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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Monday, February 25, 1963

24-Across : Realtor's concern.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,962
Across
1
Play. : ENACT
6
TV monogram. : CBS
9
Feminine title. : MADAM
14
Hemingway character. : PILAR
15
Place for the "lowing herd." : LEA
16
Kim's last name. : OHARA
17
Incensed. : IRATE
18
Like Mona Lisa's smile. : ENIGMATIC
20
Conference site of 1943. : CASABLANCA
22
River of Scotland. : ESK
23
Paris museum. : CLUNY
24
Realtor's concern. : LEASES
27
May day VIP's. : MOTHERS
30
Cobbler's tool. : AWL
31
Supervisors. : OVERSEERS
34
Push rudely. : ELBOW
38
Greek commune. : DEME
39
Pieces of candy. : DROPS
41
Name on a green stamp. : EIRE
42
Expunge. : ERASE
44
Wandered off. : STRAGGLED
46
Tax man: Abbr. : IRO
48
Matriculates. : ENROLLS
49
Inventor of a repeating rifle. : MAUSER
52
Branch of the Ural-Altaic family. : TATAR
53
Inauspicious. : ILL
54
Transitional stages. : GRADATIONS
59
Supple. : LITHESOME
62
First in a series of satellites. : ECHOI
63
Lands. : ACRES
64
Sea: Fr. : MER
65
Monsoon weather. : RAINS
66
Comes close (to). : NEARS
67
Newspaper items. : ADS
68
Some plums. : SLOES
Down
1
Majestic. : EPIC
2
Blue Eagle initials, 1933. : NIRA
3
State: Abbr. : ALAS
4
Term for a mixed metaphor. : CATACHRESIS
5
Highest parts, in music. : TREBLES
6
Housewives' aids. : CLEANSERS
7
Jack. : BENNY
8
Mediterranean vessel. : SAIC
9
See 27 Across. : MOM
10
Eureka! : AHA
11
Teen-ager's concern. : DATES
12
Spring. : ARISE
13
Connie and others. : MACKS
19
Festal. : GALA
21
Enticed. : LURED
25
Sheep. : EWE
26
Figurative. : ALLEGORICAL
27
Customary usage. : MODE
28
Through. : OVER
29
Musical term: It. : TEMA
32
Poppycock! : ROT
33
Butter knives. : SPREADERS
35
Advertising poster. : BILL
36
Part of the Black Earth area. : OREL
37
Marries. : WEDS
40
December symbol. : SANTA
43
Cockney's answer to roll call. : ERE
45
Kitchen utensils. : GRATERS
47
NATO and others: Abbr. : ORGS
49
Lombardy's capital. : MILAN
50
Shade of blue. : ALICE
51
Extravagant. : ULTRA
52
Softened. : TAMED
55
City NW of Napoli. : ROMA
56
Where Zanesville is. : OHIO
57
___ the less. : NONE
58
Sibilant sound. : SISS
60
Pronoun. : HER
61
Feminine suffix. : ESS

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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