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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, June 4, 1980

46-Across : Breed of Spanish sheep

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,166
Across
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Throb : PANT
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Part of a calyx : SEPAL
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Checker's item : WRAP
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He trims the wedding cake : ICER
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Actress Massey : ILONA
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Stratagem : RUSE
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Heads : CHIEFTAINS
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Eight: Comb. form : OCTO
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Navigation systems featuring TV : TELERANS
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Gulf of the South China Sea : TONKIN
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Plant of the valerian family : NARD
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Profits : SWAG
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Unlimited amounts : OCEANS
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Short note : CHIT
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Gymnastic feat : KIP
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___ acid, used as a vitamin : FOLIC
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Pollute : SOIL
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Queen of heaven, to Caesar : JUNO
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Children's game : FOLLOWTHELEADER
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Supplements, with "out" : EKES
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Greek war god : ARES
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Take on : ADOPT
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Rembrandt van ___ : RYN
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Custardlike dessert : FLAN
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Immediately : PRESTO
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On time : DULY
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World's most popular surname : WONG
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Breed of Spanish sheep : MERINO
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Color : PALEROSE
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Finale of grace : AMEN
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Heads : PRESIDENTS
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Bracelet part : LINK
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"You can't have your cake if you ___" : EATIT
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Jacket : ETON
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City besieged by Agamemnon : TROY
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Like toads during a drought : DUSTY
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Slangy negative : NOPE
Down
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Early inhabitant of Great Britain : PICT
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Yen : ACHE
3
Simon or Sedaka : NEIL
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Wooden pegs : TREENAILS
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Hindu guitars : SITARS
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Pride's prey : ELAND
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French legumes : POIS
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___ Arbor : ANN
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Testament's partner : LASTWILL
10
Immoral : WRONG
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Pack behind the leaders at Aqueduct : RUCK
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Italian commune near Alessandria : ASTI
13
Drudge : PEON
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Former Spanish head of state : FRANCO
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Kind of cake : OAT
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Starts suddenly : SHIES
25
Bid : OFFER
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Chef on a ranch : COOKY
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Actress Terry : ELLEN
28
American author: 1891-1959 : COHEN
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Glory : KUDOS
30
Bungling : INEPT
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___ Alegre, Brazilian seaport : PORTO
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S.P.C.A. pickup : STRAY
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Color : JADEGREEN
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Beat the daylights out of : WALLOPED
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Got, not by luck : EARNED
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Good time : FUN
43
State : POLITY
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Insignificant : DINKY
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"___ a vision ... ?": Keats : WASIT
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Soda fountain treat, for short : MALT
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Eastern V.I.P. : EMIR
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City near Lake Tahoe : RENO
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These are banned by some landlords : PETS
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Aware of : ONTO
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" ... I could not ___ for Death": Dickinson : STOP
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Old-time laborer : ESNE
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Author Santha Rama : RAU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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