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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Friday, March 4, 1955

8-Down : Ornamental casings for flower containers.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,075
Across
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___ coat. : SACK
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Latin friends. : AMICI
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Whiffle. : BLOW
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Ear: Comb. form. : AURI
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Work having two parapets. : REDAN
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Arouse one's dander. : RILE
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___ end. : ATAN
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Chosen. : ELECT
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Frigg's husband. : ODIN
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Creator of Harry Van, Duke Mantee, etc. : ROBERTESHERWOOD
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Pronoun. : THEE
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Cupid. : EROS
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Greek island. : CHIOS
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Malicious. : SPITEFUL
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Political groups. : BLOCS
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Salons. : ROOMS
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Literary collection. : ANA
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The makings of a cabin. : LOGS
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Bretons and Britons. : CELTS
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Publius Naso. : OVID
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Shrub. : IVA
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Dwellers in Toyland. : BABES
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Detects. : SPOTS
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George Eliot and George Sand. : PENNAMES
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Mimicry. : APERY
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City between Moscow and Kharkov. : OREL
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Part of Arabia. : ADEN
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Author of verse plays. : MAXWELLANDERSON
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Extent. : AREA
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City on the Meuse. : LIEGE
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Soft mud. : OOZE
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Numerous. : MANY
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Among: Prefix. : INTER
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Abbess. : AMMA
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Hersdman of Tekoa. : AMOS
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Actor John and family. : AGARS
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Esteemed. : DEAR
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River into the Moselle. : SAAR
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Roadster. : AUTO
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Sour-tempered one. : CRAB
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Science of motion. : KINETICS
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Rugged crests. : ARETES
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Free-for-all. : MELEE
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Roman date. : IDES
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Ornamental casings for flower containers. : CACHEPOTS
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Periods between. : INTERIMS
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Graze. : BROWSE
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Island reef outside of Venice. : LIDO
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Miscellaneous collection. : OLIO
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Proceed on. : WEND
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Greek letters. : RHOS
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Spoils. : ROTS
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Pungent spice. : CLOVE
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Champion golfer. : HOGAN
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Under surfaces of skis. : SOLES
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Generous act. : FAVOR
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Concord. : UNITY
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Young 'uns. : LADS
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Radar screen signal. : BLIP
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Opposing any control. : REBELLING
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Corsage favorite. : CAMELLIA
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Vagabond's delight. : OPENROAD
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Empty. : BARE
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Count von ___. : SPEE
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Not at all: Colloq. : NOWAYS
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Milk snakes. : ADDERS
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Choler. : ANGER
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TV role. : MAMA
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"My Name is ___." : ARAM
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Stranger: Comb. form. : XENO
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Dwarf of the Philippines. : AETA
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More or less. : SOME
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Frank L. Baum character. : OZMA
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Having proximity. : NEAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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