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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, April 2, 1962

20-Across : Decanters.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,644
Across
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The first of us. : ADAM
5
Perform work carelessly. : SCAMP
10
Cervine animal. : STAG
14
Tibetan priest. : LAMA
15
Volcano on Martinique. : PELEE
16
___ to. : HOVE
17
Collar or jacket. : ETON
18
Seaport in Morocco. : RABAT
19
O'Neill character. : ORIN
20
Decanters. : CARAFES
22
Keep from having. : DEPRIVE
24
Indian tribe. : CREES
26
Rodent. : RAT
27
Zodiac sign of Libra. : SCALES
30
High rank. : TOPLEVEL
35
Slippers. : MULES
36
Baltic port. : RIGA
37
Take a chance. : DARE
38
Rio de ___, Spanish W. African region. : ORO
39
The firmament. : HEAVENS
42
Jeremiah's book: Abbr. : LAM
43
Bits of thread. : LINT
45
Beech or birch. : TREE
46
City of Honshu. : KIOTO
48
At the same time. : TOGETHER
50
Protector. : PATRON
51
Bishopric. : SEE
52
Flash flood. : SPATE
54
Cannons. : MORTARS
58
Run. : OPERATE
62
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
63
Symbol on a quarter. : EAGLE
65
Without feet. : APOD
66
Tight-fitting cap. : COIF
67
Eastern title. : AMEER
68
Where Maine is: Abbr. : NENG
69
Sinless. : HOLY
70
English industrial city. : LEEDS
71
Playing card. : TREY
Down
1
Actor Guinness. : ALEC
2
Facts and figures. : DATA
3
Counterpart of Cupid. : AMOR
4
Shackle. : MANACLE
5
Lively frolics. : SPREES
6
Stop. : CEASE
7
Vestment. : ALB
8
Lake formed by Hoover Dam. : MEAD
9
Hero of fantasy. : PETERPAN
10
Electrician's term. : SHORTED
11
Convex moldings. : TORI
12
Tel ___. : AVIV
13
Biologic factor. : GENE
21
Unfatigued. : FRESH
23
Buddy. : PAL
25
Dutch coins. : STIVERS
27
Young salmon. : SMOLT
28
Art object. : CURIO
29
One way to sing. : ALONG
31
Architectural curve. : OGEE
32
Courage. : VALOR
33
Melpomene's sister. : ERATO
34
Tropical fruit. : LEMON
36
Hard to find. : RARE
40
Celestial. : ETHEREAL
41
Large fish. : SKATE
44
Be evidence of. : TESTIFY
47
Repeating. : ITERANT
49
Kind of rose. : TEA
50
Documents. : PAPERS
53
Propelled in a certain way. : POLED
54
Famous Austrian physicist. : MACH
55
Melville book. : OMOO
56
Stir up. : ROIL
57
Equivalent. : SAME
59
Imitative one. : APER
60
Modulation. : TONE
61
Nervous. : EDGY
64
Agree. : GEE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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