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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1956
20-Across : Legend.
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 E | 3 L | 4 P | 5 M | 6 A | 7 T | 8 T | 9 E | 10 S | 11 N | 12 A | 13 G |
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14 A | M | O | R | 15 O | S | I | E | R | 16 C | O | V | E |
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17 F | I | L | I | 18 B | U | S | T | E | R | 19 A | M | E | N |
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20 T | R | A | D | I | T | I | O | N | 21 S | L | I | C | E |
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22 E | N | O | S | 23 D | E | A | N | |||||||
24 I | 25 S | 26 M | 27 E | N | T | 28 E | 29 R | E | W | A | 30 R | 31 D |
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32 N | O | U | 33 S | 34 A | L | 35 M | A | M | A | T | E | R |
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36 N | U | L | L | 37 E | N | V | O | Y | 38 G | I | V | E |
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39 E | S | T | I | 40 M | A | T | E | D | 41 S | O | U | S |
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42 R | A | I | D | E | R | 43 S | E | 44 R | 45 B | 46 N | E | T |
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47 T | E | N | S | 48 R | U | E | 49 S | |||||||
50 F | 51 A | U | R | E | 52 B | 53 L | A | M | E | L | 54 E | 55 S | 56 S |
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57 U | R | D | U | 58 O | R | A | T | O | R | I | C | A | L |
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59 J | A | E | L | 60 F | A | V | O | R | 61 E | R | G | O |
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62 I | P | S | E | 63 F | E | A | R | S | 64 R | U | S | T |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,506
Across
1
Benefit. : HELP
5
Dull finish. : MATTE
10
Obstacle. : SNAG
14
Love: Latin. : AMOR
15
The willow. : OSIER
16
Small bay. : COVE
17
Obstructionist tactic in Congress. : FILIBUSTER
19
So be it. : AMEN
20
Legend. : TRADITION
21
Golfer's fault. : SLICE
22
Biblical name. : ENOS
23
Cathedral official. : DEAN
24
Doctrine. : ISM
27
Being: Spanish. : ENTE
29
Guerdon. : REWARD
32
Chez ___ (at our house): French. : NOUS
34
One's college. : ALMAMATER
36
Invalid. : NULL
37
Ambassador. : ENVOY
38
Money-raiser's slogan. : GIVE
39
Appraised. : ESTIMATED
41
French coins. : SOUS
42
Invader. : RAIDER
43
European. : SERB
46
Gain. : NET
47
Bills. : TENS
48
Regrets. : RUES
50
French statesman. : FAURE
52
Without guilt. : BLAMELESS
57
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
58
Eloquent. : ORATORICAL
59
Biblical killer of Sisera. : JAEL
60
Party trinket. : FAVOR
61
Hence: Latin. : ERGO
62
___ dixit (dogmatic statement): Latin. : IPSE
63
Anxieties. : FEARS
64
Reddish brown. : RUST
Down
1
Handle. : HAFT
2
Eastern ruler. : EMIR
3
Girl in a popular song. : LOLA
4
Self-respect. : PRIDE
5
Hardy fur. : MOUTON
6
Right-hand man. : ASSISTANT
7
Belgrade dictator. : TITO
8
Cardinal suffix. : TEEN
9
Make a faux pas. : ERR
10
Rascals. : SCALAWAGS
11
Step in the Presidential race. : NOMINATION
12
With: French. : AVEC
13
Actor Raymond. : GENE
18
Flexible shoot. : BINE
21
Appear. : SEEM
23
Wagon. : DRAY
24
Internal. : INNER
25
Noted band leader. : SOUSA
26
Hosts. : MULTITUDES
28
Brownies. : ELVES
30
Stage show. : REVUE
31
Clothed. : DREST
33
Calculating instrument. : SLIDERULE
35
Presiding officer. : MODERATOR
37
Fruiting spikes. : EARS
40
Word in the writing on the wall. : MENE
44
The makings of scuttlebutt. : RUMORS
45
Bock. : BEER
49
Sneakier. : SLIER
50
Sacred mountain of Japan. : FUJI
51
Not care ___. : ARAP
52
Scottish hillside. : BRAE
53
Melted rock. : LAVA
54
Color. : ECRU
55
Droops. : SAGS
56
Keyway. : SLOT
58
More remote. : OFF
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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