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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, May 13, 1955

23-Across : Cup fixed in a saucer of alcohol.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,145
Across
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Territory in Europe. : SAAR
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Mrs. Averell Harriman. : MARIE
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Unit of money in China. : TAEL
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City in India. : AGRA
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Animal with long twisted horns. : ELAND
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Dugout: Fr. : ABRI
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American favorite. : VANILLAICECREAM
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Geographical phenomena. : EROSIONS
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Irritate. : NETTLE
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Non-party men: Abbr. : INDS
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Cup fixed in a saucer of alcohol. : ETNA
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Charlatan: Slang. : PHONEY
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Set price. : FLATRATE
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Wanders. : ROVES
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Rebecca and others. : WESTS
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Jellify. : GEL
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Summer refreshers. : ICES
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Fiber plant. : RAMIE
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Dynasty of China. : MING
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Pound transient. : CUR
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Mischievous one. : ROGUE
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Tropical American tree. : BALSA
40
Appreciator. : ESTEEMER
42
___ girl. : CAREER
43
Fish. : SHAD
44
Where Missoula is: Abbr. : MONT
45
Jane of the stage. : FROMAN
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The most select. : FANCIEST
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Chef's specialty. : LEMONCHIFFONPIE
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Sign. : OMEN
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Frightening. : EERIE
56
A thousand ages. : EONS
57
This defines itself. : WORD
58
Relative of a pike. : SPEAR
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A non-com. : TSGT
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Father's sound advice. : SAVE
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Ceylon moss. : AGAR
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Pisa's river. : ARNO
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Grape preserves, in French cookery. : RAISINES
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Air. : MELODY
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Young and Mowbray. : ALANS
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Moslem title meaning chief. : RAIS
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Business abbreviation. : INC
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Without teeth, as anteaters. : EDENTATE
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Sauce for sole. : TARTAR
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Countenance. : ABET
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Of time. : ERAL
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Shade of green. : LIME
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Actor's study. : LINES
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Small change. : CENTS
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Longfellow heroine. : ELSIE
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Sen. Daniel. : PRICE
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Play a trick on. : HOCUS
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Observable. : OVERT
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Bone. : FEMUR
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Like a cat. : AGILE
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Present, for example. : TENSE
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He composed "Dream of Gerontius." : ELGAR
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Carried on. : WAGED
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Popular fiction. : ROMANCES
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Stickler for rigid regulations. : MARTINET
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Actress of the Gay Nineties. : REHAN
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Where to get money in Italy. : BANCO
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Hero of 1852 novel. : ESMOND
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Give or bestow. : CONFER
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Secret society for vengeance. : MAFIA
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Any gradual procedure. : FLOW
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San ___, Italian resort. : REMO
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Hebrew dry measure. : OMER
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Brilliancy. : FIRE
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Series of heroic events. : EPOS
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College festivity. : SING
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Quiz. : TEST
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On to: Slang. : HEP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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