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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Tuesday, June 22, 1954

23-Across : Baseball statistics: Abbr.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,820
Across
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Part of a farm. : PASTURE
8
Reflects light. : SHINES
14
Pulitzer prize author. : MICHENER
15
Gift. : TALENT
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An award of honor. : ACCOLADE
17
Celal Bayar's capital. : ANKARA
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A seat. : STOOL
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Winning a tennis service. : ACING
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Defraud. : ROB
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Large fish, relative of the cod. : CUSK
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Baseball statistics: Abbr. : PCTS
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Odor. : SMELL
26
Skill. : ART
27
Loathe. : DETEST
29
Writer Gardner. : ERLE
30
Sailor's jacket. : REEFER
32
Musical compositions. : DUETS
34
Lecture. : ADDRESS
36
Love or hate. : EMOTION
40
Proclamation. : EDICT
42
Swagger or strut. : PRANCE
43
Spec of baseball. : SHEA
46
A guarantee. : SURETY
48
An age in time. : ICE
49
Lincoln's mother's maiden name. : HANKS
51
Stages of a journey. : LEGS
52
Variety of poker. : STUD
53
Table scrap. : ORT
54
Shout of the fox hunters. : HOLLO
56
Overflow. : SPILL
57
Up. : ARISEN
59
Educated. : LITERATE
61
Place. : LOCALE
62
Keeps separate. : ISOLATES
63
Ultrafashionable people. : SWELLS
64
Refined. : SMELTED
Down
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Imagined. : PICTURED
2
Approached and spoke to. : ACCOSTED
3
Got away from (with "off"). : SHOOK
4
Count (with "off"). : TELL
5
Girl's name. : UNA
6
Edit. : REDACT
7
Built. : ERECTED
8
Musial. : STAN
9
Perseveres (with "on"). : HANGS
10
Family: Colloq. : ILK
11
First word of a well-known hymn. : NEARER
12
Enter. : ENROLL
13
Determine's home. : STABLE
14
Item of make-up. : MASCARA
20
Publish. : ISSUE
23
Girl's name. : PERSIS
25
Former U. S. Minister. : MESTA
27
Document. : DEED
28
Attracts. : TEMPTS
31
Circus feature. : FREAK
33
Conservative. : TORY
35
Narrow racing boat. : SCULL
37
Start. : INITIATE
38
Hidden from view, in astronomy. : OCCULTED
39
City on the Colorado, last stop before Los Angeles. : NEEDLES
41
Where rambler roses grow. : TRELLIS
43
Muscle ___. : SHOALS
44
Where Churchill was educated. : HARROW
45
Lure. : ENTICE
47
Opposite of altruism. : EGOISM
50
See 35 Down. : SHELL
52
Nursery rhyme character. : SPRAT
55
Persons. : ONES
56
Vend. : SELL
58
A wood second to teak in value. : SAL
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Digit. : TOE

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

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