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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, January 26, 1959

35-Across : Autocrats.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { B J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,482
Across
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Ginger cooky. : SNAP
5
U. S. Army medals: Abbr. : DSMS
9
Egyptian deity. : PTAH
13
Vein of ore. : LODE
14
Greetings! : ALOHA
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___ avis. : RARA
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Equal in time. : ISOCHRONAL
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Sen. Watkins' home town. : OREM
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About to dissolve. : MELTING
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Country of S E Asia. : VIETNAM
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Breaks fast. : EATS
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Pass a rope through a block: Naut. : REEVE
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Essential facts. : GISTS
27
Where Lookout Mountain is. : TENNESSEE
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Previously. : ONCE
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Fleur-de-___. : LIS
33
Main highway. : ARTERY
34
Keats' specialty. : ODE
35
Autocrats. : DESPOTS
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Convertible. : CAR
38
Relative of Doña. : SENORA
40
Coldness. : ICE
41
Man's nickname. : MOSE
42
Person with an objective viewpoint. : EXTROVERT
44
Blades of a windmill. : VANES
45
Derivative of ammonia. : AMINE
46
Tear apart. : REND
47
Makes secure. : FASTENS
50
Sweet. : SUGARED
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Bread spread. : OLEO
54
U. S. Naval Station in Cuba. : GUANTANAMO
56
State as fact. : AVER
57
Hebrew word in the Psalms. : SELAH
58
Off balance. : ATIP
59
Numerous. : MANY
60
Works hard: Colloq. : DIGS
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Complete assortments. : SETS
Down
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Spare. : SLIM
2
Retroussé feature. : NOSE
3
Growing up. : ADOLESCENT
4
Salt of fruit acid. : PECTATE
5
Mended places. : DARNS
6
Plod. : SLOG
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"Hoot ___!" : MON
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Barbered. : SHAVEN
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Objection. : PROTEST
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Mountain pool. : TARN
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Region. : AREA
12
City in the Ruhr. : HAMM
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Estrange. : ALIENATE
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Successful songs, books, etc. : HITS
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Team-mate of Tinker and Chance. : EVERS
24
Breathe. : RESPIRE
25
Tailor's iron. : GOOSE
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Catalogue. : INDEX
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Poetic contraction. : TIS
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Not up to par. : SECONDRATE
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Rub out. : ERASE
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British judges' circuits. : EYRES
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What nobody wants. : LEAVINGS
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Race course: Suffix. : DROME
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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Chapel for prayer. : ORATORY
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Tomorrows: Span. : MANANAS
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Followed. : ENSUED
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Bright star in Lyra. : VEGA
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Babe and others. : RUTHS
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The top of a wave. : FOAM
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Thomas ___ Edison. : ALVA
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Examined. : SEEN
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Obstruction. : SNAG
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Send forth. : EMIT
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Cups used in diamond cutting. : DOPS
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Mohammedan name. : ALI

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

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