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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, November 17, 1954

2-Down : Ridiculous.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,968
Across
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Popular singer. : FISHER
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Skoal and others. : TOASTS
13
Settle a dispute. : MEDIATE
14
Hollywood leading man. : ALDORAY
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Job for a journalist. : EDITING
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Mineral source of potassium. : KAINITE
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Card game. : LOO
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Joseph's coat, for instance. : RAIMENT
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Through: Prefix. : DIA
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Gulf in the Ionian Sea. : ARTA
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Golf star. : SNEAD
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Mr. Parks of TV. : BERT
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Artless. : NAIVE
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___ bear, an aardvark. : ANT
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20th century food expert. : HINES
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Hollywood prizes. : OSCARS
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Certain magazines. : DIGESTS
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Sound of the surf. : ROAR
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Chester or Arthur. : PORT
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Refrigerator compartment. : CRISPER
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Approached (with "on"). : VERGED
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Short street. : PLACE
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Code signal. : SOS
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Gone out: Fr. : SORTI
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Wander over. : ROVE
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Swiftly. : APACE
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Rise above the usual level. : SOAR
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Adjective suffix. : ESE
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Ciudad Bolivar's river. : ORINOCO
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Spirit: Fr. : AME
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New title for Alan Bible. : SENATOR
58
French or Spanish. : ROMANIC
60
Serenade by Glenn Miller. : SUNRISE
61
Molybdenum, for instance. : ELEMENT
62
Gridiron plays. : PASSES
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Be contemptuous of. : DERIDE
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Headgear for men. : FEDORAS
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Ridiculous. : IDIOTIC
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Have a place. : SIT
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Sheep dog's specialty. : HAIR
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Heating devices. : ETNAS
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Capital of Saskatchewan. : REGINA
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Heed wisely: Colloq. phrase. : TAKEATIP
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Cinema's original Charlie Chan. : OLAND
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Access. : ADIT
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Gary to Bing. : SON
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Neptune's attribute. : TRIDENT
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Marquand's forte. : SATIRES
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Black: Comb. form. : MELANO
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Great 20th century poet. : YEATS
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Set right. : MEND
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Cupidity. : AVARICE
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Small eating places. : BISTROS
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Irregular. : EROSE
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Usual start of 7 Across. : HERES
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Exhaust gradually. : SAP
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New title for A. A. Ribicoff: Abbr. : GOV
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Breathes. : RESPIRES
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TV view. : CLOSEUP
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City near the Po delta. : RAVENNA
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Low-grade sheepskin. : ROAN
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Uttered sounds of dismay. : GROANED
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Loosely woven fabric. : ETAMINE
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Straight. : DIRECT
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Demand haste. : PRESS
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Orchestrated. : SCORED
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Came into being. : AROSE
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School: Fr. : ECOLE
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Actor Skinner. : OTIS
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1-10 of an ephah. : OMER
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___ poetica. : ARS
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French friend. : AMI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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