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Madeline Corse
New York Times, Monday, June 18, 1956
20-Across : Bird.
Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { H J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 I | 3 D | 4 E | 5 S | 6 C | 7 R | 8 O | 9 D | 10 E | 11 W | 12 E | 13 R |
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14 O | R | E | S | 15 E | R | E | D | E | 16 L | A | V | A |
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17 D | A | L | E | 18 S | U | P | E | R | 19 S | O | N | I | C |
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20 A | N | I | 21 I | T | E | S | 22 T | I | T | L | E |
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23 N | 24 O | V | E | L | 25 P | 26 A | I | S | ||||||
27 P | 28 I | Q | U | E | T | 29 R | E | F | L | E | 30 C | 31 T | 32 S |
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33 A | B | U | T | S | 34 F | E | R | A | L | 35 E | R | A |
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36 U | S | E | S | 37 F | L | A | I | R | 38 S | N | O | B |
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39 L | E | N | 40 R | E | E | L | S | 41 V | I | T | A | L |
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42 A | N | T | 43 I | E | T | A | M | 44 D | E | V | I | S | E |
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45 O | P | E | S | 46 M | A | D | A | M | ||||||
47 P | 48 R | 49 I | D | E | 50 D | A | N | A | 51 E | 52 T | 53 A |
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54 S | O | M | A | L | 55 I | 56 L | A | N | D | 57 A | T | O | M |
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58 S | T | A | T | 59 F | O | R | G | E | 60 R | E | N | O |
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61 T | O | M | E | 62 A | S | T | O | R | 63 T | R | E | Y |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,547
Across
1
Faction. : SIDE
5
Fish dish. : SCROD
10
Pitcher. : EWER
14
Natural resources. : ORES
15
Metropolitan Opera conductor. : EREDE
16
Source of obsidian. : LAVA
17
"Over hill, over ___ ... " : DALE
18
Traveling at a great speed. : SUPERSONIC
20
Bird. : ANI
21
Residents of: Suffix. : ITES
22
Championship. : TITLE
23
Reading matter. : NOVEL
25
Country: Span. : PAIS
27
Card game for two. : PIQUET
29
Mirrors. : REFLECTS
33
Adjoins. : ABUTS
34
Untamed. : FERAL
35
Epoch. : ERA
36
Puts into service. : USES
37
Aptitude. : FLAIR
38
Social climber. : SNOB
39
Man's nickname. : LEN
40
Country dances. : REELS
41
Critical. : VITAL
42
U. S. carrier. : ANTIETAM
44
Think out. : DEVISE
45
Blossoms: Poet. : OPES
46
Polite form of address. : MADAM
47
The best of a group. : PRIDE
50
Actress Wynter. : DANA
51
___ Kappa Nu. : ETA
54
Region in eastern Africa. : SOMALILAND
57
Jot. : ATOM
58
Law: Abbr. : STAT
59
Beat into shape. : FORGE
60
City of decrees. : RENO
61
Encyclopedia. : TOME
62
Famous New York family. : ASTOR
63
Three-spot. : TREY
Down
1
Pop. : SODA
2
Where Kerman is. : IRAN
3
Failing to do one's duty. : DELINQUENT
4
Point on a compass card. : ESE
5
Relative of an octet. : SESTET
6
Ruthless. : CRUEL
7
Party members: Abbr. : REPS
8
Poem. : ODE
9
German article. : DER
10
Child heroine of a best seller. : ELOISE
11
Shortage. : WANT
12
"I will fear no ___ ... " : EVIL
13
Swift current. : RACE
19
Nevertheless. : STILL
21
Singer of deep-sea chanteys. : IVES
24
Excuses: Slang. : OUTS
25
Elfin beings. : PERIS
26
___ cry (long way). : AFAR
27
Girl's name meaning "little." : PAULA
28
Creator of Rebecca West. : IBSEN
29
Sphere. : REALM
30
Unit, as a Salk vaccine. : CENTIMETER
31
Ancient region in Asia Minor. : TROAS
32
Fur animal. : SABLE
34
Circus performers. : FLEAS
37
Garden party. : FETE
38
Hindu divinity. : SIVA
40
Spurn. : REPEL
41
Hindu scriptures. : VEDA
43
Salt of a certain acid. : IODATE
44
Temper: Colloq. : DANDER
46
Pickled muskmelon. : MANGO
47
Attention-getting sound. : PSST
48
Section of a newspaper. : ROTO
49
Moslem title. : IMAM
50
Tapered seam. : DART
52
Distinctive style. : TONE
53
Seaport in China. : AMOY
55
"___ house be divided against itself ... " : IFA
56
Spanish article. : LOS
57
Poetic form of "to be." : ART
Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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