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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Thursday, October 3, 1968

10-Down : Off the beaten track.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,991
Across
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Pitcher's fault. : BALK
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Scheherazade's milieu. : HAREM
10
Part of a door. : SILL
14
Girl friend: Fr. : AMIE
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Still in use. : ALIVE
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Constant. : TRUE
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Wife. : LADY
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Flavoring. : LEMON
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Leather strip. : RAND
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Play to the gallery. : SHOWOFF
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Congo region. : KATANGA
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Lizard. : EFT
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Lure. : DECOY
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More dependable. : TRUSTIER
30
Pupils: Fr. : ELEVES
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Ripped. : RENT
35
Form of address. : MAAM
37
Official in ancient Rome. : EDILE
38
Cooperstown name. : OTT
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Ophidian. : SERPENT
41
Fish spear. : GIG
42
Archangel. : URIEL
44
Sown: Fr. : SEME
45
Japanese zither. : KOTO
46
Early Mexican. : TOLTEC
48
Breathes. : RESPIRES
50
Grassy. : HERBY
52
Color. : TAN
53
Naval hero, 1815. : DECATUR
56
Office equipment. : LEDGERS
60
Bovines. : OXEN
61
Novel of 1924. : SOBIG
63
Sister act, at times. : DUET
64
Regard (as). : RATE
65
Due. : OWING
66
Viva voce. : ORAL
67
Name in the theater. : AMES
68
These: Sp. : ESTAS
69
Reminder. : MEMO
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French social affairs. : BALS
2
Indian nanny. : AMAH
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Famous island resort. : LIDO
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City in the Deep South. : KEYWEST
5
Break during a game. : HALFTIME
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Hebrew letter. : ALEF
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Margin. : RIM
8
Call out. : EVOKE
9
Dennis. : MENACE
10
Off the beaten track. : STRAYED
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Country on the Caspian. : IRAN
12
Diver's gear. : LUNG
13
Helen's mother. : LEDA
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Frequent: Poet. : OFT
23
House sign. : TOLET
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Decorator's art. : DRAPERY
26
Steelhead. : TROUT
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Kind of rocket. : RETRO
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To the point that. : UNTIL
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Up to the ___. : EARS
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Dash. : VIGOR
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Choice part. : ELITE
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Lily plants. : SEGOS
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Same: Fr. : MEME
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Weather word. : SLEET
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Certain assets. : NESTEGGS
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Hydrocarbons. : ETHANES
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___ come. : KINGDOM
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Friday's companion. : CRUSOE
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Launching ___. : PAD
51
Facial features. : BROWS
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Dickens character. : DORA
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Test. : EXAM
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Order of whales. : CETE
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Girl's name. : LINA
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Seine tributary. : EURE
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Quantity of paper. : REAM
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Town near Caen. : STLO
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Short time: Colloq. : BIT

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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