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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Tuesday, June 22, 1954
8-Across : Reflects light.
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.
1 P | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 U | 6 R | 7 E | 8 S | 9 H | 10 I | 11 N | 12 E | 13 S |
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14 M | I | C | H | E | N | E | R | 15 T | A | L | E | N | T |
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16 A | C | C | O | L | A | D | E | 17 A | N | K | A | R | A |
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18 S | T | O | O | L | 19 A | C | 20 I | N | G | 21 R | O | B |
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22 C | U | S | K | 23 P | C | T | S | 24 S | 25 M | E | L | L |
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26 A | R | T | 27 D | E | T | E | S | 28 T | 29 E | R | L | E |
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30 R | E | E | 31 F | E | R | 32 D | U | E | 33 T | S | ||||
34 A | D | D | R | E | S | 35 S | 36 E | M | O | T | 37 I | 38 O | 39 N |
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40 E | D | I | C | 41 T | 42 P | R | A | N | C | E |
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43 S | 44 H | 45 E | A | 46 S | U | R | 47 E | T | Y | 48 I | C | E |
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49 H | A | N | K | 50 S | 51 L | E | G | S | 52 S | T | U | D |
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53 O | R | T | 54 H | 55 O | L | L | O | 56 S | P | I | L | L |
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57 A | R | I | 58 S | E | N | 59 L | I | 60 T | E | R | A | T | E |
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61 L | O | C | A | L | E | 62 I | S | O | L | A | T | E | S |
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63 S | W | E | L | L | S | 64 S | M | E | L | T | E | D |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,820
Across
1
Part of a farm. : PASTURE
8
Reflects light. : SHINES
14
Pulitzer prize author. : MICHENER
15
Gift. : TALENT
16
An award of honor. : ACCOLADE
17
Celal Bayar's capital. : ANKARA
18
A seat. : STOOL
19
Winning a tennis service. : ACING
21
Defraud. : ROB
22
Large fish, relative of the cod. : CUSK
23
Baseball statistics: Abbr. : PCTS
24
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
1
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
60
Digit. : TOE
Answer summary:
8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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