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Bernice Gordon
New York Times, Tuesday, June 26, 1962
Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 18.1
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 W | 2 O | 3 R | 4 M | 5 S | 6 B | 7 U | 8 R | 9 R | 10 P | 11 A | 12 T | 13 A |
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14 A | W | A | I | T | 15 A | L | I | A | 16 A | B | O | W |
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17 G | E | N | R | E | 18 A | N | N | I | 19 S | U | L | A |
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20 E | N | T | R | A | 21 P | 22 A | G | L | 23 I | T | T | E | R |
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24 O | R | A | 25 L | 26 A | R | T | I | S | T | E |
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27 C | 28 A | 29 P | R | I | C | E | 30 S | 31 O | I | L | ||||
32 A | L | I | E | N | 33 V | A | 34 R | A | S | 35 J | 36 A | 37 B |
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38 S | U | R | D | 39 D | I | V | E | D | 40 F | A | R | O |
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41 K | I | N | 42 F | E | T | E | S | 43 S | A | N | T | A |
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44 P | O | P | 45 S | T | 46 I | L | L | E | S | T |
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47 M | 48 I | 49 R | A | C | L | 50 E | 51 S | R | A | S | ||||
52 O | V | A | T | I | O | N | 53 S | 54 A | V | E | 55 S | 56 T | 57 A |
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58 V | O | T | E | 59 R | U | E | 60 D | 61 I | T | W | A | S |
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62 E | R | I | N | 63 E | R | L | E | 64 S | T | A | T | O |
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65 R | Y | O | T | 66 D | E | F | Y | 67 H | O | M | E | R |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,729
Across
1
Scene of 1521 Diet. : WORMS
6
Seedcase. : BURR
10
___-cake. : PATA
14
Be in store for. : AWAIT
15
Inter ___. : ALIA
16
Take ___. : ABOW
17
Kind. : GENRE
18
Years: Lat. : ANNI
19
Pacific island group. : SULA
20
Draw into danger. : ENTRAP
22
Shining. : AGLITTER
24
Of speech. : ORAL
26
Performer of great skill. : ARTISTE
27
Whims. : CAPRICES
31
Fuel. : OIL
32
___ and Sedition Acts. : ALIEN
33
Latin-American measures. : VARAS
35
Smart thrust. : JAB
38
Irrational number. : SURD
39
Did a gainer. : DIVED
40
Gambling game. : FARO
41
Kissing cousins. : KIN
42
Entertainments. : FETES
43
Maria or Clara. : SANTA
44
Family man. : POP
45
Least disturbed. : STILLEST
47
Wonderful example. : MIRACLE
51
Feminine titles. : SRAS
52
Tributes to Glenn and Carpenter. : OVATIONS
54
Zoroaster's writings. : AVESTA
58
Yea or nay. : VOTE
59
See 39 Down. : RUED
61
"___ the schooner Hesperus ... " : ITWAS
62
Colleen's name. : ERIN
63
Gardner. : ERLE
64
Fixed: Prefix. : STATO
65
Hindu peasant. : RYOT
66
Resist openly. : DEFY
67
American artist. : HOMER
Down
1
Carry on. : WAGE
2
English poet. : OWEN
3
Speak wildly. : RANT
4
Reflected. : MIRRORED
5
Substance used in candle making. : STEARIN
6
Cote sound. : BAA
7
Bone. : ULNA
8
___ bell. : RINGA
9
Means of transportation. : RAILROAD
10
Lozenge. : PASTIL
11
Is adjacent to. : ABUTS
12
Apartment sign. : TOLET
13
Cognizant. : AWARE
21
Halfboot worn by loggers. : PAC
23
See 61 Across. : ITIS
25
O. T. book: Abbr. : LEVIT
27
Barrel. : CASK
28
His: Fr. : ALUI
29
Reel for yarn. : PIRN
30
Puts aside. : SAVES
34
Takes time out. : RESTS
35
Miss or Mrs. Doe. : JANE
36
University course. : ARTS
37
Skiff. : BOAT
39
Regretted. : DEPLORED
40
Type of voice. : FALSETTO
42
Central points. : FOCI
43
Blindly imitative. : SLAVISH
44
Kind of leather. : PATENT
46
Will go: Fr. : IRA
47
Man in a van. : MOVER
48
Import from Africa. : IVORY
49
Proportion. : RATIO
50
Take effect. : ENURE
53
Common prefix. : SELF
55
Did the crawl. : SWAM
56
Famous art gallery. : TATE
57
Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
60
Tunisian ruler. : DEY
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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