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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, February 8, 1989

6-Down : Author of "The Rover"

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
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. 14,337
Across
1
Blow one's own horn : BRAG
5
Rabbits' tails : SCUTS
10
Señora : DAMA
14
The monk parrot : LORO
15
" ... and nothing more ___": Dowson : TOSEE
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Singer Clapton : ERIC
17
Of the third syllable from the end : ANTEPENULTIMATE
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Flavorful bark : SASSAFRAS
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I.o.u.'s : DEBTS
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Afrikaans : TAAL
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Kind of soup : PEA
24
Go to a meeting : ATTEND
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Damaging remark : SLANDER
31
Pertaining to bees : APIAN
32
Volga feeder : OKA
33
Rita Hayworth's Khan : ALY
34
Construction frowned on by some purists : SPLITINFINITIVE
39
Cheer in Córdoba : OLE
40
Ump's kin : REF
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Distances of Ryun's races : MILES
42
Minuteman's foe : REDCOAT
45
Compensates : REPAYS
47
Member of a fraternal order : ELK
48
Comic Jay : LENO
49
Red-headed screen star : OHARA
52
Dixie decision: 1861 : SECESSION
57
What the is : DEFINITEARTICLE
59
Historical periods : ERAS
60
Michelangelo's "Slave," e.g. : TORSO
61
Actress Nettleton : LOIS
62
Order for roast beef : RARE
63
Kilns : OASTS
64
Turk's-head or sheepshank : KNOT
Down
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Lesage's Gil ___ : BLAS
2
Author Jaffe : RONA
3
Part of B.F.A. : ARTS
4
Departs : GOES
5
German-born actor Schnabel : STEFAN
6
Author of "The Rover" : CONRAD
7
Commonplace : USUAL
8
Some messages: Abbr. : TELS
9
Defeat a bridge bid : SET
10
Abase : DEMEAN
11
Spirited horse : ARAB
12
Necessity for a catcher : MITT
13
Golf rarities : ACES
18
___ leather : PATENT
19
Notion : IDEA
23
Marshall ___ : PLAN
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Granny Smith is one : APPLE
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Like many bathroom walls : TILED
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Randy's skating partner : TAI
27
Emulate Tomba : SKI
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Kent's ___ Planet : DAILY
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Santa's little helpers : ELVES
30
Pumpernickels : RYES
31
Stringed instrument of yore : ASOR
32
Canceled : OFF
35
Baghdad is its capital : IRAK
36
Seine : NET
37
Duty on foreign goods : IMPOST
38
Aunt, in Avila : TIA
43
Cherry red : CERISE
44
Character in "The Good Earth" : OLAN
45
Make a new mold : RECAST
46
Winter months in Madrid : ENEROS
48
Wanton looks : LEERS
49
Baltic Sea feeder : ODER
50
Sister of Zeus : HERA
51
In the distance : AFAR
52
Portico for Plato : STOA
53
Symbol of smoothness : SILK
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Sacred picture : ICON
55
Hodgepodge : OLIO
56
Aerie or snuggery : NEST
58
Robert of "Quincy, M.E." : ITO

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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