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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, August 7, 1979

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.9
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,864
Across
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Science dealing with light : OPTICS
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Comb hair a certain way : TEASE
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Apprentice : TRAINEE
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Chinese ___ : LANTERN
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Scolding vehemently : RANTING
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Of long standing : OLDTIME
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With lance in hand : ATILT
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Whimpers : MEWLS
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Sharp angle : ZIG
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Attempt to overcome problems : COPE
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Loser to Roosevelt and Truman : DEWEY
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Base of some salads : TUNA
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Song syllable : TRA
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Howler : BONER
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Printer's mark : CARET
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___ Settlements, former British colony : STRAITS
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Dairy product : CHEESE
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Cobblers' gear : AWLS
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Acclaim : HAIL
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Sterne hero : SHANDY
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Deny : GAINSAY
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Full of chatter : TALKY
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Evenings, in Paris : SOIRS
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Column in a Buddhist building : LAT
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Members of the B.P.O.E. : ELKS
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Vigorous contempt : SCORN
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Baksheesh : ALMS
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Words with carte or mode : ALA
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Highest of the Alps, Mont ___ : BLANC
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S.A. constrictor : ABOMA
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Unbranded calf : LONGEAR
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Toward the source of a stream : UPRIVER
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Place great confidence in : SWEARBY
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Wall St. group : TRADERS
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Light carbines : STENS
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Gardeners, in springtime : SOWERS
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Men on the dais : ORATORS
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Historic town north of Delhi : PANIPAT
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Championship : TITLE
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Monogram unit: Abbr. : INIT
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Recent: Comb. form : CEN
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Parts : SEGMENTS
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Correspond : TALLY
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Intentions : ENDS
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A.B.A. member : ATT
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Sudden attack : SEIZURE
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Winter weasels : ERMINES
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Theologian's opus : TRACT
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Frown : LOWER
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Deny the truth of : NEGATE
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Farm animals : EWES
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Place mat : DOILY
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Asian units of weight : TAELS
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Off-color : BAWDY
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Double features, at times : CHINS
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Rows : RANKS
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Kind of terrier : CAIRN
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Specialties of tonsorial artists : HAIRCUTS
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Plagiarizes : STEALS
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Word between All and Day : HALLOWS
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Red dye, or plant called bugloss : ALKANET
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Talk effusively : GOON
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Thoroughly : ALLOVER
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Talks persistently : YAMMERS
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Hair-raising : SCARY
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Those wielding much power : TSARS
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Applies thickly : SLABS
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Bear : ABIDE
46
Swiss city on the Aar : BERN
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"___ Youth," Dostoyevsky novel : ARAW
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"She may ___ to France for me": Burns : GAE
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Pete Rose or Pete Maravitch : PRO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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