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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, April 23, 1957

32-Across : Stoppers.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,856
Across
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Talk too much. : BLAB
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Prize. : AWARD
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Greek letters. : PHIS
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O'Neill's daughter. : OONA
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More timid. : SHIER
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Half: Prefix. : HEMI
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Caroline's mother. : GRACEKELLY
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Islands: Fr. : ILES
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Early Americans. : SETTLERS
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Expunge. : DELETE
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Island country. : EIRE
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Welcome words to a hitchhiker. : HOPIN
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Suffers. : SMARTS
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Figure out. : DECIPHER
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Inspiring fear. : EERIE
32
Stoppers. : CORKS
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Mohammed's son-in-law. : ALI
34
City S of Moscow. : TULA
35
Songs for a diva. : SOLOS
36
Nautical chains. : TYES
37
Function. : USE
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___ out (made a successful putt). : HOLED
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Fabric pattern. : CHECK
40
Baubles for milady. : PENDANTS
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Boastful or conceited: Colloq. : CHESTY
43
Singers Berger and Sack. : ERNAS
44
New Mexico resort village. : TAOS
45
Most eccentric. : ODDEST
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American Beauties. : REDROSES
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Prejudice. : BIAS
52
Lovely lady of the screen. : IRENEDUNNE
54
Famous name in the fourth estate. : OCHS
55
Sheer fabric. : NINON
56
Omar's product. : TENT
57
Dutch portrait painter in England. : LELY
58
On the left side. : APORT
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English pianist. : HESS
Down
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Where peat is found. : BOGS
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Erudition. : LORE
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Sculptor's course: Abbr. : ANAT
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Cause of fermentation. : BACTERIA
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Petitioners. : ASKERS
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Which place. : WHERE
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Feels pain. : AILS
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Kinfolk: Abbr. : REL
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Features of Norfolk, Virginia. : DRYDOCKS
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VIP in Britain. : PHILIP
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Grand Duchess on the screen. : HELENHAYES
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"___ a man with seven wives." : IMET
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Highest number on the dice. : SISE
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Choice part. : ELITE
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Protestant religion: Abbr. : EPIS
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Ruler of Galilee in 4 A. D. : HEROD
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Arrange. : SETUP
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Liège's river. : MEUSE
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Mrs. Fernando Lamas. : ARLENEDAHL
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Gives sparingly. : DOLES
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Put into office. : ELECT
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Far from safe. : RISKY
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Young animals. : COLTS
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Musical composition. : SONATINA
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Disney's "The Song of ___." : THESOUTH
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Name akin to John. : HANS
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Basis of harmony. : CHORD
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Fancy in apparel. : DRESSY
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Having a rhythmical fall. : CADENT
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Drift. : TENOR
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Coin of ancient Greece. : OBOL
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Cut up. : DICE
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Italian river. : RENO
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Snick's companion. : SNEE
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River in Austria. : ENNS
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Figures for a square dance. : SETS
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Burst seam. : RIP

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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