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Madeline Corse
New York Times, Monday, January 20, 1958
61-Across : Trifles.
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.
1 A | 2 M | 3 M | 4 A | 5 C | 6 A | 7 R | 8 O | 9 M | 10 C | 11 R | 12 A | 13 M |
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14 S | I | A | M | 15 O | P | E | R | A | 16 A | I | N | U |
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17 P | R | O | P | 18 U | L | S | I | O | N | 19 N | O | I | L |
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20 S | A | T | 21 T | O | E | S | 22 T | 23 I | T | T | L | E |
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24 S | 25 P | I | N | S | 26 R | I | D | E | ||||||
27 S | 28 T | E | E | L | Y | 29 C | O | L | O | R | 30 A | 31 D | 32 O |
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33 T | I | T | L | E | 34 S | H | A | L | L | 35 U | R | U |
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36 A | B | U | T | 37 C | L | A | R | A | 38 E | T | A | T |
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39 M | I | N | 40 L | I | A | R | S | 41 S | L | O | P | E |
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42 P | A | G | 43 E | A | N | T | S | 44 H | U | M | M | E | R |
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45 A | V | E | S | 46 S | A | M | O | A | ||||||
47 W | 48 R | 49 I | T | E | R | 50 S | E | R | A | 51 T | 52 E | 53 L |
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54 R | I | V | E | 55 A | 56 N | T | A | R | C | 57 T | I | C | A |
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58 A | G | A | R | 59 M | I | A | M | I | 60 D | O | R | M |
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61 P | I | N | S | 62 A | B | Y | S | S | 63 S | N | U | B |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,128
Across
1
Abbess or spiritual mother. : AMMA
5
Billiard shot. : CAROM
10
Stuff. : CRAM
14
Mongkut's country. : SIAM
15
"Vanessa," for example. : OPERA
16
Japanese aborigine. : AINU
17
Force of a rocket. : PROPULSION
19
Short wool fiber. : NOIL
20
Convened. : SAT
21
Parts of pumps. : TOES
22
Iota. : TITTLE
24
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
31
Arrange in folds. : DRAPE
32
A kind of space. : OUTER
34
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
46
Coal strata. : SEAMS
47
Garment. : WRAP
48
Peak in central Switzerland. : RIGI
49
___ Petrosky Skivar. : IVAN
50
Brace. : STAY
52
Color. : ECRU
53
Cosset. : LAMB
56
Point. : NIB
57
Gridiron scores. : TDS
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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