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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Thursday, September 2, 1954

11-Down : Deviation from the typical.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 26.6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,892
Across
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Pauses in speaking. : HEMS
5
Hydrangea or raspberry. : SHRUB
10
U. S. Ambassador to Eire. : TAFT
14
Declare. : AVOW
15
"___ porridge hot ... " : PEASE
16
Shaped piece of metal. : IBAR
17
Returned like for like. : RETALIATED
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Man's nickname. : PETE
20
Simulated. : PRETENDED
21
Device used by gardeners. : SPRAY
22
Cure. : HEAL
23
Row. : TIER
24
Noun suffix. : ARD
27
Faux pas. : SLIP
29
Make angry. : ENRAGE
32
Contentious one's shoulder decor. : CHIP
34
Plotted a course for. : NAVIGATED
36
Dorothy Perkins. : ROSE
37
Mr. Scratch. : DEVIL
38
Enter in a cash register (with "up"). : RING
39
Augments. : INCREASES
41
Long ago. : YORE
42
Of the skin. : DERMAL
43
Daily fare. : DIET
46
Sign of assent. : NOD
47
Weird. : EERY
48
The Tentmaker. : OMAR
50
Decisive. : FATAL
52
Unlimited views. : PANORAMAS
57
Neglect. : OMIT
58
Legal period of delay in payment. : MORATORIUM
59
Mitch Miller plays it. : OBOE
60
Nominal capital of Bolivia. : SUCRE
61
Sea bird. : ERNE
62
Very large amount. : TONS
63
Guy ropes. : STAYS
64
Network. : RETE
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Symbolic instrument. : HARP
2
Repeatedly. : EVER
3
Speck. : MOTE
4
Row cut by scythe or mower. : SWATH
5
Of the backbone. : SPINAL
6
Press agents' aims. : HEADLINES
7
Class. : RATE
8
Secondhand. : USED
9
Ground prepared for plants. : BED
10
Small town celebrated in song. : TIPPERARY
11
Deviation from the typical. : ABERRATION
12
___ Morgana. : FATA
13
Card. : TREY
18
Dregs. : LEES
21
Shout (with "out"). : SING
23
The linden. : TEIL
24
Bitter. : ACRID
25
Arles' river. : RHONE
26
Prudence. : DISCRETION
28
Prepared the way. : PAVED
30
Elder statesmen of Japan. : GENRO
31
Moved cautiously. : EDGED
33
Seeps through. : PERMEATES
35
Chimerical. : VISIONARY
37
Popular M. C. : DALY
40
Countess' husband. : EARL
44
Overacts. : EMOTES
45
Root from which poi is made. : TARO
49
Thinner. : RARER
50
Dance (with "it"). : FOOT
51
A large pulpit. : AMBO
52
Sulk. : POUT
53
Alms box. : ARCA
54
Slush. : MIRE
55
Tom Sawyer's Polly. : AUNT
56
Pintail duck. : SMEE
58
Library exhibits: Abbr. : MSS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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