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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Wednesday, May 22, 1957

1-Across : People of the Punjab.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,885
Across
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People of the Punjab. : JATS
5
Fortunate. : BLEST
10
Cut with shears. : SNIP
14
Of the Magyars: Comb. form. : UGRO
15
Severity. : RIGOR
16
Conceal. : HIDE
17
Mid-East political alliance. : ARABLEAGUE
19
Officer: Colloq. : EXEC
20
Sine qua ___. : NON
21
Sculls. : OARS
22
Sound of rusted hinges. : SCREAK
24
Runs before the wind. : SCUDS
26
Short distance. : STEP
27
Stuffed ___. : SHIRTS
29
Andrea ___, Florentine painter. : DELSARTO
33
Ameliorates. : EASES
34
___ test of mental age. : BINET
35
Purpose. : AIM
36
Ceremony. : RITE
37
Newspapers as a whole. : PRESS
38
Brink. : EDGE
39
Japanese name. : ITO
40
Deliver a formal speech. : ORATE
41
White heath. : BRIER
42
Andirons. : FIREDOGS
44
Stories. : FLOORS
45
Where orchestras sit. : PITS
46
Combining form used with proto-, ecto-, etc. : PLASM
47
Flexible strip of wood. : SPLINE
50
Detective Charlie. : CHAN
51
The Victorian ___. : ERA
54
Hic, ___, hoc. : HAEC
55
Priestly. : SACERDOTAL
58
Coin of India. : ANNA
59
Family. : TRIBE
60
Swamps. : FENS
61
Remedy. : HEAL
62
Avoids waste. : SAVES
63
Jason's ship. : ARGO
Down
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San ___, Puerto Rico. : JUAN
2
Earth: Comb. form. : AGRO
3
Electronic device. : TRANSISTOR
4
Sound of grief. : SOB
5
Rye, protein, graham, etc. : BREADS
6
Perjurers. : LIARS
7
Roe. : EGGS
8
French coin. : SOU
9
Certain railroad bridges. : TRESTLES
10
Native of high Himalayan slopes. : SHERPA
11
Water nymph: Ger. : NIXE
12
Concept. : IDEA
13
Alias Capt. Ahab. : PECK
18
Bumpkins. : LOUTS
23
___ la vie. : CEST
25
Indian. : CREE
26
Common ___. : SENSE
27
Fine cross stroke on a type face. : SERIF
28
Republic on Hispaniola. : HAITI
29
Food regimens. : DIETS
30
Instrument used in physics. : RADIOMETER
31
Jungle beast. : TIGER
32
Hebrew measures. : OMERS
34
Blows one's own horn. : BRAGS
37
Formal objections. : PROTESTS
38
God of love. : EROS
40
Host in Valhalla. : ODIN
41
Suave. : BLAND
43
Heroic. : EPICAL
44
Signal lights. : FLARES
46
Shepherdess in "As You Like It." : PHEBE
47
Ruler. : SHAH
48
Glass in a frame. : PANE
49
River of Siberia. : LENA
50
204. : CCIV
52
Pealed. : RANG
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Too. : ALSO
56
Macaw. : ARA
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All ___ sudden. : OFA

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

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