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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, July 10, 1987

56-Across : Hungarian gypsy

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,758
Across
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Finder of the Holy Grail : GALAHAD
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Tea maker for a czar : SAMOVAR
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Gorged, at mealtime : OVERATE
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Galley of yore : TRIREME
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Collapse : DEBACLE
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Part of a plane's wing : AILERON
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Levin, the writer : IRA
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Asian sheep : KARAKUL
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Knack : ART
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Housetop addition : VANE
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Acts like Caleb : SPIES
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Small wild ox : ANOA
27
Contests in Socrates's day : AGONS
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Tot : ADD
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The Bulbul Amir : ABDUL
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Wallop and Bumpers : SENATORS
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Worry : HARASS
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Robin Williams role : MORK
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Section of the Koran : SURA
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Feel indignation : RESENT
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Does over, as a kitchen : REMODELS
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" ... ___ that ne'er decays": Wordsworth : APILE
44
Douceur : TIP
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Thread: Comb. form : NEMAT
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Opacates : DIMS
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Disinclined : LOATH
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Wrestling in Tokyo : SUMO
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Japanese admiral : ITO
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Fine leather : PINSEAL
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Actress Ullmann : LIV
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On the stove : COOKING
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Hungarian gypsy : TZIGANE
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Household cleaning item : AMMONIA
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U.S. satellite : TELSTAR
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Decreases : LESSENS
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Click beetles : ELATERS
Down
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Namesakes of a famous equestrienne : GODIVAS
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Mean : AVERAGE
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Land of cedars : LEBANON
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Heavenly Altar : ARA
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Cut : HACK
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Range in Morocco : ATLAS
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Mailer's "The ___" : DEERPARK
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Bet : STAKED
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Early Greek theologian at Alexandria : ARIUS
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Pepper ___ : MILL
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Money in Malmö : ORE
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Lanai : VERANDA
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Like lovers : AMOROUS
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Some cars : RENTALS
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Assists : AIDS
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Nail polishes : ENAMELS
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Wears away : ABRADES
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Item used in curling : STONE
30
Hank, of baseball fame : AARON
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Table scrap : ORT
33
Sound of activity : HUM
35
Composition for seven : SEPTETTE
36
Left-winger : RADICAL
37
Summary : EPITOME
38
Syrian dust storms : SIMOOMS
39
Small inlets : RIAS
40
Ape : EMULATE
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Arranged in scales : LAMINAR
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Cured stalks of grain : STOVERS
44
Carriages drawn by bullocks : TONGAS
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Protein obtained from flaxseed : LININ
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Kind of nut or hen : HAZEL
51
State tree of Me. : PINE
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Lee of the silents : LILA
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Parts of Ali's rec. : KOS
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A Midwest time: Abbr. : GST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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