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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Thursday, April 23, 1981

58-Across : Princess in Verdi's "Don Carlos"

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,489
Across
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Arctic seals : HARPS
6
Escutcheon spoiler : BLOT
10
Puff : GASP
14
Play the card : AMUSE
15
Common practice : RULE
16
Ancient sun-god worshiper : INCA
17
Goodfellow : ROBIN
18
Julian or Dinaric : ALPS
19
Stigma : ONUS
20
Word with square or sail : TRY
21
Feminine footwear fasteners fashionable in the 40's : ANKLESTRAPS
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Comedienne Fields: 1931-78 : TOTIE
26
Time division : EON
27
Certain collectors : ASHMEN
29
Actor whose real name was Wm. H. Pratt : KARLOFF
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A son of Priam : PARIS
34
Error's partner : TRIAL
35
Sphere : ORB
37
Narrow opening : SLOT
38
General at Gettysburg : MEADE
39
Petulant expression : MOUE
40
Letter from Delphi : ETA
41
Misrepresent : BELIE
42
___ pain (French roll) : PETIT
43
Source of excellent caviar : STERLET
45
Explosions : BURSTS
46
Carillo of the screen : LEO
47
Doctrine : TENET
48
Unisex accessory : SHOULDERBAG
53
Frequently, to Keats : OFT
56
Jack of "Hawaii Five-O" : LORD
57
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
58
Princess in Verdi's "Don Carlos" : EBOLI
60
Instigate : URGE
61
Thor's sire : ODIN
62
Philip in "The Man Without a Country" : NOLAN
63
Four-time home-run leader : MAYS
64
What Mother Hubbard's dog had : NONE
65
Pleasing to the palate : TASTY
Down
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"On Your Toes" lyricist : HART
2
Love in León : AMOR
3
Type of hummingbird : RUBYTHROAT
4
Plato's penultimate letter : PSI
5
Buildings where bills are produced : SENATES
6
Retard or stop : BRAKE
7
Allay : LULL
8
Wine pitcher : OLPE
9
Parts of a mosaic : TESSERAE
10
"Buon ___" (Gina's greeting) : GIORNO
11
Tragic Tolstoy heroine : ANNA
12
Porgy : SCUP
13
Bradshaw "bomb" : PASS
22
Author Anaïs : NIN
23
Charge for service : TOLL
25
Neglect : OMIT
27
___ aisle, in a cathedral : APSE
28
Preserves : SALTS
29
Snake that eats other snakes : KRAIT
30
Naval assistant : AIDE
31
Ottomans : FOOTSTOOLS
32
Part of some tarts : FRUIT
34
Prefix with tape or type : TELE
36
Decisions at the "Big A" : BETS
38
American organ : MELODION
39
Nothing more than : MERE
41
Jacques of music : BREL
42
Acrid : PUNGENT
44
Foils followers : ELUDES
45
Arthur of TV fame : BEA
47
Kind of steak : TBONE
48
Urban warren : SLUM
49
Dance in Tel Aviv : HORA
50
Carousal : ORGY
51
Tropical food staple : EDDO
52
Curb : REIN
54
Soho residence : FLAT
55
Minute : TINY
59
Long scarf : BOA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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