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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Thursday, May 25, 1989

25-Across : Breathing obstruction, sometimes

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,443
Across
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Small-scaled trout : CHAR
5
Pudding ingredient : SAGO
9
A fra's superior : ABBOT
14
Author of "The Women" : LUCE
15
Integument : ARIL
16
Velvet item? : GLOVE
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Eastern V.I.P. : AGHA
18
Mrs. Helmer of "A Doll's House" : NORA
19
Ancient Greek dialect : IONIC
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Well-being : PHYSICALFITNESS
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Baseball's Mel : OTT
24
Heel : CAD
25
Breathing obstruction, sometimes : ADENOID
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Medic for Man o' War : VET
30
Swedish name for Turku : ABO
33
Burt Reynolds's wife : LONI
34
French river : OISE
36
Early native of Campania : OSCAN
38
Routine upon arising : MORNINGEXERCISE
41
Lead ___ life : ADOGS
42
Some Amerinds : UTES
43
Get wind of : HEAR
44
Word part: Abbr. : SYL
45
Elec.-current unit : AMP
47
Black tourmalines : SCHORLS
49
Beame or Fortas : ABE
50
Tidbit for Swale : OAT
51
Good eating habits : PROPERNUTRITION
60
Tumbledown shack : HOVEL
61
Course in med. school : ANAT
62
Geisha's ornamental container : INRO
63
Perfect : IDEAL
64
Deride : GIBE
65
Three-handed card game : SKAT
66
Sri ___ : LANKA
67
Scantling : STUD
68
N.Y.'s ___ Park : HYDE
Down
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Sound of thunder : CLAP
2
Downs of TV : HUGH
3
Full of pain : ACHY
4
Logician's forte : REASONING
5
Official permission : SANCTION
6
Copper-mining town in Venezuela : AROA
7
Friday? : GIRL
8
"The Saga of King ___": Longfellow : OLAF
9
Troublemaker : AGITATOR
10
Robert Redford, for one : BLOND
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Study hard : BONE
12
Genus of sheep : OVIS
13
P.I.'s : TECS
21
Midori ___, top figure skater : ITO
22
Moll's diamonds : ICE
25
Soprano Gluck's namesakes : ALMAS
26
Howdy ___ of TV : DOODY
27
Sign up for : ENROL
28
Find, as an archeologist : DIGUP
29
Irritates : VEXES
30
Quaker gray : ACIER
31
Kind of reader for tots : BASAL
32
Humdingers : ONERS
35
Put down, in bridge : SET
37
Polkalike round dance : SCHOTTISH
39
Ingrid's acting daughter : ISABELLA
40
Played the gigolo : ESCORTED
46
Ocean, in Nice : MER
48
"Bali ___," song from "South Pacific" : HAI
49
In a vertical position : APEAK
51
Olympian Mahre : PHIL
52
Island in the Nile, near Cairo : RODA
53
Kitchen appliance : OVEN
54
Henpecks : NAGS
55
Part of an army : UNIT
56
Off-limits : TABU
57
Extremely dark : INKY
58
Toward the mouth : ORAD
59
Observe : NOTE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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