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Geraldine W. King
Geraldine W. King

New York Times, Tuesday, May 21, 1957

23-Down : Evil influence.

Author:
Geraldine King
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Geraldine W. King has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Geraldine King is an alias for Geraldine W. King.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,884
Across
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American newspaper publisher (1858-1935). : OCHS
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Pulls. : TOWS
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Streetcar in Soho. : TRAM
13
Mince. : CHOP
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French pronoun. : VOTRE
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Adroitness. : EASE
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Occasion. : TIME
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Members of a retinue. : ATTENDANTS
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First game of the season. : OPENER
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Province and county in Canada. : ONTARIOS
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Ten years before Shakespeare's birth. : MDLIV
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Maxims. : SAWS
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Belgian resort. : SPA
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Secular. : LAIC
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Army guided missiles. : NIKES
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Go out for coffee: Slang. : TAKEABREAK
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___ tide. : NEAP
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Colonial orator. : OTIS
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Plunge forward suddenly. : LUNGE
40
A theme: Mus. : TEMA
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County of England. : KENT
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Baked in a cream sauce. : ESCALLOPED
44
Fungous growth on cereals. : ERGOT
46
Deeply: Poet. : INLY
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Mao ___-tung. : TSE
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___ bene. : NOTA
51
The great artery. : AORTA
53
Businessman's calculation. : ESTIMATE
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Mix up, as a message, story, etc. : GARBLE
60
Dwelling in. : INHABITING
62
On the deep. : ASEA
63
Viewed. : SEEN
64
Openings of the nose. : NARES
65
Small beds. : COTS
66
Islands off Florida. : KEYS
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Playing card. : TREY
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Granny. : KNOT
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Eight: Comb. form. : OCTO
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Short, lofting stroke in golf. : CHIP
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Course in some schools. : HOMEMAKING
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Pay out. : SPEND
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Kindergartner. : TOT
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Von Bismarck. : OTTO
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Small songbirds. : WRENS
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Heroine of "The Flying Dutchman." : SENTA
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Attacks impetuously. : TEARSINTO
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Hindu queen. : RANI
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About. : ASTO
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Hodgepodge. : MESS
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Fluctuating. : VARIABLE
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Time of day. : DAWN
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She: Span. : ELLA
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Evil influence. : VIRUS
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Feed fuel to. : STOKE
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Eton boy's father. : PATER
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Italian family, subject of Shelley drama. : CENCI
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Check carefully. : KEEPTABSON
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Former opera star. : EAMES
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Card. : SPADE
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Natives of Tartu and Narva. : ESTONIANS
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Capital of Guam. : AGANA
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Coolidge's Secy. of State and family. : KELLOGGS
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Northern constellation. : LYRA
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Vault. : TOMB
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Spoil. : TAINT
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Perfume. : ATTAR
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Dave Sime's sport. : TRACK
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Port on the Sea of Azov. : EISK
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Snick-a-___. : SNEE
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Pronoun. : THEY
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Where Dev is back in power. : EIRE
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Mother of Apollo. : LETO
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Direction. : EAST
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Napoleon's marshal. : NEY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later.

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