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Bernice Gordon
New York Times, Friday, August 29, 1958
49-Down : First word of a counting game.
Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q V }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 30.4
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 R | 3 I | 4 S | 5 E | 6 P | 7 A | 8 G | 9 E | 10 G | 11 O | 12 Y | 13 A |
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14 D | E | N | I | M | 15 I | B | E | X | 16 I | R | O | N |
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17 S | I | D | L | E | 18 C | A | M | E | 19 M | B | E | R | T |
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20 S | I | E | R | 21 R | A | S | 22 R | U | B | L | E | S |
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23 A | N | G | U | S | 24 E | T | T | E | ||||||
25 D | 26 A | N | C | E | R | 27 G | L | I | T | T | 28 E | 29 R | 30 S |
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31 R | I | C | E | S | 32 T | R | I | O | S | 33 N | A | W |
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34 A | M | O | R | 35 G | R | O | A | N | 36 A | G | M | A |
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37 G | E | R | 38 S | O | U | P | S | 39 A | L | L | I | N |
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40 S | E | N | 41 T | E | N | C | E | 42 B | E | L | I | E | S |
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43 R | A | Z | E | 44 S | A | R | O | S | ||||||
45 P | 46 E | 47 S | E | T | A | 48 A | T | T | A | C | H | 49 E | ||
50 T | R | A | N | S | L | 51 A | T | E | 52 T | A | M | E | 53 D |
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54 A | M | I | C | 55 E | U | R | E | 56 E | T | A | N | A |
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57 H | A | S | H | 58 S | K | I | P | 59 D | E | N | Y | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,349
Across
1
Issue. : ARISE
6
Attendant. : PAGE
10
Court painter to Charles III. : GOYA
14
"Blue ___." : DENIM
15
Wild goat. : IBEX
16
Household appliance. : IRON
17
Move crabwise. : SIDLE
18
Soft, unpressed cheese. : CAMEMBERT
20
Mountain ranges. : SIERRAS
22
Money for muzhiks. : RUBLES
23
Black ___. : ANGUS
24
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
25
Soft shoe performer. : DANCER
27
Is brilliant. : GLITTERS
31
Prepares (potatoes) in a certain way. : RICES
32
Chamber music groups. : TRIOS
33
Slangy negative. : NAW
34
Latin love. : AMOR
35
Sound of distress. : GROAN
36
Guild of musical artists: Abbr. : AGMA
37
Language: Abbr. : GER
38
Chowders. : SOUPS
39
Fatigued: Colloq. : ALLIN
40
Judgment. : SENTENCE
42
Misrepresents. : BELIES
43
Level to the ground. : RAZE
44
Gulf of the Aegean Sea. : SAROS
45
Spanish coin. : PESETA
48
Member of an embassy. : ATTACHE
50
Change into another medium. : TRANSLATE
52
Domesticated. : TAMED
54
Of an amide. : AMIC
55
River into the Seine. : EURE
56
Mythological hero of Babylon. : ETANA
57
Meat dish. : HASH
58
___ rope. : SKIP
59
Patron saint of France: Var. : DENYS
Down
1
Classified items. : ADS
2
Former Portuguese money. : REIS
3
Maize. : INDIANCORN
4
Gun device. : SILENCER
5
Comes into view. : EMERGES
6
Type measures. : PICAS
7
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
8
Work of art. : GEM
9
Strong effort. : EXERTION
10
Symbol of Jack Ketch's work. : GIBBET
11
City in the Black Earth region. : OREL
12
Time long past. : YORE
13
Hill dwellers. : ANTS
19
Namesakes of Jeff's pal. : MUTTS
21
Stage hit of 1923. : RUR
24
Inventor Howe. : ELIAS
25
Passes too slowly. : DRAGS
26
French girl's name. : AIMEE
27
Feel one's way. : GROPE
28
Sir Winston, for one. : ENGLISHMAN
29
Fiber plant. : RAMIE
30
Birds. : SWANS
32
End of hostilities. : TRUCE
35
Men's singles champion, 1948–49. : GONZALES
36
Place. : ALLOCATE
38
Settles. : SEATS
39
Charged with gas. : AERATED
41
Ditch. : TRENCH
42
Belfry inhabitant. : BAT
44
Saturate. : STEEP
45
Chief god of Memphis. : PTAH
46
Girl's name. : ERMA
47
Je ne ___ quoi. : SAIS
48
Bell town in Longfellow poem. : ATRI
49
First word of a counting game. : EENY
51
Sea bird. : AUK
53
"___ Kapital." : DAS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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