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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Thursday, May 5, 1955

48-Down : Have ___ (become very upset).

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
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. 2,137
Across
1
Consequently. : THUS
5
Lewis' predominant feature. : BROWS
10
Slash. : GASH
14
Miss Murphy, in a famous play. : ROSE
15
Pertaining to sound frequencies. : AUDIO
16
Bank of a river. : RIPA
17
Agreeable to reason. : OPENMINDED
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Polish-German boundary river. : ODER
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Petits fours. : DESSERTS
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Diverted. : AMUSED
23
Austrian river. : ENNS
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Spirit. : ELAN
25
Bundles of twigs. : FAGOTS
28
What beauty often is. : SKINDEEP
32
Arabic A's. : ALIFS
33
Stays longer than planned. : WAITSOVER
34
Put aside. : DOFF
35
Fictional vessel. : CAINE
36
Gavilan's punch. : BOLO
37
Involving as a result. : ENTAILING
39
Solicited. : ASKED
40
Not migratory, as birds. : RESIDENT
41
Kinds. : BREEDS
42
Changes motor's speed. : REVS
43
Sound of a motor. : PURR
44
"Whodunit" character. : CORPSE
47
Newcomers. : ARRIVALS
51
Author Ludwig. : EMIL
52
Feeling distressed. : REMORSEFUL
54
River to the Gulf of Finland. : NEVA
55
Polyhymnia's sister. : ERATO
56
Middle name of Edgar Burroughs. : RICE
57
Playing card. : TREY
58
Seed again. : RESOW
59
Artificial bed of oysters. : STEW
Down
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Walked over. : TROD
2
Want and expect. : HOPE
3
Practices. : USES
4
The essence of sportsmanship. : SENSEOFFAIRPLAY
5
Wee Scots. : BAIRNS
6
Wee 'uns. : RUNTS
7
Seven and eleven. : ODDS
8
___ geht's? (how are you?): Ger. : WIE
9
Translucent mineral resembling marble. : SODALITE
10
Members of a Civilian Corps. : GROUNDOBSERVERS
11
Lends a helping hand. : AIDS
12
Graf ___. : SPEE
13
Kind of sauce. : HARD
18
Noun-forming suffixes. : MENTS
22
Fortifies. : MANS
24
Supplementing (with "out"). : EKING
25
Dice player who covers a bet. : FADER
26
"All ___." : ALONE
27
Presents. : GIFTS
28
Louis or Paul. : SAINT
29
Summon forth. : EVOKE
30
Fished for elvers. : EELED
31
Thrusts. : PRODS
33
Four-wheeled vehicles. : WAINS
35
More ingenious. : CLEVERER
38
Date in ancient Rome. : IDES
39
Molding edge. : ARRIS
41
Rabbit's home. : BURROW
43
First: Comb. form. : PROTO
44
One hundredweight, in Canada. : CENT
45
Hebrew measure. : OMER
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Tear apart. : RIVE
47
Amo, ___, amat. : AMAS
48
Have ___ (become very upset). : AFIT
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V. I. P. in Rome. : LUCE
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A lot: Colloq. : SLEW
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Poetic "before." : ERE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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