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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, January 20, 1958

22-Across : Iota.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,128
Across
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Abbess or spiritual mother. : AMMA
5
Billiard shot. : CAROM
10
Stuff. : CRAM
14
Mongkut's country. : SIAM
15
"Vanessa," for example. : OPERA
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Japanese aborigine. : AINU
17
Force of a rocket. : PROPULSION
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Short wool fiber. : NOIL
20
Convened. : SAT
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Parts of pumps. : TOES
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Iota. : TITTLE
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Whirls. : SPINS
26
Gangster's finale. : RIDE
27
Adamant. : STEELY
29
River into Gulf of California. : COLORADO
33
Legal possession. : TITLE
34
Auxiliary verb. : SHALL
35
Latin-American country: Abbr. : URU
36
Border on. : ABUT
37
Santa ___. : CLARA
38
"L'___, c'est moi." : ETAT
39
Lowest degree: Abbr. : MIN
40
Deceivers. : LIARS
41
Incline. : SLOPE
42
Spectacular exhibitions. : PAGEANTS
44
Energetic person: Slang. : HUMMER
45
The birds: Zool. : AVES
46
Group of Pacific islands. : SAMOA
47
Journalist. : WRITER
50
Vaccines. : SERA
51
Word element meaning "distant." : TEL
54
Tear apart. : RIVE
55
Location of Hillary expedition. : ANTARCTICA
58
Seaweed substance. : AGAR
59
City on Biscayne Bay. : MIAMI
60
Student quarters. : DORM
61
Trifles. : PINS
62
Bottomless pit. : ABYSS
63
Descriptive of some noses. : SNUB
Down
1
Vipers. : ASPS
2
Remarkable variable star. : MIRA
3
Asian Red. : MAOTSETUNG
4
Unit of electricity: Abbr. : AMP
5
Settlement. : COLONY
6
Recesses in basilicas. : APSES
7
Former Brazilian money. : REIS
8
___ y plata. : ORO
9
Type of veil. : MANTILLA
10
Easy gait. : CANTER
11
Public disturbance. : RIOT
12
Indigo. : ANIL
13
Slipper. : MULE
18
Practical: Obs. : UTILE
23
Object of great devotion. : IDOL
25
Throw missiles. : PELT
26
Laughs loudly. : ROARS
27
Distinctive mark. : STAMP
28
Shinbone. : TIBIA
29
Scorches. : CHARS
30
Use of electronic devices. : AUTOMATION
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Arrange in folds. : DRAPE
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A kind of space. : OUTER
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Nickname for a thin man. : SLATS
37
Method of movie presentation. : CINERAMA
38
Patron saint of sailors. : ELMO
40
Wash. : LAVE
41
Colorful shrub. : SUMAC
43
Diners. : EATERS
44
___ tweed. : HARRIS
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Coal strata. : SEAMS
47
Garment. : WRAP
48
Peak in central Switzerland. : RIGI
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___ Petrosky Skivar. : IVAN
50
Brace. : STAY
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Color. : ECRU
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Cosset. : LAMB
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Point. : NIB
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Gridiron scores. : TDS

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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