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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Tuesday, January 7, 1964
40-Down : "Don't be ___!"
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 E | 3 C | 4 A | 5 D | 6 E | 7 S | 8 I | 9 S | 10 L | 11 E | 12 R | |||
13 D | E | F | A | M | E | S | 14 T | R | A | I | L | E | 15 R |
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16 A | F | F | R | O | N | T | 17 R | E | P | L | E | T | E |
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18 L | I | E | N | S | 19 E | 20 T | A | 21 S | A | V | I | N |
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22 L | A | N | E | 23 B | E | A | T | 24 S | 25 C | A | R | E |
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26 A | N | D | 27 S | A | M | P | A | N | 28 S | 29 T | A | W |
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30 S | T | I | 31 T | C | H | E | S | 32 A | N | 33 G | E | L | S |
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34 W | O | A | D | 35 F | R | E | E | |||||||
36 M | 37 E | 38 D | I | U | M | 39 T | A | L | E | N | 40 T | 41 E | 42 D |
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43 A | M | E | 44 T | A | 45 R | R | I | E | R | 46 O | N | E |
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47 S | P | A | 48 T | 49 S | O | U | N | D | 50 V | O | T | E |
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51 H | I | R | E | 52 D | 53 G | E | T | 54 B | A | S | E | D |
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55 E | R | E | M | I | 56 T | E | 57 E | 58 R | A | S | U | R | E |
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59 D | E | S | P | A | I | R | 60 S | O | B | E | R | E | D |
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61 S | T | O | L | E | S | 62 T | E | A | S | E | D |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,273
Across
1
The thirties. : DECADE
7
1st baseman, Hall of Fame, 1939. : SISLER
13
Libels. : DEFAMES
14
Home on wheels. : TRAILER
16
Insult. : AFFRONT
17
Full. : REPLETE
18
Mortgages. : LIENS
19
Airlines abbreviation. : ETA
21
Evergreen juniper. : SAVIN
22
Traffic division. : LANE
23
Gets ahead of. : BEATS
25
International relief agency. : CARE
26
Ampersand. : AND
27
Chinese boats. : SAMPANS
29
Large fancy marble. : TAW
30
French knots, for example. : STITCHES
32
Ball team. : ANGELS
34
Blue dye. : WOAD
35
Easy's partner. : FREE
36
Environment. : MEDIUM
39
Having special ability. : TALENTED
43
Soul: Fr. : AME
44
Lingering guest. : TARRIER
46
Number. : ONE
47
Young oyster. : SPAT
49
Arm of the sea. : SOUND
50
Suffrage. : VOTE
51
Took on. : HIRED
53
Puzzle: Colloq. : GET
54
Located. : BASED
55
Anchoret. : EREMITE
57
Obliteration. : ERASURE
59
Giant of Doubting Castle. : DESPAIR
60
Became serious. : SOBERED
61
Favorite furs. : STOLES
62
Combed the hair backwards. : TEASED
Down
1
Challenging. : DEFIANT
2
Turkish title of respect. : EFFENDI
3
Meat: Sp. : CARNE
4
Memorable radio character. : AMOS
5
Where to "beard the lion." : DEN
6
Revered. : ESTEEMED
7
Layers. : STRATA
8
Island country: Abbr. : IRE
9
Enervates. : SAPS
10
Blooming shrub. : LILAC
11
Exhilarate. : ELEVATE
12
Act of withdrawing. : RETIRAL
13
Polk's Vice President. : DALLAS
15
Continues a subscription. : RENEWS
20
Lights out. : TAPS
23
Popular vacation spot. : BAHAMAS
24
Tangled. : SNARLED
27
Guy, usually good. : SCOUT
28
Scoff. : SNEER
31
Double: Prefix. : TWI
33
Army man: Abbr. : GEN
35
Dimmest. : FAINTEST
36
Like some potatoes. : MASHED
37
The British and others. : EMPIRES
38
Letter opener. : DEAREST
39
Companion of tried. : TRUE
40
"Don't be ___!" : TOOSURE
41
Posted. : ENTERED
42
Made over to, legally. : DEEDED
45
Memorable humorist. : ROGERS
48
Rhythm. : TEMPO
50
Containers of a sort. : VASES
52
Numbered disk. : DIAL
54
Rum cake. : BABA
56
Bond. : TIE
58
Fish delicacy. : ROE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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