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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, January 10, 1992

53-Across : Musical family

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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J
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O
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B
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M
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I
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D
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A
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S
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L
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E
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O
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N
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E
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A
P
O
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E
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E
R
O
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A
L
D
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R
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M
A
X
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A
N
D
B
U
D
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D
Y
B
A
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R
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B
R
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W
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I
T
S
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R
O
A
L
D
S
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S
T
R
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E
T
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H
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O
O
F
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B
E
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D
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C
O
F
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F
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R
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E
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T
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A
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V
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I
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S
O
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E
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R
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L
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A
U
L
A
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B
A
R
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N
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E
C
E
S
S
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I
T
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S
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E
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M
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L
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C
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B
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N
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S
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S
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D
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Y
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E
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A
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I
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A
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P
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P
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E
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S
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C
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U
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O
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C
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H
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L
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T
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R
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T
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R
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N
B
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A
R
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A
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H
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T
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L
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,403
Across
1
Task : JOB
4
Touchy king : MIDAS
9
Money of Freetown : LEONE
14
G.I. address : APO
15
Julio's January : ENERO
16
Birch relative : ALDER
17
Brawny brothers : MAXANDBUDDYBAER
20
Contrive : BREW
21
T.G.I.F. part : ITS
22
Amundsen and Dahl : ROALDS
23
Scene of a Rice play : STREET
25
Dance : HOOF
27
Board's partner : BED
29
Small chest : COFFRET
34
Dispatch boat : AVISO
38
Of an epoch : ERAL
40
German auditorium : AULA
41
Food and water, e.g. : BARENECESSITIES
44
Salinger girl : ESME
45
Alençon export : LACE
46
Former Czech leader : BENES
47
Hollywood sub : STANDIN
49
Affirmative : YEA
51
Toxin preceder : ANTI
53
Musical family : TRAPPS
58
Cape Verde coin : ESCUDO
62
"Evita" role : CHE
64
Cheerful song : LILT
65
68
Lofty abode : AERIE
69
Mezzo Marilyn : HORNE
70
Padre's sister : TIA
71
Some haymakers : LEFTS
72
Round : ORBED
73
At all : ANY
Down
1
Window parts : JAMBS
2
MOMA display : OPART
3
Ring master : BOXER
4
Brando film, with "The" : MEN
5
Put down in writing : INDITE
6
Red item : DEBT
7
In ___ (hurrying) : ARUSH
8
Instant lawn : SOD
9
Recessionary ill : LAYOFF
10
Isle of exile : ELBA
11
Medieval Teutonic estate : ODAL
12
Privation : NEED
13
Is off base : ERRS
18
Dazzle : AWE
19
Talks nonsense : DROOLS
24
Inky : EBON
26
Irish dramatist : OCASEY
28
Tilt and pour : DECANT
30
Lot : FATE
31
Devastation : RUIN
32
"Waiting for the Robert ___" : ELEE
33
Scottish goblet : TASS
34
Burrows and Beame : ABES
35
Seemingly endless : VAST
36
"La Douce" : IRMA
37
Spotted : SEEN
39
Part of R & R : REC
42
Writer Wylie : ELINOR
43
Construction piece : IBAR
48
Pedestal sections : DADOES
50
" ... nature's copy's not ___": Shak. : ETERNE
52
Zeus's blood : ICHOR
54
Dalmatic's kin : ALB
55
Vatican sculpture : PIETA
56
Unadorned : PLAIN
57
S.P.C.A. concern : STRAY
58
Latin abbr. : ETAL
59
Irish sprite : SHEE
60
Memorable publisher : CERF
61
Crew : UNIT
63
Prettyface, e.g. : HERB
66
Le Duc ___ : THO
67
Sparks of old films : NED

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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