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Margery Bernstein
Margery Bernstein

New York Times, Thursday, April 11, 1974

39-Across : Superlative suffix

Author:
Margery Bernstein
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Margery Bernstein has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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A
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S
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H
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S
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A
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B
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L
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E
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A
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C
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T
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A
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A
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U
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A
M
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R
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T
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S
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L
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L
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G
E
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L
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R
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S
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I
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K
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M
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I
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F
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A
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E
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S
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R
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O
V
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R
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Y
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S
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S
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W
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A
M
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S
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S
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C
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P
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A
P
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R
S
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S
K
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T
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A
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B
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S
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C
H
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S
L
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A
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A
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H
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E
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N
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T
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C
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B
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R
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U
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M
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D
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D
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B
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Z
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G
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L
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U
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W
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,007
Across
1
___ on the line : CASH
5
Dark fur : SABLE
10
Meeting records : ACTA
14
Aleutian island : ATTU
15
Moslem prince : AMEER
16
N. M. resort : TAOS
17
Rich soil : LOAM
18
Feudal sovereigns : LIEGELORDS
20
Class : ILK
21
Skirt length : MIDI
22
Within: Prefix : ENTO
23
Unwelcome hint : FLEAINONESEAR
27
Chemical suffix : INE
28
Superimposes : OVERLAYS
31
Hindu teacher : SWAMI
34
Snicks and ___ : SNEES
35
Tent fixture : COT
36
Sets in competition : PITS
37
Imitative ones : APERS
38
Kind of terrier : SKYE
39
Superlative suffix : EST
40
Give pleasure to : AMUSE
41
Twig broom : BESOM
42
Essayist's signature : CHASLAMB
44
Shoe width : AAA
45
Place for a fly : INTHEOINTMENT
50
Arrow poison : INEE
51
Sgts. ,e.g. : NCOS
52
" ... no moaning of the ___ when ... " : BAR
53
Weakened : UNDERMINED
56
Look fondly on : DOTE
57
Singer Joan : BAEZ
58
Rocket stage : AGENA
59
Zest : ELAN
60
Business-letter words : INRE
61
Up to : UNTIL
62
"At 10 a child, at 20 ___" : WILD
Down
1
Neighbor of Nev. : CALIF
2
Ring-shaped island : ATOLL
3
Personal involvement : STAKE
4
Apiary sound : HUM
5
Briny : SALINE
6
Of an acid group : AMIDO
7
Obsession : BEEINONESBONNET
8
Triangle part : LEG
9
Before : ERE
10
Having no key : ATONAL
11
Vanishing street fixtures : CARTRACKS
12
Stir : TODO
13
Donkey : ASS
19
Derisive looks : LEERS
21
Short version of 21 Across : MINI
24
Goals : AIMS
25
Town in Belgium : EVERE
26
Catches on : SEES
29
Spool toy : YOYO
30
Flower or pipe part : STEM
31
Not ordinary: Abbr. : SPEC
32
Desire : WISH
33
Bill of ___ : ATTAINDER
34
Froth : SPUME
37
Eastern nurse : AMAH
38
Wrinkle : SEAM
40
Do a dress-making job : ALTER
41
Haunted-house dwellers : BATS
43
Cough's relative : SNEEZE
44
Of a cell terminal : ANODAL
46
Tribe led by Boadicea : ICENI
47
Town near Salerno : EBOLI
48
Relating to birth : NATAL
49
Course : TREND
50
"I'm ___ awful rush!" : INAN
53
Where, in old Rome : UBI
54
Annamese measure : MAU
55
Car key: Abbr. : IGN
56
Moisture : DEW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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