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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, June 23, 1958

25-Across : Indispostition.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { H J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,282
Across
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Noun suffix. : TUDE
5
Competent. : ABLE
9
Incursions. : RAIDS
14
Variant of Alice. : ALIX
15
Fasten firmly. : NAIL
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Actor Flynn. : ERROL
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Liable to change, as weather. : UNSETTLED
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Roofing material. : SLATE
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Part of the U. S. A. F. : SAC
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Philanderer: Slang. : WOLF
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Accommodated. : SUITED
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Think. : OPINE
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Indispostition. : ILLNESS
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Call again. : REVISIT
28
Consequence. : NOTE
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Voters in various districts. : ELECTORATES
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Salamander. : EFT
34
River of Spain. : EBRO
35
Custom. : USE
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Lamb. : ELIA
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Elf. : FAY
38
Instrument of peace. : DISARMAMENT
42
Seed vessels. : PODS
43
Ranks. : COLUMNS
44
Explorer of the Mississippi. : LASALLE
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Uneven. : EROSE
48
One who delivers pronouncements. : ORACLE
49
Pair of horses. : SPAN
50
And not. : NOR
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Large fan made from a palmyra leaf. : PUNKA
54
With resignation. : PATIENTLY
56
Church official. : ELDER
57
English river. : AVON
58
Emilia's husband. : IAGO
59
Prophets. : SEERS
60
Responding quickly to the helm: Dial. : YARE
61
Small piece of land. : PLAT
Down
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Greek letters. : TAUS
2
Bone. : ULNA
3
Ship of Henry Hudson's last voyage. : DISCOVERY
4
Stream of Somerset and Devonshire. : EXE
5
Friend of Bassanio. : ANTONIO
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Famous dance troupe. : BALLETRUSSE
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Gladly: Archaic. : LIEF
8
Antiquity. : ELD
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Fruits. : RESULTS
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The "Bohemian Girl." : ARLINE
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Angry. : IRATE
12
Is overfond. : DOTES
13
Coasters. : SLEDS
18
O. Henry story ending. : TWIST
22
Fruit of the blackthorn. : SLOE
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___ de Aneto, highest peak of the Pyrenees. : PICO
25
Type of plane. : INTERCEPTOR
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Part of a sail, rolled and tied. : REEF
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Italian Island. : ELBA
30
___ matter of fact. : ASA
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Basic and powerful. : ELEMENTAL
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___ MacCool, Irish hero. : FINN
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Makes lace. : TATS
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Australian birds. : EMUS
38
Money. : DOLLARS
39
Unoccupied. : IDLE
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Glacial ridge. : MORAINE
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Solo. : ALONE
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Worker in food business. : PACKER
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Long, swinging strides. : LOPES
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As ___ (usually). : ARULE
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Famous jockey. : SANDE
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River into the Danube. : SAVA
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Girl's name. : OLGA
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Hindu peasant. : RYOT
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Wages. : PAY
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Pinch. : NIP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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