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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Monday, March 20, 1967
20-Across : Dawdled (around), British style.
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 A | 6 S | 7 A | 8 G | 9 O | 10 L | 11 F |
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12 A | O | R | T | A | 13 M | O | L | 14 T | 15 U | V | A | E |
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16 I | N | C | U | N | 17 A | B | U | L | A | 18 T | E | N | N |
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19 R | E | A | D | E | R | 20 P | O | T | 21 T | E | R | E | D |
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22 Y | S | E | 23 R | 24 T | E | R | N | |||||||
25 A | 26 M | 27 P | 28 T | A | E | 29 L | S | 30 A | B | 31 B | 32 E | 33 S |
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34 D | E | A | 35 F | 36 W | E | E | 37 S | P | E | E | C | H |
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38 A | L | G | A | 39 A | D | D | 40 L | E | 41 R | A | T | A |
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42 P | E | A | C | 43 H | Y | 44 O | E | R | 45 G | R | O | W |
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46 T | E | N | S | E | 47 E | N | T | R | 48 E | 49 D | R | S |
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50 I | R | 51 I | D | 52 S | A | R | 53 D | |||||||
54 T | 55 H | 56 U | M | B | S | U | 57 P | 58 T | I | R | 59 A | 60 D | 61 E |
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62 R | E | N | I | 63 E | C | U | 64 M | E | N | I | C | A | L |
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65 A | X | I | L | 66 R | E | P | P | 67 G | E | R | M | S |
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68 M | A | T | E | 69 S | S | H | 70 O | D | E | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,428
Across
1
Perch's cousin. : BASS
5
Brown ___ berry. : ASA
8
Kind of club. : GOLF
12
Chief artery. : AORTA
13
Shed feathers. : MOLT
15
Bunches of grapes: Lat. : UVAE
16
Books printed before 1500. : INCUNABULA
18
State: Abbr. : TENN
19
Lector. : READER
20
Dawdled (around), British style. : POTTERED
22
Belgian river. : YSER
24
Sea bird. : TERN
25
Electrical unit: Abbr. : AMP
28
Oriental money. : TAELS
30
French clerics. : ABBES
34
Unheeding. : DEAF
36
Tiny. : WEE
37
Address. : SPEECH
38
Sea lettuce. : ALGA
39
Confuse. : ADDLE
41
Pro ___. : RATA
42
Fine and dandy. : PEACHY
44
Again: Poet. : OER
45
Burgeon. : GROW
46
Strained. : TENSE
47
Among: Fr. : ENTRE
49
Ph.D.'s. : DRS
50
Crocus, for one. : IRID
52
Carnelian. : SARD
54
Signal of approval. : THUMBSUP
58
Philippic. : TIRADE
62
Guido ___, Italian painter. : RENI
63
Universal: Eccl. : ECUMENICAL
65
Twig-branch angle. : AXIL
66
Tie stuff. : REPP
67
Bacteria. : GERMS
68
Companion. : MATE
69
Quiet! : SSH
70
Poetry. : ODES
Down
1
Kind of china. : BONE
2
Alms box. : ARCA
3
Room. : STUDY
4
Most rational. : SANEST
5
Diplomat: Abbr. : AMB
6
Pepper pot. : SOUP
7
Gives out. : ALLOTS
8
Name associated with first printed Bible. : GUTENBERG
9
Past. : OVER
10
Path. : LANE
11
Ward (off). : FEND
12
Tune. : AIR
14
London gallery. : TATE
17
Space between buildings. : AREAWAY
21
Carriage. : TRAP
23
Plant. : REED
25
Adjust. : ADAPT
26
Fray. : MELEE
27
Heathen. : PAGAN
29
Lured. : LEDON
31
Young man's fancy. : BEARD
32
King Arthur's foster father. : ECTOR
33
Bernard and others. : SHAWS
35
Replica. : FACSIMILE
37
Notched. : SERRATE
40
Rents. : LETS
43
Aromatic plant. : HERB
47
Elicits. : EDUCES
48
___ bragh. : ERINGO
51
Bohemian river. : ISER
53
Desiccated. : DRIED
54
Car. : TRAM
55
Six: Prefix. : HEXA
56
Monad. : UNIT
57
Kennel denizens. : PUPS
59
Land measure. : ACRE
60
Beavers' forte. : DAMS
61
Letters. : ELS
64
Speed, for short. : MPH
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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