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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Wednesday, July 22, 1959

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 31.9 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,659
Across
1
Melville captain. : AHAB
5
Drollery. : JEST
9
Namesakes of actress Rehan. : ADAS
13
Dear: Ital. : CARA
14
He: Lat. : ILLE
15
Family in a Shelley poem. : CENCI
17
Modish. : CHIC
18
Later than 8 Down. : NOON
19
Hebrew measures. : OMERS
20
Scolding: Colloq. : TALKINGTO
22
Emblem of Egypt. : LOTUS
23
Robt. ___. : ELEE
24
Constant complainer. : CRYBABY
26
Enigma. : RIDDLE
29
Cloy. : GLUT
30
Word of farewell. : ADIOS
31
Hairbreadth escape: Colloq. : CLOSECALL
36
Dietician's concern. : MENU
37
Bunch of grain sheaves. : SHOCK
38
Hatred: Ital. : ODIO
39
Begin. : SETTOWORK
41
De Valera. : EAMON
42
Piquant. : RACY
43
Astare. : OGLING
44
Place for motor fuel. : GASTANK
48
Quiz. : EXAM
49
Forestall. : AVERT
50
Prepossession. : FIXEDIDEA
55
Terrace. : PATIO
56
Famous chemist. : UREY
57
Baseball league: Abbr. : NATL
58
Matriculate. : ENTER
59
Money in Montecatini. : LIRE
60
Silver crowns of Louis XIV's day. : ECUS
61
Standpatter. : TORY
62
Certain naval vessels. : LSTS
63
City on the Truckee. : RENO
Down
1
CPA. : ACCT
2
A laugh. : HAHA
3
Integument. : ARIL
4
Withdrew from an enterprise. : BACKEDOUT
5
Arabian demon: Var. : JINNEE
6
Encomium. : ELOGE
7
Part of a turnstile. : SLOT
8
Kind of nursery rhyme scholar. : TENOCLOCK
9
Altar boy. : ACOLYTE
10
Disband troops, in England. : DEMOB
11
Dutch news agency. : ANETA
12
Second team. : SCRUB
16
Paris suburb. : ISSY
21
Woes. : ILLS
25
Zwieback. : RUSK
26
Sheep. : RAMS
27
Opinion: Fr. : IDEE
28
Force. : DINT
29
Resplendence. : GLORY
31
Holding as much as possible. : CHOCKFULL
32
Collier. : COALMINER
33
African gazelle. : ADMI
34
Member of businessmen's organization. : LION
35
Far-reaching. : LONG
37
Cygnet. : SWAN
40
Small chapel. : ORATORY
41
Euphemistic oath. : EGAD
43
Daisies. : OXEYES
44
Stare in wonder. : GAPE
45
Before: Fr. : AVANT
46
Cousin of a rhubarb. : SETTO
47
German city on the Moselle. : TRIER
48
Use force. : EXERT
51
Rainbow. : IRIS
52
Fresh-water fish. : DACE
53
Vingt-___ (blackjack). : ETUN
54
Besides. : ALSO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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