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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Saturday, August 26, 1967

12-Down : French writer.

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
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
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Commercial specialties. : SALES
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Today, in Italy. : OGGI
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Staff man. : AIDE
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Each and all. : EVERY
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Malay dagger: Var. : CRIS
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Entrants in a dog show. : GREATDANES
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___ heart. : HADA
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Turn on the charm. : ENCHANT
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English landscapist. : TURNER
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Suggestion. : HINT
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Allotted (with "out). : METED
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Hies to Gretna Green. : ELOPES
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Fabric. : HOMESPUN
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Feature of a type face. : SERIF
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Beautiful creatures. : PERIS
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Daughter of Cadmus. : INO
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Dial buzz. : TONE
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Monetary unit. : FRANC
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Piquancy. : SALT
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Spanish girl's name. : ENA
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In that case: Fr. : ALORS
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Chair repairer. : CANER
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Describing ultima Thule. : REMOTEST
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Lower in rank. : DEMOTE
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Cancel. : ERASE
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Uncivil. : RUDE
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Disappear into thin air. : VANISH
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Foghorns, French style : SIRENES
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College courses. : ARTS
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Johnson and Johnson. : PRESIDENTS
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Italian "ones." : UNAS
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Of a certain grain. : OATEN
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Kind of bean. : SNAP
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Rue ___ Paix. : DELA
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Sound of a bowstring. : TWANG
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Yemen's capital. : SANA
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Yield under pressure. : SAG
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Fencing. : WIRE
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Near East gulf. : ADEN
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Summer treat on a menu. : PEACHPIE
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Litters. : SEDANS
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Before: Fr. : AVANT
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Furnished. : LENT
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Before: Poet. : ERE
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Pertaining to the body. : SYSTEMIC
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Pigments. : OCHRES
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Necessity for Serkin. : GRANDPIANO
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French writer. : GIDE
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Munich's river. : ISAR
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Taffy, for one. : THIEF
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Indians. : UTES
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Early-bird times. : MORNS
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Chemical compound. : ESTER
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Sierra ___. : LEONE
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Embellishing. : ORNAMENTAL
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Kind of line across one's palm. : HEART
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Like some houses. : UNLET
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French possessive. : NOTRE
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Novelist's forte. : PROSE
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Vessel used in Biblical days. : FLESHPOT
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Uniformity. : SAMENESS
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People of the Philippines. : ATAS
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Gave up. : CEDED
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State in India. : ORISSA
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In the time of. : DURING
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Up. : RISEN
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Swiss canton. : VAUD
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Norse name. : ARNE
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___ 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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