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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Monday, March 15, 1982

24-Across : Understand: Colloq.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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. 11,815
Across
1
Nursery item : CRIB
5
Filmdom's Schary : DORE
9
Airport abbr. : ETA
12
Harness part : HAME
13
Island off Venezuela : ARUBA
15
"___ Harrington," Meredith novel : EVAN
16
Candlenut trees : AMAS
17
Kind of beacon : RADAR
18
Problem with a blue serge suit : LINT
19
N.Y. landmark : BROOKLYNBRIDGE
22
One-time Mexican president : ALEMAN
23
European blackbirds : OUSELS
24
Understand: Colloq. : GET
25
Pool-table covering : FELT
28
Marie Antoinette, e.g. : REINE
29
Newspaper part : ADS
30
Former TV series : SOAP
32
Polka followers : DOTS
33
Alop : MISSHAPEN
36
Fix firmly : MOOR
38
Charge : TOLL
39
Cpl. once : PVT
42
Narrow passes in the Southwest : ABRAS
44
Jack of movie fame : ELAM
46
Disencumber : RID
47
Order at a service station : OCTANE
48
Louts : YAHOOS
50
Philadelphia landmark : THELIBERTYBELL
54
Site of W.W. I battles : OISE
55
Greeting in Maui : ALOHA
56
Secular : LAIC
58
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
59
Kitchen gadget : TIMER
60
Sicilian sight : ETNA
61
Their: Fr. : SES
62
Two-inch nail : SPAD
63
Graduated series of boxes : NEST
Down
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Rolled tea : CHA
2
Wandered : RAMBLED
3
Turkish hospices : IMARETS
4
Twig broom : BESOM
5
Koestler's "___ at Noon" : DARKNESS
6
Spoken : ORAL
7
Crooner Vallee : RUDY
8
Israeli statesman : EBAN
9
Clear; plain : EVIDENT
10
Complications for anglers : TANGLES
11
Certain stakes : ANTES
14
Place shaded by trees : ARBOR
15
Dropping of a vowel in pronunciation : ELISION
20
Blockhead : OAF
21
___ Rivoli, Paris : RUEDE
22
Arabian commander : AGA
26
Lacking assurance : LOST
27
Resort at the base of the Sierra Nevadas : TAHOE
31
Cloy : PALL
33
"Carmen" character : MORALES
34
Native of Qain : IRANI
35
Recreation area : PLAYYARD
36
Prime mover : MACHINE
37
Begs for : OBTESTS
39
Stretched out at the poles : PROLATE
40
Creations at Cremona : VIOLINS
41
These score six pts. : TDS
43
Jewish month: Var. : SEBAT
45
Fairy queen : MAB
47
Siouan Indians : OTOES
49
Reddy or Moody : HELEN
51
Ancient country in Greece : ELIS
52
Easy victory : ROMP
53
"Take ___ Train," 1941 song : THEA
57
Channel ___ (food fish) : CAT

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1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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