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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Saturday, May 8, 1954

32-Across : Goes off.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,775
Across
1
Mackintosh. : COAT
5
Mountain gaps. : GATES
10
Sinclair Lewis hero. : CASS
14
Asian river. : AMUR
15
Nautical cry. : AVAST
16
Tropical plant. : ALOE
17
Curative fluids. : SERA
18
Great name in literature. : DANTE
19
Account. : TALE
20
Richard Strauss' "Death and ___." : TRANSFIGURATION
23
Market. : SELL
24
Grandma Moses' first name. : ANNA
25
Controversial farm issue. : PARITY
28
Had faith in. : CREDITED
32
Goes off. : EXITS
33
But: French. : MAIS
34
Pompeii's nemesis. : LAVA
35
Where Black Rock Desert is: Abbr. : NEV
36
Sign for an insert. : CARET
37
Man's nickname. : LEW
38
Role for Vivien Leigh. : CLEO
40
Insects. : ANTS
41
Popular veteran actor. : STONE
43
Alienate. : ESTRANGE
45
Pogo and his friends. : BEASTS
46
Bluefin. : TUNA
47
Of an age. : ERAL
48
Attraction on a midway. : SHOOTINGGALLERY
55
Pour forth. : WELL
56
Milwaukee products. : BEERS
57
Monday's adjective. : BLUE
58
Flat surface. : AREA
59
Symbols of obstinacy. : ASSES
60
Plant with pods. : OKRA
61
Satellite. : MOON
62
Girl in a once-popular song. : LETTY
63
Pronoun. : YOUR
Down
1
Players. : CAST
2
Hebrew measure. : OMER
3
Emanation. : AURA
4
Carriage. : TRANSIT
5
Annoying insect. : GADFLY
6
Use. : AVAIL
7
Sharp flavor. : TANG
8
Arms of the sea. : ESTUARIES
9
Harshest. : STERNEST
10
Tall marsh plant. : CATTAIL
11
Turkish regiment. : ALAI
12
Aria. : SOLO
13
Interviewed. : SEEN
21
Select groups. : SETS
22
Conjunction. : AND
25
Part of l.s.d. : PENCE
26
Industrialist Wenner-Gren and others. : AXELS
27
Metal pin. : RIVET
28
Bill of fare. : CARTE
29
Mythical man of brass. : TALOS
30
Outcome. : EVENT
31
Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
33
Metal important to steel industry. : MANGANESE
36
Anthropophagite. : CANNIBAL
39
Bunting or bobolink. : ORTOLAN
41
Fasten securely. : SEAL
42
Chest of drawers. : TALLBOY
44
Self: Comb. form. : AUT
45
Cheap and showy. : BRASSY
47
Large bird. : EGRET
48
Overflowed. : SWAM
49
Claudio's affianced. : HERO
50
Grocery item. : OLEO
51
An exploit. : GEST
52
City in Nevada. : ELKO
53
A bird, the morepork. : RURU
54
88 days for Mercury. : YEAR

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

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