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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, August 5, 1958

53-Across : Laughing.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 39.3
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,325
Across
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Fish dish. : SHAD
5
American composer. : GROFE
10
Mounted. : GREW
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Large volume. : TOME
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Fixed. : RIGID
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French dream. : REVE
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Unobstructed. : OPEN
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Burns' partner. : ALLEN
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W. Indian shrub. : ANIL
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Lofty peak. : PINNACLE
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Historian Toynbee. : ARNOLD
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Senator Irving M. : IVES
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"At once, ___, and yet a rose full-blown." : ABUD
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Does grammar homework. : PARSES
29
Chemises. : DRESSES
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Fails to include. : OMITS
33
Rushlike flowerless plant. : HORSETAIL
35
Bountiful. : RICH
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___ up (take in eagerly): Colloq. : LAPIT
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Gentle wind. : AURA
38
Swiss trees. : KNEEPINES
40
S. A. range. : ANDES
41
Orchestra leader from Budapest. : ORMANDY
42
Most comprehensive. : WIDEST
43
Bridge builders: Abbr. : ENGS
44
Supplies a crew. : MANS
45
Ornamental border. : FRINGE
48
Strives in combat. : CONTENDS
52
Money in Genoa. : LIRA
53
Laughing. : RIANT
55
Prefix in aviation terms. : AERO
56
Imposing. : EPIC
57
Typewriter type. : ELITE
58
Two-wheeled carriage. : TRAP
59
___ quid (being thus): Lat. : ESSE
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Ate. : DINED
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Farm animals. : SOWS
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What "avast" means. : STOP
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Indian. : HOPI
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Verily. : AMEN
4
Cartoon character. : DENNISTHEMENACE
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Namesakes of a princess. : GRACES
6
Runnels. : RILLS
7
Eye. : OGLE
8
Exclamation of contempt. : FIE
9
Well-known English actress. : EDNABEST
10
Distant relatives of the bleachers. : GRANDSTANDSEATS
11
Nevada city. : RENO
12
___ eye. : EVIL
13
Unite closely. : WELD
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The birds. : AVES
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Trick. : RUSE
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Molding edge. : ARRIS
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Spareribs. : PORK
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Kind of acid. : AMINO
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Kitchen gadget. : RICER
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One of the Seven Dwarfs. : DOPEY
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___ Cologne. : EAUDE
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Fathers. : SIRES
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Clock parts. : HANDS
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Final. : LAST
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Continued to stay. : LINGERED
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Sharp pain. : PANG
40
Colloquial negative contraction. : AINT
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Desirable. : WANTED
44
Spanish gambling game. : MONTE
45
Hasten off. : FLEE
46
Rents. : RIPS
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Rainbow goddess. : IRIS
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Son of Adam. : CAIN
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Roman of first century. : NERO
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Sketch. : DRAW
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Soaks in liquid. : SOPS
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River in Asia. : ILI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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