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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Thursday, April 13, 1967
9-Down : Basic.
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 M | 3 O | 4 G | 5 H | 6 S | 7 T | 8 V | 9 E | 10 R | 11 B |
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12 A | T | O | N | E | 13 S | U | P | E | 14 M | L | I | I |
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15 L | O | G | A | N | 16 T | R | A | N | 17 S | I | E | N | T |
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18 B | R | U | C | E | 19 B | A | R | T | O | N | 20 M | K | T |
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21 S | E | L | L | 22 I | R | A | 23 R | A | 24 R | E | ||||
25 E | 26 A | R | T | H | 27 Y | 28 P | A | N | 29 D | 30 A |
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31 R | 32 E | 33 G | A | R | D | 34 S | A | 35 P | 36 I | T | I | C |
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37 A | I | R | R | A | I | 38 D | 39 M | A | 40 G | N | A | N | I |
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41 G | R | A | D | 42 E | A | 43 T | 44 S | O | I | L | E | D |
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45 S | E | N | A | 46 T | 47 B | E | 48 N | T | O | N | ||||
49 D | Y | E | 50 R | 51 D | E | E | 52 S | 53 O | 54 F | 55 A |
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56 A | 57 E | A | 58 R | U | 59 E | D | E | L | 60 A | P | A | I | X |
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61 S | C | R | 62 A | M | B | L | E | D | 63 C | A | R | N | E |
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64 O | H | M | Y | 65 L | O | R | Y | 66 T | I | E | N | S |
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67 F | O | Y | S | 68 E | N | S | 69 A | N | D | Y |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,452
Across
1
Urban menace. : SMOG
5
Presidential initials. : HST
8
Part of speech. : VERB
12
Expiate. : ATONE
13
Mob-scene member: Slang. : SUPE
14
11th-cen. date. : MLII
15
Highest peak in Canada. : LOGAN
16
Fleeting. : TRANSIENT
18
Author of "The Man Nobody Knows." : BRUCEBARTON
20
Abbreviation for 1 Down. : MKT
21
Vend. : SELL
22
Man's name. : IRA
23
Uncommon. : RARE
25
Simple and natural. : EARTHY
28
Bearcat. : PANDA
31
Esteem. : REGARD
34
Enervate. : SAP
36
Adjective suffix. : ITIC
37
Act of war. : AIRRAID
39
Italian movie star. : MAGNANI
41
Alumnus: Abbr. : GRAD
42
See 29 Down. : EAT
44
Ready for the washer. : SOILED
45
Legislative group: Fr. : SENAT
47
Noted American painter. : BENTON
49
Cleaner and ___. : DYER
51
Balmoral's river. : DEE
52
Davenport. : SOFA
56
Initials of Equity. : AEA
58
World-famous thoroughfare. : RUEDELAPAIX
61
Jumbled. : SCRAMBLED
63
Meat: Sp. : CARNE
64
Dear me! : OHMY
65
Small parrot. : LORY
66
To be sure!: Fr. : TIENS
67
Theatrical family. : FOYS
68
Type measures. : ENS
69
Presidential nickname. : ANDY
Down
1
Mart. : STORE
2
Dominant person. : MOGUL
3
Lerner-Lane song, "___ You Can See Forever." : ONACLEARDAY
4
Heredity factor. : GENE
5
Cheers. : HURRAHS
6
Petty dispute. : SPAT
7
Purport. : TENOR
8
Brother Rat's alma mater. : VMI
9
Basic. : ELEMENTAL
10
Sports place. : RINK
11
Deck post. : BITT
12
Vestments. : ALBS
13
Jump. : START
17
Vigor: Colloq. : SNAP
19
Golf term. : BIRDIE
24
Eliza's song, with "The." : RAININSPAIN
26
Macaw. : ARA
27
Vegetable. : YAM
29
Provide a feast. : DINE
30
Tart. : ACID
31
Name for a shaggy dog. : RAGS
32
Land of Killarney. : EIRE
33
Early patriotic organization. : GRANDARMY
35
Type of picture. : PASTEL
38
Flatfish. : DAB
40
Baby's contented sound. : GOO
43
Farm machines. : TEDDERS
46
Word or phrase. : TERM
48
In want. : NEEDY
50
Coin of Kiev. : RUBLE
53
Rowed. : OARED
54
Like minnows. : FINNY
55
Tools. : AXES
56
___ now. : ASOF
57
Visible satellite. : ECHO
59
College in N.C. : ELON
60
Deeds: Lat. : ACTA
62
Affirmatives: Var. : AYS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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