist and composer. : BACH
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Chesterfield. : SOFA
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Constrain. : IMPEL
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Blunderbore. : OGRE
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Common abbreviation. : ETAL
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Daughter of Tantalus. : NIOBE
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Wander about. : ROAM
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Lake, in Italy. : LAGO
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Musical groups. : TRIOS
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Furnish with plate. : ARM
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Character in "Romeo and Juliet." : PARIS
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Mitigates. : EASES
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Recent Broadway hit. : HAPPYHUNTING
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Certain railways. : ELS
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Palace-Museum in Rome. : LATERAN
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Prop. : SHORE
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Woeful sounds. : MOANS
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River in England. : EXE
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Fortune. : LUCK
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Catches: Colloq. : LANDS
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"___ hands I loved ... " : PALE
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Eastern title. : AGA
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Gradual decline. : DECAY
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Engineer's aide. : OILER
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Engage in advance. : BESPEAK
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Dawn goddess. : EOS
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Popular song by Vernon Duke. : APRILINPARIS
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Type of quartz. : AGATE
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Amphibians. : NEWTS
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Glucide. : OSE
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German health resort. : BADEN
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Citizen of U. S.: Abbr. : AMER
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San ___. : JOSE
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Large African antelope. : ELAND
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Had on. : WORE
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River into Tartary Strait. : AMUR
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Game. : DARTS
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Koko's weapon. : SNEE
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Nautical chains. : TYES
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Idahoan in the Senate, 1906—40. : BORAH
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Assembly place of yore. : AGORA
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Writer's ___. : CRAMP
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Pause in speaking. : HEM
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Words in the Psalms. : SELAHS
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Hokkaido port. : OTARU
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Fictional villain. : FAGIN
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Novel by Willa Cather. : ALOSTLADY
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True meanings. : INTENTS
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Optical illusion. : MIRAGE
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Peas: Fr. : POIS
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Central American tree. : EBOE
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Smaller portion. : LESS
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Memorable reporter of W. W. II. : PYLE
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Make (oneself) jaunty (with "up"). : PERK
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Keith and Hunter. : IANS
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Silver coin of Mexico. : REAL
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Supporting crossbar. : AXLE
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Poetic contraction. : NEER
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Pitcher's plate. : SLAB
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Immense. : HUGE
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Tubers eaten like new potatoes. : OCAS
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Short winter coats. : MACKINAWS
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Not ___ bet. : ONA
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Dramatic role. : LEAR
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City in Italy. : PISA
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Is in suspense. : DEPENDS
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Slangy exclamation of dismay. : OOPS
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Type of leather. : PATENT
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Dinner course. : ENTREE
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Flavoring agent. : LEMON
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"If ___ King." : IWERE
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Commodious. : ROOMY
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Give out. : ISSUE
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Predictors. : SEERS
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Retired. : ABED
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Festive. : GALA
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Hebrew month. : ADAR
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Native of the Punjab. : JAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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