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Paula Bauersmith
Paula Bauersmith

New York Times, Saturday, May 10, 1958

22-Across : "La ___," by Puccini.

Author:
Paula Bauersmith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Paula Bauersmith has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,238
Across
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Tad's mother's maiden name. : TODD
5
Narrow part of a shoe sole. : SHANK
10
Mother. : MAMA
14
Garment for evening. : WRAP
15
Marie ___, mother of Eve. : CURIE
16
Mother in "The Good Earth." : OLAN
17
Floral symbol. : EASTERLILY
19
___ Shan, mountain range in China. : TIAN
20
Northumberland river. : ALN
21
Loyal: Scot. : LEAL
22
"La ___," by Puccini. : BOHEME
24
Ma and Pa of a movie series. : KETTLES
26
Mothers. : WOMEN
27
Fowl. : HEN
28
Large tracts of grasslands. : PRAIRIES
31
Do housework. : CLEAN
34
On the qui vive. : ALERT
35
Box-office goal. : SRO
36
"It ___ Necessarily So." : AINT
37
Intermingle smoothly. : BLEND
38
Office copy: Colloq. : STAT
39
Attention-getting sound. : PST
40
Another name. : ALIAS
41
Rope. : LASSO
42
Boys with a second mother. : STEPSONS
44
___ Angeles. : LOS
45
Wake. : ROUSE
46
Much-sung Irish mother. : MACHREE
50
Women, since 1920. : VOTERS
52
Atmosphere. : AURA
53
"___ tree by a river ... " : ONA
54
At the drop of ___. : AHAT
55
"___ Home," Stephen Foster song. : OLDFOLKSAT
58
Become active. : STIR
59
Edible parts, as of nuts. : MEATS
60
Bien-___ (beloved): Fr. : AIME
61
Theatre's Oscar. : TONY
62
Slight furrow. : STRIA
63
Milldam. : WEIR
Down
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Pinch. : TWEAK
2
Papal cope. : ORALE
3
Daren't: Dial. : DASNT
4
Branch: Abbr. : DPT
5
Part of a TV set. : SCREEN
6
Native dances performed by women. : HULAS
7
Seed covering. : ARIL
8
Nothing. : NIL
9
Dame Myra Hess' forte. : KEYBOARD
10
___ country. : MOTHER
11
Specialists in the psychiatric field. : ALIENISTS
12
Term of address used to the Queen. : MAAM
13
Mother of Elizabeth I. : ANNE
18
Miss Douglas of Loch Katrina. : ELLEN
23
Forbear to perform. : OMIT
25
Conjunction. : THAT
26
British women in uniform. : WRENS
28
Excuses. : PLEAS
29
Periods of time. : ERAS
30
___ speak (that is to say). : SOTO
31
Crowns. : CAPS
32
Hearken: Poet. : LIST
33
Consider or dwell upon. : ENTERTAIN
34
Actress MacMahon. : ALINE
37
Signs of spring. : BLOSSOMS
38
Ornamental band. : SASH
40
Assyrian god: Var. : ASUR
41
Not general. : LOCAL
43
Golden Treasury contents. : POETRY
44
Vocalist Julius. : LAROSA
46
Civilian dress. : MUFTI
47
Miss O'Grady. : ROSIE
48
As a friend: Fr. : ENAMI
49
Diner. : EATER
50
Immense. : VAST
51
"___ be in England... . " : OHTO
52
Hebrew month. : ADAR
56
Rent. : LET
57
River into the Missouri. : KAW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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