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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Wednesday, November 21, 1956

17-Across : Lucky chance.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, 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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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,703
Across
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Parts of canal locks. : GATES
6
Keep quiet! : SHSH
10
Academic gown. : ROBE
14
Ring-shaped reef. : ATOLL
15
Shrill. : PIPY
16
Hibernia. : ERIN
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Lucky chance. : FLUKE
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___ in the wood. : AGED
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Singer to the music of a harp. : BARD
20
Conifer. : FIR
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Where Haarlem is. : NETHERLANDS
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Central points. : NODES
26
Cereal grain. : OAT
27
See the world. : TRAVEL
29
Make irrelevant remarks. : DIGRESS
33
Well-known name in opera. : HOMER
34
Summoned by calling by name. : PAGED
35
Indian. : UTE
37
Level. : EVEN
38
Assume. : PUTON
39
Wing length. : SPAN
40
Foreign monetary unit. : YEN
41
Author of "John Brown's Body." : BENET
42
Rigorous. : STERN
43
Violins and cellos. : STRINGS
45
Magna ___. : CHARTA
46
Against: Prefix. : ANT
47
Paintings of a tyro. : DAUBS
48
Favorite buffet repast. : SMORGASBORD
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Sometimes soothing substance. : OIL
56
Want and expect. : HOPE
57
Highlander. : GAEL
58
Thick. : DENSE
60
Biblical name. : ABEL
61
Make eyes (at). : OGLE
62
"Of two ___ choose the lesser." : EVILS
63
Abbreviated metropolitan address. : NYNY
64
Certain fabrics. : NETS
65
Swift currents of water. : RACES
Down
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Fisherman's hook. : GAFF
2
King of the Huns: Norse myth. : ATLI
3
Series of contests. : TOURNAMENT
4
Antlered animal. : ELK
5
Slight. : SLENDER
6
Gaiters. : SPATS
7
Superior. : HIGH
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Maximilian von ___. : SPEE
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Element of vast power. : HYDROGEN
10
Deduction. : REBATE
11
Algerian seaport. : ORAN
12
Warbler. : BIRD
13
Tips. : ENDS
22
Wriggler. : EEL
23
Shortening. : LARD
25
Drying compartment. : OVEN
27
People generally. : THEY
28
Wanders at will. : ROVES
29
Rendezvous. : DATES
30
"___ Rhythm." : IGOT
31
Describing the speed of jets. : SUPERSONIC
32
Move suddenly. : START
34
Boxlike sleigh. : PUNG
36
Place in Sicily. : ENNA
38
Government building. : PENTAGON
39
Try: Colloq. : STAB
41
Nickname of a singing star. : BING
42
Shake. : SHUDDER
44
Seldom. : RARELY
45
Conveyance. : CAR
47
Apportions sparingly. : DOLES
48
Native of Indochina. : SHAN
49
"___ Dick." : MOBY
50
Frank. : OPEN
51
Seasoning. : SAGE
52
Zone. : BELT
54
Man, for example. : ISLE
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Fewer. : LESS
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Little ___. : EVA

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

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