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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, May 25, 1984

32-Across : Kiddy-party entertainer

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,617
Across
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Natives of Fyn : DANES
6
Snap : PHOTO
11
"Reno-vated" : DIVORCED
14
One dozen for Hercules : LABORS
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Place too high a value on : OVERRATE
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"___ Crackers," Marx Brothers film : ANIMAL
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Bar order : GIN
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Springe setter's activity : SNARING
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___ standstill : ATA
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Move gradually : EDGE
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Simper : SMIRK
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Transport : SHIP
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Appears : SEEMS
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Freshwater fish : IDE
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Utter confusion : CHAOS
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Exclusively : ALONE
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Kiddy-party entertainer : CLOWN
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Leni-___ (Delaware Indian) : LENAPE
35
Mark and Ramsey : CLARKS
36
Plant of the amaryllis family : AGAVE
37
Margaret's seducer : FAUST
38
Emulate Duse : EMOTE
39
Nickname for Durocher, with "The" : LIP
40
Lapwing : PEWIT
44
Confirmation is one : RITE
45
Spanish roadside inn : VENTA
47
Tom, Dick or Harry : NAME
48
Black bird : ANI
49
Continues unchanged : REMAINS
51
Belgian town : SPA
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Ornament : TASSEL
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That which serves to guide : LODESTAR
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Musical direction : OTTAVA
57
Divers' gear : SNORKELS
58
Fragrant compound : ESTER
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Increase in amount : RAISE
Down
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Math verb : DIVIDE
2
Get even : AVENGE
3
Neither here ___ there : NOR
4
Makes a boo-boo : ERRS
5
Medical procedures : SCANS
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Main item of a policy : PLANK
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Attach, as a rider : HANG
8
Geisha's sash : OBI
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Assail mercilessly : TOMAHAWK
10
Formal discourses : ORATIONS
11
___ Palace, Venice : DOGES
12
Worsted fabric : ETAMINE
13
Make fun of : DERIDE
15
Rebuffs : SLAPS
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Dander : IRE
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Rise : EMANATE
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Cut off : SHORTEN
27
Drudge : SLAVE
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Part of a bracelet : CLASP
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Unfold, in poesy : OPE
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Actor Gulager : CLU
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Compress into a thin plate : LAMINATE
34
Selfish people : EGOTISTS
35
Cavil; quibble : CAPTION
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Some exams : FINALS
38
One of the Danaides : ERATO
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Moon vehicle's module : LEM
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Wears away : WASTES
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Pierce : IMPALE
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Hurries : TEARS
45
Of the soft palate : VELAR
46
Functional conjunctions in contracts : ANDOR
49
Dream, in Dijon : REVE
50
Hospital supplies : SERA
53
Roosted : SAT
55
Emulate Phil Mahre : SKI

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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