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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, August 7, 1979

20-Across : Sharp angle

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,864
Across
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Science dealing with light : OPTICS
7
Comb hair a certain way : TEASE
12
Apprentice : TRAINEE
13
Chinese ___ : LANTERN
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Scolding vehemently : RANTING
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Of long standing : OLDTIME
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With lance in hand : ATILT
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Whimpers : MEWLS
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Sharp angle : ZIG
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Attempt to overcome problems : COPE
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Loser to Roosevelt and Truman : DEWEY
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Base of some salads : TUNA
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Song syllable : TRA
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Howler : BONER
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Printer's mark : CARET
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___ Settlements, former British colony : STRAITS
29
Dairy product : CHEESE
30
Cobblers' gear : AWLS
31
Acclaim : HAIL
32
Sterne hero : SHANDY
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Deny : GAINSAY
38
Full of chatter : TALKY
39
Evenings, in Paris : SOIRS
40
Column in a Buddhist building : LAT
42
Members of the B.P.O.E. : ELKS
43
Vigorous contempt : SCORN
44
Baksheesh : ALMS
45
Words with carte or mode : ALA
46
Highest of the Alps, Mont ___ : BLANC
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S.A. constrictor : ABOMA
48
Unbranded calf : LONGEAR
50
Toward the source of a stream : UPRIVER
52
Place great confidence in : SWEARBY
53
Wall St. group : TRADERS
54
Light carbines : STENS
55
Gardeners, in springtime : SOWERS
Down
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Men on the dais : ORATORS
2
Historic town north of Delhi : PANIPAT
3
Championship : TITLE
4
Monogram unit: Abbr. : INIT
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Recent: Comb. form : CEN
6
Parts : SEGMENTS
7
Correspond : TALLY
8
Intentions : ENDS
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A.B.A. member : ATT
10
Sudden attack : SEIZURE
11
Winter weasels : ERMINES
12
Theologian's opus : TRACT
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Frown : LOWER
14
Deny the truth of : NEGATE
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Farm animals : EWES
22
Place mat : DOILY
23
Asian units of weight : TAELS
25
Off-color : BAWDY
26
Double features, at times : CHINS
28
Rows : RANKS
29
Kind of terrier : CAIRN
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Specialties of tonsorial artists : HAIRCUTS
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Plagiarizes : STEALS
33
Word between All and Day : HALLOWS
34
Red dye, or plant called bugloss : ALKANET
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Talk effusively : GOON
36
Thoroughly : ALLOVER
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Talks persistently : YAMMERS
39
Hair-raising : SCARY
41
Those wielding much power : TSARS
43
Applies thickly : SLABS
44
Bear : ABIDE
46
Swiss city on the Aar : BERN
47
"___ Youth," Dostoyevsky novel : ARAW
49
"She may ___ to France for me": Burns : GAE
51
Pete Rose or Pete Maravitch : PRO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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