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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Monday, April 8, 1957

25-Across : Heroine of "Great Expectations."

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
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. 2,841
Across
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Indian of Arizona. : PIMA
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Actress Paget. : DEBRA
10
A walk in baseball. : PASS
14
Sin. : EVIL
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Spa on Lake Geneva. : EVIAN
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Actress Moreno. : RITA
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Time off for almost everybody. : NATIONALHOLIDAY
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City near Philadelphia. : READING
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Certain railroad cars. : DINERS
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Bering or Barents. : SEA
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Country in the news. : EGYPT
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Heroine of "Great Expectations." : ESTELLA
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Class of beetles, bugs, bees, etc. : INSECTA
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Unbound. : LOOSE
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Wash: Poet. : LAVE
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Poorly painted picture. : DAUB
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Not talking. : MUM
38
Highest. : TALLEST
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On the affirmative side. : PRO
42
Namesakes of a King of Judah. : ASAS
44
Grand ___ at the Met. : TIER
45
Full to overflowing. : ABRIM
47
First name of Emmy-winning actress. : NANETTE
49
"___ Fair." : SABRINA
51
Put up with. : ABIDE
53
Work at, as a trade. : PLY
54
A quantity, in mathematics. : SCALAR
57
He eloped with Jessica. : LORENZO
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VIP at a trial. : MATERIALWITNESS
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Where Salem is: Abbr. : OREG
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Eugene Gladstone O'___. : NEILL
66
Gaelic. : ERSE
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Works of art. : GEMS
68
Jane and Zane. : GREYS
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Horse. : ROAN
Down
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Write. : PEN
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The late Mr. Kreuger. : IVAR
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Small creature. : MITE
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Assumed names. : ALIASES
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Contradiction. : DENIAL
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Welsh man's name. : EVAN
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Lowest part of a hull. : BILGE
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Cheer. : RAH
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Soothing medicines. : ANODYNES
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Produced, as a photograph. : PRINTED
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Staff officer. : AIDE
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What 25 Across means. : STAR
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States. : SAYS
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Short poem. : ODELET
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Part of the face. : LIPS
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Donors. : GIVERS
25
Noted violinist. : ELMAN
26
Composer of "El Capitan." : SOUSA
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Man ___. : TOMAN
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Associated. : ALLIED
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Island in Bay of Naples. : CAPRI
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Cathedral city of Italy. : TURIN
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South American serpent. : ABOMA
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Beverage. : ALE
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Robing. : ATTIRING
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Pad. : TABLET
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Attribute of a good sailor. : SEALEGS
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Oscar winner. : BRYNNER
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Metal beam of a certain shape. : TBAR
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Spring times. : APRILS
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Girl's nickname. : ELLIE
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Weather condition. : SMOG
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Close attention. : CARE
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Up and ___! : ATEM
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Like a certain bird. : OWLY
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Naught. : ZERO
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Peak in Greece. : OSSA
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Gas: Comb. form. : AER
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Japanese coins. : SEN

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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