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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, April 8, 1992

40-Down : Official in lawn tennis

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 41.2
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,492
Across
1
Harbinger : OMEN
5
Kind of clock : ALARM
10
Member of the herd : CALF
14
Pro follower : RATA
15
Legendary city of El Dorado : MANOA
16
Actress Perlman : RHEA
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Quahog or pahua : CLAM
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Oil, to Ovid : OLEUM
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City in Romania : IASI
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Joe Louis : THEBROWNBOMBER
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Remark : SAY
24
Auto-___ (Inquisition ceremony) : DAFE
25
Dismay : APPAL
28
Malicious woman : CAT
30
Anwar's preceder : GAMAL
34
Imprint : MARK
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"Then went Samson ___ ... ": Judges : TOGAZA
37
Yoko ___ : ONO
38
Jerome Kern song : BLUEDANUBEBLUES
41
Author Deighton : LEN
42
Thrift-shop event : RESALE
43
Man, e.g. : ISLE
44
Watery swelling : EDEMA
46
Monogram of Prufrock's creator : TSE
47
Curl one's lip : SNEER
48
Oddball : ONER
50
Trouble : WOE
51
Rumer Godden work : BLACKNARCISSUS
58
"Lady" in a casino : LUCK
59
Fabulists : LIARS
60
Farina is one : MEAL
62
Feed the kitty : ANTE
63
Twelve months in Metz : ANNEE
64
Former queen of Jordan : ALIA
65
Drop of sweat : BEAD
66
Bulgarian river : ISKER
67
Violin part : NECK
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Grampus : ORC
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Brewing grain : MALT
3
Settlement in Greenland : ETAH
4
What a junior is : NAMESAKE
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He wrote "The Proper Bostonians" : AMORY
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Composer of "Le Roi d'Ys" : LALO
7
Once more : ANEW
8
Meeting place for Arthur : ROUNDTABLE
9
Cobra's cousin : MAMBA
10
Yalta's locale : CRIMEA
11
Peck role : AHAB
12
___-majesté : LESE
13
Unbiased : FAIR
21
Gala for Marie Antoinette : BAL
22
Gift ___ : OFGAB
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Stroll : AMBLE
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Became ashen : PALED
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Cut; trim : PRUNE
28
Forces : CONSTRAINS
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Largest known toads : AGUAS
31
Black eye : MOUSE
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Anoint, old style : ANELE
33
Also-ran : LOSER
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Menlo Park monogram : TAE
36
Wye follower : ZEE
39
Took a swig : DRANK
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Official in lawn tennis : LINESMAN
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Made fun of : MOCKED
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Cry at sea : SOS
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Zhou ___ : ENLAI
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More sapient : WISER
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Spill the beans : BLAB
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Clair de ___ : LUNE
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Minutes of a meeting : ACTA
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Gross : RANK
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Canadian Indian : CREE
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River in Zaire : UELE
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Levantine ketch : SAIC
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"Mighty ___ a Rose" : LAK

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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