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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Monday, January 9, 1967

11-Across : Destructive insects.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 45, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 46, Cheaters: 20, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,358
Across
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Rain. : POUR
5
"Common" event. : COLD
9
Irish seaport. : TRALEE
11
Destructive insects. : BORERS
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Very changeable. : PROTEAN
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Menu section. : ENTREES
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Strip of wood. : LATH
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Metallic sounds. : CLANGS
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Hail! : AVE
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Lyric work. : ODE
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Early title of honor. : CHILDE
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Duck. : SMEW
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Ornamentation. : DECOR
25
Fireworks. : SPARKLERS
27
Oxford and Pall Mall. : STREETS
29
Turkish decree. : IRADE
30
Burning glass. : LENS
31
Triumph over. : BEAT
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Relatives of cutlets. : CHOPS
34
Least hurried. : EASIEST
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Church parts. : TRANSEPTS
39
Monarchs. : TSARS
41
Junior and others. : SONS
42
Highway features. : MOTELS
44
Modern: Prefix. : NEO
45
Water lily leaf. : PAD
46
Wear away. : ABRADE
47
Style of furniture. : ADAM
48
Unfruitful. : STERILE
50
Dined too well. : OVERATE
52
Certain photographs. : SLIDES
53
Stair posts. : NEWELS
54
Roman goddess of hope. : SPES
55
Not as much. : LESS
Down
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Defend. : PROTECT
2
Courtroom procedure. : OATH
3
Diminutive suffix. : ULE
4
Go as far as. : REACH
5
Collection of things. : CONGERIES
6
Leavings. : ORTS
7
Gaelic sea god. : LER
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Envisioned. : DREAMED
9
Certain winds. : TRADES
10
Joins. : ENLISTS
11
Noted mask maker. : BENDA
12
Unornamented. : SEVERE
13
Move slowly. : PLOD
15
Embroiders. : SEWS
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Dolomites. : ALPS
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Moves slowly. : CREEPS
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Lists of candidates. : SLATES
24
Popular fabrics. : ORLONS
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Venomous snakes of Asia. : KRAITS
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Combos. : ENSEMBLES
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Predicated upon. : BASEDON
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Slavic people. : CROATS
33
___ "Largo." : HANDELS
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Girl's name. : ETTA
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Mercury's talaria. : SANDALS
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Special tidbits. : TREATS
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Measures: Abbr. : TSPS
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Tiny orifices. : PORES
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Far from negligible. : SOME
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Social standing. : LEVEL
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Nurse's ___. : AIDE
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God of war. : ARES
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Move swiftly. : RIP
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Member of the flock. : EWE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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