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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Thursday, June 12, 1958

49-Across : Ring champion Willard.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.47, Missing: { B Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, 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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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,271
Across
1
Named before. : SAID
5
Fragrant volatile oil. : ATTAR
10
Cheated. : ROOKED
12
Inspector of weights and measures. : SEALER
14
Famous Italian castle. : FARNESE
15
Crusader's foe. : SARACEN
17
Stake. : ANTE
18
Candles. : TAPERS
20
Longshoremen's group. : ILA
21
Here: Fr. : ICI
22
European rodents. : LEROTS
23
Town of Judah. : ETAM
24
The things here. : THESE
26
Provoke. : INSTIGATE
28
Persons held as pledges. : HOSTAGES
30
Points of view. : ANGLES
31
The birds, in zoology. : AVES
32
Picnic Area Ahead, for one. : SIGN
33
Essays. : THEMES
36
Solaria. : SUNROOMS
40
Butcher's item. : RUMPSTEAK
42
White heron. : EGRET
43
Little demons. : IMPS
44
Doffs, as a mark of respect. : UNHATS
46
British order: Abbr. : DSO
47
Mon ___ Pierrot. : AMI
48
Toscanini. : ARTURO
49
Ring champion Willard. : JESS
50
Ridiculer. : DERIDER
52
Dispositions. : NATURES
54
Titular hero of Longfellow poem. : REVERE
55
"King Lear" character. : OSWALD
56
Correct judgment. : SENSE
57
Stylish: Slang. : TONY
Down
1
Sallies of troops. : SORTIES
2
Excellent: Colloq. : AONE
3
Dwight. : IKE
4
Villa ___, near Tivoli. : DESTE
5
Resources. : ASSETS
6
Visible sign of grief. : TEARSTAIN
7
Salts. : TARS
8
___ julienne (cut into thin strips). : ALA
9
Program of music. : RECITAL
10
Southwestern grazing farm. : RANCHO
11
Loved ones: Colloq. : DEARIES
13
Pertain (to). : RELATE
14
One of "these three," in Corinthians. : FAITH
16
Titles. : NAMES
19
Lily of France. : PONS
22
"___ of Grass." : LEAVES
23
Festive beverage. : EGGNOG
25
Price-going-up item. : STAMPS
27
French painter. : INGRES
29
Pantomimists. : GESTURERS
32
First president of Indonesia. : SUKARNO
33
Chord. : TRIAD
34
Energetic one: Slang. : HUMMER
35
Great states. : EMPIRES
36
Spiritual body, in ancient Egypt. : SAHU
37
Law-abiding. : ORDERLY
38
Muddled. : MESSED
39
Term in geology. : STOSS
41
Part of a meal. : ENTREE
45
Milk ___. : TOAST
48
Free port of Arabia. : ADEN
49
Don ___. : JUAN
51
Common verbal contraction. : IVE
53
Number. : TWO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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