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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Saturday, August 26, 1967

11-Down : Necessity for Serkin.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.4
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,587
Across
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Give and take. : SWAP
5
Commercial specialties. : SALES
10
Today, in Italy. : OGGI
14
Staff man. : AIDE
15
Each and all. : EVERY
16
Malay dagger: Var. : CRIS
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Entrants in a dog show. : GREATDANES
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___ heart. : HADA
20
Turn on the charm. : ENCHANT
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English landscapist. : TURNER
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Suggestion. : HINT
24
Allotted (with "out). : METED
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Hies to Gretna Green. : ELOPES
28
Fabric. : HOMESPUN
31
Feature of a type face. : SERIF
32
Beautiful creatures. : PERIS
33
Daughter of Cadmus. : INO
34
Dial buzz. : TONE
35
Monetary unit. : FRANC
36
Piquancy. : SALT
37
Spanish girl's name. : ENA
38
In that case: Fr. : ALORS
39
Chair repairer. : CANER
40
Describing ultima Thule. : REMOTEST
42
Lower in rank. : DEMOTE
43
Cancel. : ERASE
44
Uncivil. : RUDE
45
Disappear into thin air. : VANISH
47
Foghorns, French style : SIRENES
50
College courses. : ARTS
51
Johnson and Johnson. : PRESIDENTS
54
Italian "ones." : UNAS
55
Of a certain grain. : OATEN
56
Kind of bean. : SNAP
57
Rue ___ Paix. : DELA
58
Sound of a bowstring. : TWANG
59
Yemen's capital. : SANA
Down
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Yield under pressure. : SAG
2
Fencing. : WIRE
3
Near East gulf. : ADEN
4
Summer treat on a menu. : PEACHPIE
5
Litters. : SEDANS
6
Before: Fr. : AVANT
7
Furnished. : LENT
8
Before: Poet. : ERE
9
Pertaining to the body. : SYSTEMIC
10
Pigments. : OCHRES
11
Necessity for Serkin. : GRANDPIANO
12
French writer. : GIDE
13
Munich's river. : ISAR
18
Taffy, for one. : THIEF
22
Indians. : UTES
24
Early-bird times. : MORNS
25
Chemical compound. : ESTER
26
Sierra ___. : LEONE
27
Embellishing. : ORNAMENTAL
28
Kind of line across one's palm. : HEART
29
Like some houses. : UNLET
30
French possessive. : NOTRE
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Novelist's forte. : PROSE
35
Vessel used in Biblical days. : FLESHPOT
36
Uniformity. : SAMENESS
38
People of the Philippines. : ATAS
39
Gave up. : CEDED
41
State in India. : ORISSA
42
In the time of. : DURING
44
Up. : RISEN
45
Swiss canton. : VAUD
46
Norse name. : ARNE
47
___ trap. : SETA
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Sicilian province. : ENNA
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"Streetcar" role. : STAN
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Weather word. : RAW
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Hot Springs. : SPA

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

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