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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, January 11, 1989

34-Across : Thwacks

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,309
Across
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Gooseneck : LAMP
5
Standardbred at Yonkers : PACER
10
A.B.A. members : ATTS
14
Sandarac tree : ARAR
15
Capri and Ischia: It. : ISOLE
16
Mother of Hera : RHEA
17
Fortress : STRONGHOLD
19
Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
20
Representation : SYMBOL
21
Having feelings : SENTIENT
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Deceives : LIES
25
Requires : NEEDS
26
Author of "Black Oxen" : ATHERTON
30
___ in (collects) : CASHES
33
Airport, for short : DROME
34
Thwacks : LICKS
36
Baseball's Mel : OTT
37
Measures for wire : MILS
38
Sets right : FIXES
39
Pinter creation : PLAY
40
Close : END
41
Friend of Standish : ALDEN
42
Earp's star : BADGE
43
Snuggle up : NESTLE
45
Puts emphasis on : STRESSES
47
Pays, as a bill : FOOTS
49
Grade : SORT
50
Manufacturers' output : PRODUCTS
53
Indolent : OTIOSE
57
Air: Comb. form : AERI
58
Be left with the entire blame : HOLDTHEBAG
60
Charge per unit : RATE
61
Baffle : ELUDE
62
Berlin creation : SONG
63
Old English letters : EDHS
64
Carried on : RAGED
65
Koppel and Husing : TEDS
Down
1
Young lady : LASS
2
Ostentatious, in a way : ARTY
3
Madam, in Dogpatch : MARM
4
Things to be solved : PROBLEMS
5
Sow's baby : PIGLET
6
Tough timber tree : ASH
7
Dove sounds : COOS
8
Burstyn of the screen : ELLEN
9
Bigoted hicks : REDNECKS
10
Calla lilies, e.g. : AROIDS
11
Entrances : THRESHOLDS
12
Harold of the comics : TEEN
13
River in Ariz. : SALT
18
Black, to Brigitte : NOIRE
22
Assam and keemun : TEAS
24
Reliable : SOLID
26
Madison Ave. figures : ADMEN
27
Threefold : TRINE
28
Speaks in public : HOLDSFORTH
29
Puts thumbs down : NIXES
31
Story, in St.-Lô : ETAGE
32
Eye ailments : STYES
35
Pennies : CENTS
38
Ala.-born actress Louise ___ : FLETCHER
39
Most pallid : PASTIEST
41
Surname of three baseball brothers : ALOU
42
Wharf space for a liner : BERTH
44
Small flycatchers : TODIES
46
Firmly established : ROOTED
48
Garb for Caesar's wife : STOLA
50
Cut off : PARE
51
What to do between the lines : READ
52
Hit hard : SLUG
54
Hautboy : OBOE
55
Kind of dollar or storm : SAND
56
___-and-bacon (toadflax) : EGGS
59
A.E.S. opponent : DDE

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

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