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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Monday, February 26, 1962

8-Down : Pattern: Abbr.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,609
Across
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Victory symbol. : PALM
5
Irish-born poet-playwright. : WILDE
10
19th cen. author. : POE
13
Et ___. : ALII
14
"For want of ___ ... " : ANAIL
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South African district. : RAND
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TV specialty. : COMMERCIAL
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Noun suffix. : ENCE
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Affixing. : APPENDING
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Wan. : ASHEN
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Ceased. : DIED
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Genus of herbs. : RUTA
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Blvds. : STS
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Elicited. : DREW
28
Pressed. : IRONED
31
River of England. : TEES
33
Pinchpenny. : NIGGARDLY
35
Oriental case. : INRO
36
Mountain range of North Africa. : ATLAS
37
Spirit. : ELAN
38
Curbed. : REPRESSED
40
"___ thief ... " : SETA
41
English novelist. : STERNE
42
Norse story. : SAGA
45
Punctuation mark: Abbr. : SEM
46
Caravel of 1492. : NINA
47
Purses. : BAGS
49
Ships' officers. : MATES
51
Record of a sort. : SCORECARD
56
Spring flower. : IRIS
57
Struggled awkwardly. : FLOUNDERED
58
Force. : DINT
59
Author of gold-rush stories. : HARTE
60
Fictional dog. : NANA
61
Verb suffix. : IZE
62
Nautical call. : AVAST
63
Handy ___. : ANDY
Down
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South American rodent. : PACA
2
Hanging unevenly. : ALOP
3
Drooping. : LIMP
4
Imitated. : MIMED
5
Guard. : WARDER
6
Episodes. : INCIDENTS
7
Reclined. : LAIN
8
Pattern: Abbr. : DIAG
9
Old measure. : ELL
10
Strips of land, as in West Virginia. : PANHANDLES
11
Formerly. : ONCE
12
Former P. M. : EDEN
15
Renovates. : RESTORES
17
Wife of Geraint. : ENID
20
Aspect. : AURA
22
Outfits. : RIGS
23
Agitates. : STIRS
24
Belief. : TENET
25
Winding. : SERPENTINE
27
Playful tricks. : WILES
29
Inspire. : ELATE
30
Power: Prefix. : DYNAM
32
Of least account. : SORRIEST
34
Social whirlers. : GADABOUTS
36
On the deep. : ASEA
39
Austrian river. : ENNS
43
Gemstone. : GARNET
44
Mellowed. : AGED
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Part of an opera. : SCENA
49
The south of France. : MIDI
50
Where Flagstaff is: Abbr. : ARIZ
51
European. : SLAV
52
Cooper heroine. : CORA
53
"Man of ___," Flaherty film. : ARAN
54
Split. : REND
55
Time set for military action. : DDAY
57
Government agency. : FHA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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