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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, May 29, 1957

23-Across : Merchandise.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,892
Across
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Cabbage dish. : SLAW
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Writer of many hymns. : WATTS
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Larva in the garden. : GRUB
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Character in "The Wind in the Willows." : MOLE
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Hastily: Poet. : AMAIN
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Italian painter. : RENI
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Colonial orator. : OTIS
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Author of "The Lower Depths." : GORKI
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Rested. : ALIT
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Convenient type of present. : GIFTCERTIFICATE
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Merchandise. : WARE
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Ornamental work. : FRET
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Nut tree. : PECAN
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Little one. : TOT
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Schubert's "Farewell." : ADIEU
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Pays honor to. : ADORES
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Poetic time. : MORN
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Cask. : VAT
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Soprano Jenny. : LIND
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Poplar. : ALAMO
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Sound of longing. : SIGH
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Month: Abbr. : OCT
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Underclassman: Colloq. : SOPH
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Herdsman's concern. : CATTLE
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Gaza ___. : STRIP
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Saint: Ital. : SAN
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Department store VIP. : BUYER
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Titles of respect in Turkey. : AGAS
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Sacred image. : ICON
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U.N. body. : SECURITYCOUNCIL
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Gulf of Greece. : ARTA
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Regulated the speed of. : TIMED
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Combining form for an antiseptic. : IODO
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Hill in Jerusalem: Var. : SION
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Province in Italy. : UDINE
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Words of denial. : NOES
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Greek goddess. : HERA
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Heat-resistant glassware. : PYREX
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Insect. : GNAT
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Atmospheric condition. : SMOG
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French novelist. : LOTI
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Arabic "A." : ALIF
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"___ Ho!" : WESTWARD
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Bet. : WAGER
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Love token. : AMORET
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Acidulous. : TART
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"Kon-___." : TIKI
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Sound of scepticism. : SNIFF
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Honored. : GRACED
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Famous theory. : RELATIVITY
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Distinct part. : UNIT
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Be caught, as by a trick. : BITE
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Malacca. : CANE
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Tehran is its capital. : IRAN
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Port in Spain. : PALOS
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Public order. : EDICT
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Party to an agreement. : CONTRACTOR
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Port on the Missouri. : OMAHA
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Jerry's companion. : TOM
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Golf score, relative of a birdie. : EAGLE
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Father of King Arthur. : UTHER
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___ Paulo. : SAO
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Fabulous bird. : ROC
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Types of records: Colloq. : LPS
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Of striking beauty: Colloq. : STUNNING
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Wrangle. : SPAR
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Leigh Hunt's hero. : ABOU
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Large lizard. : IGUANA
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___ Creed, 325 A.D. : NICENE
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Command to a poodle. : SITUP
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Old-time volume of statutes. : CODEX
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Ornamental ribbon. : SASH
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Pennsylvania city. : ERIE
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Put in proper order. : TIDY
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Giant slain by Odin. : YMIR
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Tree-climbing animal: Colloq. : COON
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Opinion. : IDEA
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Perplexed. : LOST

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

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