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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Thursday, March 14, 1957

27-Across : Sudden transitions.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,816
Across
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Title for Eisenhower: Abbr. : CINC
5
Pronoun. : HER
8
Intervals. : SPACES
14
With: Fr. : AVEC
15
Prayer. : AVE
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Sock pattern. : ARGYLL
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Latin Quarter native. : PARISIAN
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Unavailing. : FEEBLE
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Support for a hot dish. : TRIVET
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Submit. : OBEY
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Oath: Ger. : EID
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Signal code. : WIGWAG
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Sea birds. : ERNS
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Sudden transitions. : LEAPS
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With a heart of stone. : INHUMAN
33
___ expense (gratis). : ATNO
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___ de Calais (Strait of Dover). : PAS
35
Publicized. : AIRED
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Design. : PATTERN
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Jogged along. : TROTTED
41
Fall from grace. : LAPSE
42
Command. : BID
43
Commercial center of Hawaii. : HILO
44
Meatball. : RISSOLE
46
Headline word for March 27. : OSCAR
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
49
Habituated. : INURED
51
Member of race of the Punjab. : JAT
52
Arabian gulf. : ADEN
53
Alice and George. : GOBELS
58
Place in isolation. : ENISLE
60
Sporting events. : DOGRACES
62
Protective covering. : COCOON
63
Cockney's idol. : ERO
64
Surprised exclamations. : AHAS
65
Special china. : TEASET
66
Directed. : RAN
67
Yahoo. : LOUT
Down
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Officer: Abbr. : CAPT
2
Match King Kreuger. : IVAR
3
St. Philip ___. : NERI
4
204. : CCIV
5
Port-au-Prince is its capital. : HAITI
6
Heroine of 1851. : EVA
7
Glories. : RENOWNS
8
Radar, for instance. : SAFEGUARD
9
Victim. : PREY
10
Stone or Bronze. : AGE
11
Relating to a mechanical man. : CYBERNETIC
12
Mrs. Berlin. : ELLIN
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Vehicles on runners. : SLEDS
18
Hems. : SEWS
22
Word of contempt. : BAH
25
Part of Menotti's name. : GIAN
26
Rare ___. : EARTHS
27
Circuit. : LAP
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Scene of Deep-freeze. : ANTARCTICA
30
Stew with dumplings. : POTPIE
32
"O Sole ___." : MIO
34
Ben-Zvi, for example. : PRESIDENT
36
Rue ___ Paix. : DELA
38
Letter. : ESS
39
Style of pinafore. : TIER
40
Beetle. : DOR
42
Flounder. : BLUNDER
45
Indivisible. : ONE
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Fragrance. : ODOR
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Drive out. : EJECT
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Craft with sponsons. : CANOE
50
Incite. : EGGON
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Drug plant. : ALOE
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False god. : BAAL
55
Well-known oread. : ECHO
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Il tombe de ___ (it is raining: Fr.). : LEAU
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Hissing sound. : SSST
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Signal for help. : SOS
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___ pro nobis. : ORA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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