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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, April 22, 1957

45-Across : Travesty.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,855
Across
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Piece of music. : MOTET
6
Burn up. : CHAR
10
Sloping passage. : RAMP
14
Girl's name. : ADELA
15
Occupation. : LINE
16
Indian. : ERIE
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Poisonous. : TOXIC
18
Eager. : AGOG
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Sinful. : VILE
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Historic time. : ERA
21
Feature of the movies. : TECHNICOLOR
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Facial expression. : SMIRK
26
___ Tech. : CAL
27
Femme ___. : FATALE
29
Hundredweight. : QUINTAL
33
One of Adm. Byrd's books. : ALONE
34
Pro-Nazi groups. : BUNDS
35
Decline. : SAG
37
Hamlet. : TOWN
38
One of the seven deadly sins. : PRIDE
39
Activity. : STIR
40
Pronoun. : SHE
41
Asiatic defense pact. : SEATO
42
Saw of sawfish. : SERRA
43
Namesakes of the "Bohemian Girl." : ARLINES
45
Travesty. : PARODY
46
Insect. : ANT
47
City of Ardennes. : SEDAN
48
Hors d'oeuvres. : SMORGASBORD
53
Eggs. : OVA
56
One type of TV show. : LIVE
57
Irritate. : GALL
58
Debussy composition, "The Sea." : LAMER
60
Very cold. : ICED
61
Curved arch. : OGEE
62
Put into vigorous action. : EXERT
63
Edible root. : TARO
64
Front page material. : NEWS
65
Certain Europeans. : SERBS
Down
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Paraguay tea. : MATE
2
Bouquet. : ODOR
3
Radar island. : TEXASTOWER
4
Judge of Israel. : ELI
5
Tangible. : TACTILE
6
Example of onomatopoeia. : CLACK
7
Towering. : HIGH
8
Presently. : ANON
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King-killer. : REGICIDE
10
Insurrection. : REVOLT
11
Seed covering. : ARIL
12
Venus de ___. : MILO
13
Ibsen Character. : PEER
22
Before. : ERE
23
Containers. : CANS
25
American educator. : MANN
27
Substances in the diet. : FATS
28
Word of greeting or farewell. : ALOHA
29
On even terms. : QUITS
30
Destroy. : UNDO
31
Shapley, for example. : ASTRONOMER
32
Landowner in Scotland. : LAIRD
34
Hillside near a loch. : BRAE
36
Native Dancer's color. : GRAY
38
Government building. : PENTAGON
39
Relative of vaccines. : SERA
41
Intone. : SING
42
Gets ready to ride. : SADDLES
44
City on the Rio Grande. : LAREDO
45
Through. : PER
47
Shoe platforms. : SOLES
48
Narrow cut. : SLIT
49
Mineral resistant to heat. : MICA
50
"___ the Rainbow." : OVER
51
Herb. : SAGE
52
Sounded a trumpet. : BLEW
54
Part of speech. : VERB
55
Amusements and the ___. : ARTS
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Part of a halberd. : AXE

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

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