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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Thursday, March 10, 1983

16-Across : John Sinjohn was his pseudonym

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, 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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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,175
Across
1
Bradshaw-Stallworth coup : BOMB
5
Four inches : HAND
9
Problem of urban U.S.A. : SMOG
13
With 14 Across, a land mass : ASIA
14
See 13 Across : MINOR
15
___ Sea, Arctic Ocean arm : KARA
16
John Sinjohn was his pseudonym : GALSWORTHY
18
Common contraction : ISNT
19
Lab vessels : RETORTS
20
Former denizens of Mauritius : DODOES
22
Hawaiian hawks : IOS
23
"___ Pop," Seuss book : HOPON
24
Wheedles : CAJOLES
28
When rakes come out of closets : OCTOBER
31
King and Ladd : ALANS
32
Cisterns : TANKS
34
Culprit, in Calabria : REO
35
Londoners' hols. : VACS
36
Marks for omission : DELES
37
Township in Africa : DORP
38
Erstwhile Eur. arena : ETO
39
Early Berlin song : ARABY
40
Arkansas, the ___ State : BOWIE
41
Pitted pros against cons : DEBATED
43
Generated : SPAWNED
45
Ring-around-___ : AROSY
46
Follower of north or south : ERN
47
Twiggy brooms : BESOMS
49
Pledged : TROTHED
53
Most westerly of the Aleutians : ATTU
54
Kind of jacket : EISENHOWER
57
He lived for 905 years : ENOS
58
Cows and horses : ROANS
59
A son of Jacob : LEVI
60
Adjective for Jonson : RARE
61
Irrational number : SURD
62
Kind of race : DRAG
Down
1
Reticule : BAG
2
Glacial ridges : OSAR
3
Odometer unit : MILE
4
Fortified places : BASTIONS
5
Al of music : HIRT
6
Julian Huxley book : ANTS
7
Dance-drama of Japan : NOH
8
Repair areas for vessels : DRYDOCKS
9
Scram : SKIDOO
10
Critic John ___ : MASONBROWN
11
River in Normandy : ORNE
12
Mobsters' magnums : GATS
14
U.S. artist-inventor : MORSE
17
Winter fabrics : WOOLS
21
Picks : OPTS
23
Darlings : HONEYS
24
___ in (collapsed) : CAVED
25
Winged : ALATE
26
Financier John ___ : JACOBASTOR
27
Slow's partner : STEADY
29
Hair-raising : EERIE
30
Used a riata : ROPED
33
Priestly garb : ALB
36
Pieces of furniture : DRESSERS
37
Act of minimizing, as of expenses : DOWNHOLD
39
Bit : ATOM
40
German explorer: 1821-65 : BARTH
42
Kindle : AROUSE
44
Constables in India : PEONS
47
Former heavyweight champ : BAER
48
Landmark in Sicily : ETNA
49
Dictatorial person : TSAR
50
Sunder : REND
51
Wide-mouthed container : EWER
52
Hindu divine being : DEVA
55
Promissory note : IOU
56
Fix : RIG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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