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Bernice Gordon
New York Times, Friday, July 20, 1984
Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { B F Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 37.6
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 P | 2 E | 3 A | 4 L | 5 E | 6 A | 7 S | 8 E | 9 D | ||||||
10 C | 11 H | I | L | L | E | 12 D | 13 G | L | U | T | T | E | 14 D |
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15 A | E | R | A | T | O | R | 16 R | O | S | E | A | T | E |
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17 P | L | A | T | A | 18 O | 19 P | E | N | 20 A | M | E | S |
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21 P | E | T | E | R | 22 S | O | U | T | 23 C | R | I | C | K |
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24 E | N | I | D | 25 A | P | R | A | 26 H | I | N | T | S |
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27 D | E | C | 28 J | O | E | L | 29 W | I | N | E | S | |||
30 M | A | N | D | O | 31 L | I | N | S | ||||||
32 S | 33 P | A | D | E | 34 I | O | L | A | 35 T | 36 E | 37 L |
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38 O | P | I | N | E | 39 G | N | A | T | 40 C | E | R | A |
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41 D | O | N | A | S | 42 R | E | D | S | 43 T | R | E | A | K |
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44 O | L | E | G | 45 S | I | D | E | 46 R | I | N | S | E |
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47 R | E | T | E | 48 S | T | S | 49 R | 50 A | I | N | I | E | R |
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51 S | T | A | R | L | E | T | 52 S | I | N | G | E | R | S |
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53 O | R | S | O | N | 54 L | E | E | R |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,673
Across
1
Carillonic sound : PEAL
5
Let up : EASED
10
Kept in cold storage : CHILLED
13
Overloaded : GLUTTED
15
Apparatus used for fumigating : AERATOR
16
Optimistic : ROSEATE
17
Río de la ___, S.A. : PLATA
18
Word with air or door : OPEN
20
Iowa State U. site : AMES
21
Comes to nothing : PETERSOUT
23
Muscle spasm : CRICK
24
Wife of Geraint : ENID
25
Guam's ___ Harbor : APRA
26
Inklings : HINTS
27
Mo. for Kringle : DEC
28
Grey or McCrea : JOEL
29
Malaga and Madeira : WINES
30
Lutelike instruments : MANDOLINS
32
Deck item : SPADE
34
Kansas city : IOLA
35
___ Aviv : TEL
38
Judge : OPINE
39
Black fly : GNAT
40
___ alba (white wax) : CERA
41
Ladies in Loja : DONAS
42
An English cider apple : REDSTREAK
44
Designer Cassini : OLEG
45
Contesting party : SIDE
46
Washer cycle : RINSE
47
Events at school : RETESTS
49
Washington peak : RAINIER
51
Hollywood hopeful : STARLET
52
The birds and the Bee Gees : SINGERS
53
Bean from Vt. : ORSON
54
Look of lust : LEER
Down
1
Like Captain Hook : PIRATIC
2
Exultant : ELATED
3
Acolyte's milieu : ALTAR
4
"The Lip" : LEO
5
College in N.C. : ELON
6
From, in Frankfurt : AUS
7
Substances used in soap : STEARINS
8
Worsted fabric : ETAMINE
9
Spots : DETECTS
10
Like some teeth : CAPPED
11
"War and Peace" character : HELENE
12
Became depressed : DROOPED
13
Actress Nissen : GRETA
14
Furniture on Wall St. : DESKS
19
Poe's "The ___ Letter" : PURLOINED
22
Lyon river : SAONE
23
Crockery : CHINA
28
Nags : JADES
29
Withers : WILTS
30
La Sorda and Houk : MANAGERS
31
Dock group : LOADERS
32
City in Umbria : SPOLETO
33
Cough-medicine ingredient : PINETAR
35
More minute : TEENIER
36
Stationery item : ERASER
37
Kareem's team : LAKERS
38
Garden emanations : ODORS
39
Ground malt : GRIST
40
Fawn : CRINGE
43
Threefold : TRINE
45
British carbine : STEN
48
Hwy. sign : SLO
50
Feel under the weather : AIL
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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