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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, June 4, 1956

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,533
Across
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Short-run play. : FLOP
5
Herd. : DROVE
10
Talk too much on one topic (with "on"). : HARP
14
"Whatever ___ wants ... " : LOLA
15
Eroded. : EATEN
16
Musical instrument. : OBOE
17
Bedouin's head cord. : AGAL
18
Secret agents. : SPIES
19
Name in an expression. : PETE
20
"___ is Legion." : MYNAME
22
Title of TV program. : CRUSADER
24
Poet Sandburg. : CARL
26
Fur animal. : SEAL
27
Catcher. : RECEIVER
31
Where ski fans meet. : SLOPES
35
Eggs: Latin. : OVA
36
"___ Good Will." : MENOF
38
Took a prayerful attitude. : KNELT
39
Disease preventatives. : SERA
41
Flat. : STALE
43
Adhesive. : GLUE
44
Smith's block. : ANVIL
46
Tea cake. : SCONE
48
Village in Holland. : EDE
49
Cubic meters. : STERES
51
Element potentially destructive. : HYDROGEN
53
Headlight. : LAMP
55
"You ___ say!" : DONT
56
Where whirlybird comes to rest. : HELIPORT
60
Part of the eye. : RETINA
64
Algerian seaport. : ORAN
65
Non-fliers in the Air Force. : KIWIS
67
P. M. : EDEN
68
Yearn. : PINE
69
Hero of "South Pacific." : EMILE
70
City in Georgia. : ROME
71
Bakery employe. : ICER
72
Dissuade. : DETER
73
Highway sign. : SLOW
Down
1
Humbug. : FLAM
2
Dull or sluggish. : LOGY
3
Heroine of "The Good Earth." : OLAN
4
Home of Vaudeville. : PALACE
5
Merits. : DESERVES
6
Knock. : RAP
7
Auricular. : OTIC
8
Shifts. : VEERS
9
Follows. : ENSUES
10
Children's TV hero. : HOPALONG
11
Not up. : ABED
12
Fixed course of procedure. : ROTE
13
Equal. : PEER
21
Cripple. : MAIM
23
Congressional medal winner. : SALK
25
Spring times. : LENTS
27
19th C. Argentine dictator. : ROSAS
28
Occurrence. : EVENT
29
Cut in a design. : CARVE
30
Sunfish. : ROACH
32
Man's name, now seldom used. : PELEG
33
Baffle. : ELUDE
34
Dutch painter. : STEEN
37
___ Bennett, famous aviator. : FLOYD
40
Passenger plane. : AIRLINER
42
Signer. : ENDORSER
45
Spring. : LEAP
47
Osprey's cousin. : ERNE
50
Cured. : SMOKED
52
Aquatic animals. : OTTERS
54
Youth. : PRIME
56
Pueblo Indian. : HOPI
57
Author Ambler. : ERIC
58
Part of a freeway. : LANE
59
Gibe. : TWIT
61
Baal, for instance. : IDOL
62
Nobody: Latin. : NEMO
63
Once more. : ANEW
66
French island. : ILE

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