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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, January 23, 1981

50-Down : Novello

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, 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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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,399
Across
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Leadership of a group : HELM
5
City in Idaho : ARCO
9
Cocksure : SMUG
13
Layer of the iris : UVEA
14
Rainbow fish : MAORI
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False attitude : POSE
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Subject painted by many artists : LASTSUPPER
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Fruit punches : ADES
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Rushes violently against : ASSAULTS
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Contorted : ATWIST
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Ruby or Sandra : DEE
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Nosher's delight : EATING
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Lab vessels : RETORTS
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Disease of apple and pear trees : MEASLES
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Afghan princes : AMIRS
34
Carts : HAULS
36
Peruvian seaport : ILO
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Cozy quarters : DENS
38
Colorless : MOUSY
39
Young moose : CALF
40
Banking abbr. : INT
41
Topkick : SARGE
42
City invaded by Nazis: May 1941 : CANEA
43
Fragrant substance : ODORANT
45
Casual visitors : DROPINS
47
Gusto : RELISH
49
Grand ___ Opry : OLE
50
Sight in the Arctic Ocean : ICECAP
52
Macbeth's fatal flaw : AMBITION
57
What S. B. Anthony wanted : VOTE
58
Louvre cynosure : LAGIOCONDA
60
Chooses : OPTS
61
Heap kudos upon : EXALT
62
Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT
63
Hudsons' contemporaries : REOS
64
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
65
Bleeped item on TV : NONO
Down
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Shimmy's cousin : HULA
2
Gabor and Braun : EVAS
3
Color or point follower : LESS
4
Trump cards in certain games : MATADORS
5
Fetish : AMULET
6
Wholly absorbed : RAPT
7
Thicket : COPSE
8
Money in Malmö : ORE
9
Generates : SPAWNS
10
Painter-sculptor born in Livorno : MODIGLIANI
11
___ up (exhausts) : USES
12
Exploit : GEST
15
In a wrathful way : IRATELY
18
Litigants : SUERS
22
Sobrinos' kin : TIAS
25
Pleasingly diverted : AMUSED
26
Receiving set : RADIO
27
Free from defects : EMEND
28
His self-portrait is in the Louvre : TINTORETTO
29
Tennis wear : SHORTS
31
"Lady of the Lake" lady : ELLEN
32
Tuxedo and chesterfield : SOFAS
35
Summer mo. : AUG
38
One-third of a cohort : MANIPLE
39
City on Table Bay : CAPETOWN
41
Spacious hall : SALA
42
Mulligrubs : COLIC
44
Welcome break : RECESS
46
Characters in "Star Wars" : ROBOTS
48
Mother of Ishmael : HAGAR
50
Novello : IVOR
51
Contend : COPE
53
Venus de ___ (Louvre attraction) : MILO
54
Small Japanese receptacle : INRO
55
One-eyed god : ODIN
56
Defense org. : NATO
59
Chopper : AXE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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