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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, March 23, 1956

17-Across : Walt Disney classic (with "The").

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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S
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B
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H
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M
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G
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,460
Across
1
Flat fish. : DABS
5
Palazzo in Florence. : PITTI
10
Having reached maturity. : AGED
14
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
15
Negatively charged particle. : ANION
16
Girl in a Spanish song. : NITA
17
Walt Disney classic (with "The"). : RELUCTANTDRAGON
20
Subject for the baby books. : TEETHING
21
Chemical discovery of 1811. : IODIN
22
Part of a fork. : TINE
23
One. : SAME
24
See 46 Across. : ARENA
26
Companion at sea. : SHIPMATE
30
Curved lines, in music. : SLURS
31
Whoopers. : SWANS
32
Slangy term of address. : BUD
33
Certain radio operators. : HAMS
34
Neglect a duty. : SHIRK
35
Pull apart. : REND
36
Soul: Fr. : AME
37
Back of a book. : SPINE
38
Aphetic form of a girl's name. : MELIA
39
Locale of "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing." : HONGKONG
41
Cuts up. : DICES
42
French monarchs. : ROIS
43
Well-known canine. : FALA
44
Creep noiselessly. : STEAL
46
Scene of Ferdinand's downfall. : BULLRING
50
Hollywood version of an old tale. : THEGLASSSLIPPER
52
Nimbus. : HALO
53
Fowl. : GEESE
54
This thing: Span. : ESTO
55
General Bradley. : OMAR
56
Nelson and family. : EDDYS
57
Fling. : TOSS
Down
1
Small missile. : DART
2
Nautical term. : ALEE
3
Tree trunk. : BOLE
4
Speaks hastily and explosively. : SPUTTERS
5
Surface appearance. : PATINA
6
Trifling. : INANE
7
High-pitched sound. : TING
8
Very small amount. : TOT
9
Artist's pigment. : INDIAINK
10
Chaplet: Poet. : ANADEM
11
Hepburn role. : GIGI
12
___ jacket. : ETON
13
Actor Dailey. : DAN
18
Talks volubly: Slang. : CHINS
19
Frolics about. : ROMPS
23
Undergo in common. : SHARE
24
Historical Mission. : ALAMO
25
Cud. : RUMEN
26
Modern music. : SWING
27
White poplar. : ABELE
28
City near site of ancient Carthage. : TUNIS
29
Norse literature. : EDDA
30
Pahlevi of Iran. : SHAH
31
Parts of the legs. : SHINS
34
Food dealer's concern. : SPOILAGE
35
Lay new broadloom. : RECARPET
37
To your health! : SKOAL
38
Thousand: Comb. form. : MILLI
40
Cellist Piatagorsky. : GREGOR
41
Rapids above a flat rock river bottom. : DALLES
43
Worrying over trifles. : FUSSY
44
Piece of household linen. : SHAM
45
Tissue: Anat. : TELA
46
Degree in education. : BSED
47
___ facto. : IPSO
48
Sports appurtenances. : NETS
49
Big: French. : GROS
50
However. : THO
51
But: Latin. : SED

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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