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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Monday, May 25, 1959

6-Across : An Annie Oakley.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.5
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,601
Across
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Space Project ___. : ARGUS
6
An Annie Oakley. : PASS
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Combining form for a continent. : AFRO
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Interval of a fifth, in music. : QUINT
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Sunset beauty. : AFTERGLOW
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Less than usual. : UNDER
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Account. : NARRATION
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Mellow. : AGE
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Dyed before weaving, as carpets. : INGRAIN
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Political figures: Colloq. : PMS
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Monkeys. : APES
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Measure of length. : PACE
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Seal. : SIGNET
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Fragment. : SPLINTER
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Walk heavily. : TREAD
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Welfare work. : CHILDCARE
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Glean. : REAP
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Pal. : CRONY
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Soup vegetable. : OKRA
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Figuratively, telling without pause. : UNREELING
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Avarice. : GREED
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Fellow diner at camp. : MESSMATE
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General directions. : TRENDS
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Ripped. : TORE
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Low shoes. : TIES
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Oriental name. : ALI
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Paved area adjacent to a house. : TERRACE
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State: Abbr. : FLA
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Friendly. : CONGENIAL
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Kind of lens. : TORIC
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Optical instrument with mirrors. : PERISCOPE
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Call forth. : EVOKE
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Pairs. : TWOS
60
Noun suffixes. : ENTS
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Ladies. : DAMES
Down
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Water. : AQUA
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Part of a chair. : RUNG
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Famous French author. : GIDE
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French pronoun. : UNE
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Having bands of contrasting color. : STRIPED
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Throes. : PANGS
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"___ Country." : AFAR
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Husky. : STRAPPING
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Appearing in installments. : SERIALLY
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Ten-percenter: Abbr. : AGT
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Somersault: Colloq. : FLIP
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Parlor. : ROOM
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Admits. : OWNS
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Not fresh. : RANCID
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Snare. : NET
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Metrical foot. : ANAPEST
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Extras on a musical program. : ENCORES
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Sound from a stringed instrument. : STRUM
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Girl in a popular song. : IRENE
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Cogwheels. : GEARS
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Glittered. : SHONE
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Charmed. : TAKEN
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Made a mistake. : ERRED
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Peruses. : READS
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Standard. : CRITERION
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Tarkington comedy, 1919. : CLARENCE
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Behaves theatrically: Colloq. : EMOTES
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Welcomed. : GREETED
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Nervous affliction. : TIC
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Stories. : TALES
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Acceptance: Banking abbr. : ACPT
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Name in show business. : LOEW
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Japanese box. : INRO
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Transported. : RAPT
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Out of. : FROM
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Similar. : LIKE
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Star performers. : ACES
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Men in O.D.'s. : GIS
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Eggs: Lat. : OVA

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

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