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Elsie Bishop
Elsie Bishop

New York Times, Tuesday, September 11, 1956

14-Across : Hardened.

Author:
Elsie Bishop
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid is asymmetric.
Elsie Bishop has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,632
Across
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Barrier on the edge of a roof. : PARAPET
8
Ohio family. : TAFTS
13
Jimmy Durante's Mrs. : CALABASH
14
Hardened. : INURED
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How to order dinner. : ALACARTE
17
The Grimaldi's home. : MONACO
18
Cinchona and others. : BARKS
19
Outsider. : ALIEN
21
Fruit of a tree. : NUT
22
Navy men: Abbr. : ADMS
23
Growth of trees. : STAND
24
Plot of ground. : ACRE
25
Former U. N. official. : LIE
26
Rows. : TIERS
27
Promote. : SPEED
28
Pertaining to certain mountains. : ANDEAN
30
Two-masted vessel. : KETCH
32
Behold: Lat. : ECCE
34
False friend. : TRAITOR
38
Give cause of complaint to. : AGGRIEVE
42
Part of a shoe. : INSOLE
43
Facet of a personality. : TRAIT
44
Great works. : EPICS
46
Measures of length: Abbr. : RDS
47
___ china. : BONE
48
Outspoken. : FRANK
49
Exploit. : GEST
50
Close. : END
51
Panama Canal dam. : GATUN
52
Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
53
Theatrical. : SCENIC
55
Fragrant shrub. : LAVENDER
57
Prosper. : THRIVE
58
Rulers. : EMPERORS
59
Small isolated tract. : ISLET
60
Bed canopies. : TESTERS
Down
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Knight of Charlemagne's guard. : PALADIN
2
Frightened. : ALARMED
3
Display cases. : RACKS
4
Down with!: Fr. : ABAS
5
Normal. : PAR
6
Property in general. : ESTATE
7
Recent play starring Julie Harris. : THELARK
8
Arranged opportunely. : TIMED
9
Soon. : ANON
10
Like ___ (by no means). : FUN
11
Mme. Arcati's specialty. : TRANCE
12
Safe. : SECURE
13
Any occult or mystic philosophy. : CABALA
15
Lavished fondness on. : DOTED
20
Insert. : INSET
23
Because. : SINCE
24
Garden pest. : APHIS
26
Implied but not stated. : TACIT
27
Examines carefully. : SCANS
29
Awe-inspiring. : EERIE
31
Feat requiring skill. : TRICK
33
Turn inside out. : EVERT
35
Mounted man in an arena. : TOREADOR
36
A large part of the population. : OLDSTERS
37
Stages a comeback in the theatre. : RESTARS
38
Not more than. : ATBEST
39
Italy's President. : GRONCHI
40
Barnyard denizens. : GANDERS
41
Dress uniform ornament. : EPAULET
45
Nominally. : INNAME
48
Flat surface of a gem. : FACET
49
Kind. : GENRE
51
Perform. : GIVE
52
Vegetable. : BEET
54
Nothing. : NIL
56
Certain officials: Colloq. : VPS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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