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Bernice Gordon
New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1953
Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 28.5
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Jim Horne notes:
34-Down: "Musician Mischa" = AUER — Mischa Auer was an actor; the violinist was Leopold Auer. Mischa Elman was the famous violinist.
1 D | 2 E | 3 M | 4 S | 5 P | 6 U | 7 R | 8 I | 9 M | 10 O | 11 G | 12 R | 13 E |
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14 U | T | A | H | 15 A | T | O | K | A | 16 C | O | O | T |
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17 C | O | N | E | 18 R | I | V | E | R | 19 E | D | D | A |
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20 A | R | M | S | 21 I | C | E | 22 T | 23 E | A | S | E | L |
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24 T | O | O | 25 A | S | A | 26 D | I | A | N | A | ||||
27 U | 28 M | P | H | 29 B | R | A | T | 30 V | 31 E | 32 E |
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33 C | 34 A | N | O | E | 35 T | R | A | N | S | 36 I | E | N | T |
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37 A | U | T | O | 38 S | H | A | M | S | 39 A | T | T | N |
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40 R | E | A | D | 41 I | N | E | S | S | 42 O | S | H | E | A |
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43 E | R | I | 44 N | E | W | S | 45 B | R | I | E | ||||
46 N | 47 A | R | E | S | 48 M | A | C | 49 Q | 50 T | 51 S |
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52 F | 53 O | D | D | E | R | 54 D | A | G | 55 A | U | R | A |
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56 A | R | E | A | 57 I | 58 R | E | N | E | 59 R | E | E | L |
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60 S | L | A | P | 61 N | O | B | E | L | 62 R | E | A | L |
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63 T | E | N | T | 64 G | I | S | T | S | 65 A | N | D | Y |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,499
Across
1
Opponents of Reps. : DEMS
5
Feast of Lots. : PURIM
10
Character in a fairy tale. : OGRE
14
Where Rainbow Bridge is. : UTAH
15
County in S. Oklahoma. : ATOKA
16
Web-footed water bird. : COOT
17
Shape of a volcano. : CONE
18
The Peace, for instance. : RIVER
19
Book of Norse myths. : EDDA
20
Branches of national defense. : ARMS
21
Summertime favorite. : ICE
22
Raise a nap. : TEASEL
24
More than enough. : TOO
25
Man's name. : ASA
26
Goddess of the moon. : DIANA
27
Sound of disdain. : UMPH
29
Unruly child. : BRAT
30
Sign of victory. : VEE
33
Sponson ___. : CANOE
35
Overnight guest in a motel. : TRANSIENT
37
Vacationer's transportation. : AUTO
38
Pillow slips. : SHAMS
39
Abbreviation on a business letter. : ATTN
40
Alacrity. : READINESS
42
Actor Michael. : OSHEA
43
Silkworm. : ERI
44
Current events. : NEWS
45
Soft cream cheese. : BRIE
46
Nostrils. : NARES
48
General's nickname. : MAC
49
Measures: Abbr. : QTS
52
Cornstalks, hay, etc. : FODDER
54
He's doing Trygve's job. : DAG
55
Invisible atmosphere. : AURA
56
Range. : AREA
57
Girl in a musical comedy. : IRENE
59
Lively dance. : REEL
60
Injury to pride. : SLAP
61
Inventor of dynamite. : NOBEL
62
Authentic. : REAL
63
Boy Scout equipment. : TENT
64
Main points. : GISTS
65
One of the Hardys. : ANDY
Down
1
Money in Shylock's pocket. : DUCAT
2
Largest of the Kurile Islands. : ETORO
3
Onetime star of wrestling. : MANMOUNTAINDEAN
4
Pronouns. : SHES
5
Part of a diocese. : PARISH
6
City on the Mohawk River. : UTICA
7
Ramble. : ROVE
8
Name in the news. : IKE
9
They're out of this world. : MARTIANS
10
Pacific. : OCEAN
11
Popular British expression. : GODSAVETHEQUEEN
12
Lay at anchor. : RODE
13
And others: Latin abbr. : ETAL
23
Goodies. : EATS
25
Relative of the missing link. : APE
26
Apothecaries' weights. : DRAMS
28
Temporary state of mind. : MOOD
29
Occupants of Pentagon. : BRASS
31
Grafted: Heraldry. : ENTE
32
Landmark in Sicily. : ETNA
33
Organization handling overseas packages. : CARE
34
Musician Mischa. : AUER
35
Muscular power. : THEWS
36
Former capital of Moldavia: Rumanian sp. : IASI
38
Contemptuous. : SNEERING
41
Concerning: Latin. : INRE
42
Sea animal or grampus. : ORC
45
Bakery items. : BAGELS
47
Modify to meet new conditions. : ADAPT
48
Painter, friend of Zola. : MANET
50
Rim of a tire. : TREAD
51
Friend of 57 Across. : SALLY
52
Ahead of time. : FAST
53
Wreath on a knight's helmet. : ORLE
54
Sweet young things. : DEBS
55
Really!: Anglo-Ir. : ARRA
58
Vive le ___. : ROI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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