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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Saturday, October 14, 1989

54-Down : Scroll of the Pentateuch

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,585
Across
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Ball or strike : CALL
5
___ facto : IPSO
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Volcano in Japan : ASAMA
14
Nautical term : ALEE
15
Muffler for a trumpet : MUTE
16
Earth color : UMBER
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Ingredient in chili : HOTPEPPER
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Intimidate : DAUNT
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Native of Lagos : NIGERIAN
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Role for Wilson et al. : IRMAS
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Sound in the night : SNORE
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Fortuneteller's items : TAROTS
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Undergo a change : BECOME
29
Have the lead : STAR
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Kind of sister : SOB
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His interest is distressing : USURER
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
37
Hierophants : PRIESTS
39
Grows fat : BATTENS
41
Pier on a wall : ANTA
42
Add on : ATTACH
44
Scheider from Orange, N.J. : ROY
45
Snoods : NETS
46
Adman's come-on : TEASER
47
Anesthetics : ETHERS
49
Author of "Pal Joey" : OHARA
54
Piece of statuary : TORSO
56
Antonio Chenel, e.g. : TOREADOR
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Liquid portion of fat : OLEIN
60
Boiler output : LIVESTEAM
61
U.S. naval base in Spain : RONDA
62
Pip : SEED
63
If not : ELSE
64
Beautician Elizabeth : ARDEN
65
Cinerary vessels : URNS
66
Jujube : DATE
Down
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Lyrist Sammy and wife, Tita : CAHNS
2
Crystalline drug : ALOIN
3
Free : LETGO
4
One of Father Damien's concerns : LEPER
5
Band of Zulu warriors : IMPI
6
Insect stage : PUPA
7
Loud-mouth : STENTOR
8
"___ the land ... " : OER
9
TV's sound : AUDIO
10
Sophisticated, fashionable people : SMARTSET
11
What the tout gave at the track : ABUMSTEER
12
Manufacturing city in Ark. : MENA
13
Part of M.F.A. : ARTS
18
Place of darkness : EREBUS
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Microscopic creatures : AMEBAS
25
Run another relay : RERACE
27
Assets : ESTATE
28
Loser at Little Big Horn : CUSTER
30
It flows beneath the Ponte Vecchio : ARNO
31
Bright; optimistic : ROSY
32
Pair of animals : SPAN
33
River in NW France : ORNE
34
Final extremity : BITTEREND
38
Part of the Big Apple : EASTSIDE
40
Paroxysms : THROES
43
More savory : TASTIER
48
Where Chengchow is capital : HONAN
50
Had an aversion to : HATED
51
Writer St. Johns : ADELA
52
Pan : ROAST
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Napoleon's men : ARMEE
54
Scroll of the Pentateuch : TORA
55
Swan genus : OLOR
57
Pizzeria appliance : OVEN
58
Muscovites : REDS
60
Univ. at Baton Rouge : LSU

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

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