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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Monday, March 30, 1959

12-Down : Measure of length.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,545
Across
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___ d'oeuvre. : CHEF
5
Member of Equity. : ACTOR
10
Kind of talking doll. : MAMA
14
The moon. : LUNA
15
Construct or erect. : RAISE
16
God of war. : ARES
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Monad. : UNIT
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Descriptive of skirts of the 1920's. : KNEELENGTH
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Intellectuals, in current lingo. : EGGHEADS
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Bis. : ENCORE
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Big name in labor. : MEANY
24
Stores, as fodder. : ENSILES
25
Maps. : CHARTS
27
Arrangement. : SETUP
28
Permit. : LET
29
Wiser. : SAGER
31
Joint. : ELBOW
35
Eastern ruler. : EMIR
37
Palatable. : SAPID
39
Projecting part of a roof. : EAVE
40
Side or aspect. : FACET
42
South African Dutch. : BOERS
44
Part of ARC. : RED
45
Palmate, as many water birds. : WEBBY
47
Fur-bearing mammals. : OTTERS
49
Mistress of Louis XV. : DUBARRY
52
Hoax: Slang. : SPOOF
53
Loath. : AVERSE
54
Darby's Joan, for example. : HELPMATE
57
Entrance to a flower show. : GARDENGATE
59
Sour. : ACID
60
Salt tree of Asia. : ATLE
61
Mississippi area. : DELTA
62
Head: Fr. : TETE
63
If ___ be. : NEED
64
Distant. : ALOOF
65
Scent. : ODOR
Down
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Key. : CLUE
2
Suspended. : HUNG
3
Puzzling. : ENIGMATIC
4
___ William, Lewis Carroll character. : FATHER
5
Sen. Fulbright's state. : ARKANSAS
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Jelly beans. : CANDY
7
Bonds. : TIES
8
Chemical suffix. : OSE
9
Soften. : RELENT
10
Steward, as in an English college. : MANCIPLE
11
Tartar deposited in wine casks. : ARGOL
12
Measure of length. : METRE
13
Residue. : ASHES
19
Result. : ENSUE
21
Consumes. : EATS
24
Ghostly. : EERIE
25
Musical symbol. : CLEF
26
Blood: Comb. form. : HEMA
27
Native Indian soldier. : SEPOY
30
Inclined to chatter: Colloq. : GABBY
32
Audacious. : BAREFACED
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Done. : OVER
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Marries. : WEDS
36
Compensated. : REWARDED
38
Kind of table. : DROPLEAF
41
Succinct. : TERSE
43
Punctuation mark, usually a period. : STOP
46
Girl's name meaning "sword." : BRENDA
48
Colorful fruit used as a vegetable. : TOMATO
49
Babylonian earth god. : DAGAN
50
Grape conserve. : UVATE
51
TV comedian. : BERLE
52
Fight. : SETTO
54
Aureole. : HALO
55
Big name in Belgrade. : TITO
56
River into the Fulda. : EDER
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Colloidal substance. : GEL

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

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