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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, March 4, 1980

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.8
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,074
Across
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Dawdle : POKE
5
Creator of Pal Joey : OHARA
10
Short distance : STEP
14
Atop : UPON
15
Sham : BOGUS
16
Part of the neck : NAPE
17
Fortified area of a castle : BATTLEMENT
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To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
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Gave abundantly : SHOWERED
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___ dictum (incidental remark) : OBITER
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Composer Novello : IVOR
24
Fishline attachment : SNELL
25
Warning signal : TOCSIN
28
Beauticians' specialties : HAIRSETS
31
Footwear for young Astaire : SPATS
32
Legendary magician : FAUST
33
Bob Cratchit's son : TIM
34
Wagons-___ (sleeping cars) : LITS
35
Parlor piece : COUCH
36
Pro ___ : RATA
37
Prov. in Canada : ONT
38
Skirt style : ALINE
39
Grinding : MOLAR
40
High-speed transmitting system : TELEPOST
42
Unite : CEMENT
43
Live : EXIST
44
Gershwin's "___, Lucille" : LALA
45
Carve : INCISE
47
Music of the 18th century : SERENATA
51
Kind of tone : DIAL
52
Jalopy : RATTLETRAP
54
Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. : ETRE
55
Locale of Pend Oreille Lake : IDAHO
56
Set of receptacles : INRO
57
Aggregate : MASS
58
Members of a brain trust : SAGES
59
Betty of songdom : COED
Down
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Alehouses : PUBS
2
Brightly colored fish : OPAH
3
Zither of Japan : KOTO
4
Winds around : ENTWISTS
5
King of the fairies : OBERON
6
Winslow ___, U.S. artist : HOMER
7
Grown old : AGED
8
Score in baseball : RUN
9
Surprise : ASTONISH
10
Gourmet's treat : SNAILS
11
Stool pigeon : TATTLETALE
12
Weapon for Athos : EPEE
13
Noble : PEER
18
Dolly's family : LEVIS
22
Character in "Sesame Street" : BERT
24
Apple or cranberry follower : SAUCE
25
Certain opening : TSLOT
26
State one's belief : OPINE
27
Vehicles bound for stockyards : CATTLECARS
28
Frequent : HAUNT
29
Hyperion or Cronus : TITAN
30
Spirited : SMART
32
Pass off as genuine : FOIST
35
"___ He than breathing ... ": Tennyson : CLOSERIS
36
"___ Comedy," B'way play : ROMANTIC
38
Sacred bull of Egypt : APIS
39
Confused struggle : MELEE
41
Banishes : EXILES
42
Juan ___ of Spain : CARLOS
44
Oblivion : LETHE
45
Same, to Seneca : IDEM
46
Naldi of the silents : NITA
47
Where one gender goes on a bender : STAG
48
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
49
Counterweight : TARE
50
Footless : APOD
53
Nabokov heroine : ADA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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