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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, July 20, 1956

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.0
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. 2,579
Across
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Circus units. : ACTS
5
Home of Lamaism. : TIBET
10
Baked confection. : KISS
14
Nonsense! : POOH
15
Relative of a lycée. : ECOLE
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"But doth suffer ___ change ... " : ASEA
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Noteworthy address. : IODOWNINGSTREET
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Put on the brake. : SLOWED
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Concludes. : GATHERS
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Role for Hugh O'Brien. : EARP
24
Controlling power. : REIN
25
Odds and ends. : SUNDRIES
29
Sphinx. : ENIGMA
33
Pronoun. : ONE
34
Blows. : SLAPS
36
Epitome of slowness. : SNAIL
37
Famous name in flying. : ODOM
39
Point of view: Colloq. : SLANT
41
River of the Ponte Vecchio. : ARNO
42
TV dial. : TUNER
44
Insignia. : STARS
46
German article. : DER
47
Supporters: Slang. : YESMEN
49
Captains. : SKIPPERS
51
Cheers for Escamillo. : OLES
53
Of time. : ERAL
54
Infers. : DERIVES
57
Endless: Poet. : ETERNE
61
Theatrical fare. : MUSICALCOMEDIES
63
Wings, in botany. : ALAE
64
Extinguish: Colloq. : DOUSE
65
Capricorn symbol. : GOAT
66
Mathematical sign. : PLUS
67
Great mountain mass. : ANDES
68
Rulers: Abbr. : EMPS
Down
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Sacred animal of Egypt. : APIS
2
Dispassionate. : COOL
3
Commotion: Colloq. : TODO
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Registered. : SHOWED
5
Morning glory appendages. : TENDRILS
6
Here: Fr. : ICI
7
Sound of Big Ben. : BONG
8
English composer. : ELGAR
9
Exam taker. : TESTEE
10
Garbo role. : KARENINA
11
River in Bohemia. : ISER
12
Understands. : SEES
13
Convened. : SAT
18
Suffers use. : WEARS
19
Makes spaces between, as seedlings. : THINS
23
Rings. : PEALS
25
Black. : SOOTY
26
Excessive. : UNDUE
27
Main Street signs. : NEONS
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Young oysters. : SPATS
30
Avant-___. : GARDE
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Clementine's father. : MINER
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Then: Fr. : ALORS
35
Mr. ___, in "School for Scandal." : SNAKE
38
Autobiographer's material. : MEMORIES
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Ancient galleys. : TRIREMES
43
Object from the past. : RELIC
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Flash flood. : SPATE
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It means "snowfall" in Spanish. : NEVADA
50
Toast. : PLEDGE
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According to: Fr. : SELON
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Devoid of spark. : DULL
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Isaac's son. : ESAU
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Spray driven by the wind. : SCUD
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French town, scene of Vichy trial. : RIOM
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Tide. : NEAP
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Superlative suffixes. : ESTS
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Chart. : MAP
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Full of: Suffix. : OSE

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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