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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, November 5, 1982

48-Across : Aromatic spice

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,050
Across
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Sorcerers : MAGI
5
Crow : GLOAT
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Kind of ice : PACK
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Ancient instrument : ASOR
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Gear for a cowboy : RIATA
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U.S.S.R. range : ALAI
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Helper of the sick : PHYSIOTHERAPIST
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Marmora, e.g. : SEA
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Spiritual guide : GURU
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Selects : SIFTS
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Dancer Greco : JOSE
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___-de-sac (blind alleys) : CULS
26
March 15 verb : BEWARE
29
Actress Young : LORETTA
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In the center of : AMID
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High home : AERIE
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"___ rambling wreck ... " : IMA
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Popular soap opera : GENERALHOSPITAL
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Adjective for champagne : SEC
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Publicity : ECLAT
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Ship's berth : SLIP
43
Member of the NAREB : REALTOR
45
Mount St. ___ : HELENS
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Worst : BEST
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Aromatic spice : MACE
49
Gooselike sea bird : SOLAN
52
Decant : POUR
53
"To ___ their golden eyes": Shak. : OPE
56
Helpers of the sick : PRACTICALNURSES
60
Danish composer : ENNA
61
Actor from Manchester, Eng. : DONAT
62
Tilted; askew : ALOP
63
Fuses : WEDS
64
Crockery pieces : EWERS
65
Type of league : PONY
Down
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Astronomers' sketches : MAPS
2
County in N.C. : ASHE
3
Designer of the Prado tapestries : GOYA
4
Taxing org. : IRS
5
Complain : GROUSE
6
Metric unit : LITRE
7
Punchbowl site : OAHU
8
Blind impulse : ATE
9
Ralph Rackstraw : TAR
10
Mary, Queen of Scots, to foes : PAPIST
11
Arabic letter : ALIF
12
Part of a playbill : CAST
13
Baby raccoons : KITS
18
Operatic prince : IGOR
19
In the arms of Morpheus : ASLEEP
23
Nephrite : JADE
24
Barbizon painter : COROT
25
"Exodus" author : URIS
26
Catches : BAGS
27
Eastern potentate : EMEER
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Recoil : WINCE
29
Composer of "The Yellow Jacket" : LEHAR
30
What Leonard holds : TITLE
31
Exceedingly : AMAIN
33
Distribute : ALLOT
35
Pennines : ALPS
37
Slacken : RELENT
38
Quintet in Gounod's "Faust" : ACTS
39
Man, e.g. : ISLE
44
Fibers from banana plants : ABACAS
45
Persists : HAUNTS
46
Neutral color : ECRU
48
Grinding : MOLAR
49
Gush : SPEW
50
Calvados river : ORNE
51
Realm : LAND
52
Bread, in Bologna : PANE
53
___ breakfast (uncooked meal) : OSLO
54
Indian foot soldier : PEON
55
Spot : ESPY
57
Food fish : IDE
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Muley : COW
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Knap : RAP

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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