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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Saturday, June 2, 1956

64-Across : Blotch.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,531
Across
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Well known mascot. : MULE
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More underhanded. : BASER
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"___'s will is the wind's will ... " : ABOY
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Source of energy. : ATOM
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Tributary of the Orinoco. : APURE
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That: Fr. : CELA
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Enthuse about. : RAVE
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Term in music. : TONIC
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River in Bavaria. : EGER
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Calories. : THERMS
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Chemical change. : REACTION
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Eastern title. : AGA
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The Alamo, for example. : MISSION
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Business buildings in California. : WINERIES
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Octave of the third, in music. : TENTH
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Limits. : ENDS
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State of agitation. : STEW
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Hungarian composer. : LEHAR
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Tree. : ELM
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Brief news dispatches. : FLASHES
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Conceit: Colloq. : EGO
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Mutual concord. : PEACE
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Malicious glance. : LEER
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Outer garments worn in Arabia. : ABAS
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Un, deux, ___. : TROIS
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Givers of deductions. : REBATERS
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Estates in the West. : RANCHES
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Duster. : RAG
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Disagreement. : FRICTION
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Prized. : VALUED
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First wife of Jacob. : LEAH
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Rare relative of the giraffe. : OKAPI
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Unctuous. : OILY
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Author of "Bus Stop." : INGE
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Poke. : NUDGE
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Koko's weapon. : SNEE
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Letters. : TEES
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Blotch. : SMEAR
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Views. : SEES
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Trading center. : MART
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Where Monument Valley is. : UTAH
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Theme song for June. : LOVEANDMARRIAGE
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Issues. : EMERGES
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Cave inhabitants. : BATS
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Highest mountain in the Philippines. : APO
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Glenn Miller's theme song. : SUNRISESERENADE
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Indians. : ERIES
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Fashion anew. : RECAST
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Volatile liquid. : ACETONE
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Cole Porter favorite. : BEGINTHEBEGUINE
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Product made from fats. : OLEO
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Tale. : YARN
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Spoil. : MAR
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Wainscots: Var. : CIELS
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Basic material. : METAL
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"___ no more my lady ... " : WEEP
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Cove. : INLET
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Geographical abbreviation. : ISL
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Mother of Ishmael. : HAGAR
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Exclamations of delight. : WHEES
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Island or sea of Antarctica. : ROSS
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Assumed appearance. : FEINT
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Needles' jockey. : ERB
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Gives instruction to. : COACHES
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Puzzled. : ATALOSS
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Descendants. : SCIONS
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Macaw. : ARA
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Twaddle: Slang. : HOKUM
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Rove on the wing. : FLIT
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M. Clair. : RENE
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Four: German. : VIER
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Gen. Robert ___. : ELEE
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Colors. : DYES
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Golfers' group: Abbr. : PGA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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