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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Monday, March 29, 1993

24-Across : Put down

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, 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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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,847
Across
1
Claim : AVER
5
Singer born in Trinidad : OCEAN
10
Basics : ABCS
14
A cold, violent wind : BORA
15
Thriller episode : CHASE
16
Kind of ball : MEAT
17
Father of R. E. Lee : LIGHTHORSEHARRY
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Tokyo, once : EDO
21
Unrelenting : IRON
22
Scheme : ANGLE
23
Dec. 24 and 31 : EVES
24
Put down : LAID
26
___ acid : AMINO
29
Engraved inscriptions : EPIGRAPHS
34
Lombard or Landis : CAROLE
36
Latin I verb : AMO
37
Relay section : LAP
38
Tennyson subject : THELIGHTBRIGADE
42
Sea eagle : ERN
43
Female ruff : REE
44
Smear with oil : ANOINT
45
Morsel for Bambi? : DEERBERRY
49
Jalopy scars : DENTS
50
Hudson or LaSalle : AUTO
51
Eastern potentate : EMIR
53
Time to be, in Paris : APRIL
56
Hidden obstacle : SNAG
57
Shaver's vessel : MUG
60
Film in which Paderewski appeared : MOONLIGHTSONATA
64
York river : OUSE
65
Danton colleague : MARAT
66
General Bradley : OMAR
67
African village : STAD
68
Wrong : AMISS
69
Screen lion in Oz : LAHR
Down
1
Fit to be tried : ABLE
2
Empty space : VOID
3
An inferred conclusion : ERGO
4
Bowl sound : RAH
5
Pigment for Opie : OCHRE
6
Opt : CHOOSE
7
Be a breadwinner : EARN
8
Balaam's mount : ASS
9
Nay homophone : NEE
10
Blake of "Gunsmoke" : AMANDA
11
"Wozzeck" composer : BERG
12
Rob Reiner's father : CARL
13
Eye problem : STYE
18
Villa d'Este site : TIVOLI
19
Shirt material? : HAIR
23
Puzzler's compound : ENOL
24
Part of a birch : LIMB
25
Marketplace : AGORA
26
Emulated Loren : ACTED
27
Gold-medal skier : MAHRE
28
Goddess of peace : IRENE
30
Etonian's parent : PATER
31
Unadorned : PLAIN
32
"I ___ Anyone Till You" : HADNT
33
Small barracudas : SPETS
35
Long-legged bird : EGRET
39
Deli order : HERO
40
Ellington's "Mood ___" : INDIGO
41
One on the run : GOER
46
Bestowed profusely : RAINED
47
Papal document : BULL
48
Gossips : YENTAS
52
Sail supports : MASTS
53
Prophet from Tekoa : AMOS
54
Moue : POUT
55
Painter Bonheur : ROSA
56
Title of respect in India : SHRI
57
Doll's sound : MAMA
58
The Beehive State : UTAH
59
Teri from Lakewood, Ohio : GARR
61
Miss Hogg : IMA
62
School of whales : GAM
63
Lon of Cambodia : NOL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 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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