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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Thursday, June 12, 1980

18-Down : Had an aversion to

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J M Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,174
Across
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Trouter's toss : CAST
5
Boat in Eastern waters : PROA
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Sackcloth's partner : ASHES
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Hep : ONTO
15
Warren or Hines : EARL
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Dean Martin TV show : ROAST
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Eaves : OVERHANGS
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Short tale of adventure : CONTE
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Ship's boat : PINNACE
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Navel and Temple : ORANGES
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Feels contempt for : LOATHES
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Prefix with graph : IDEO
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Ottoman official : DEY
27
Upset : UNNERVED
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Shade of red : BLOOD
34
Signals to stop : FLAGS
35
Old French coin : ECU
36
Speeds up the motor : REVS
37
Deck posts for cables : BITTS
38
Circle parts : ARCS
39
Sight on the Seine : ILE
40
Sweet drinks : SODAS
41
Electronography : ONSET
42
Whorl : GYRATION
44
Nonsense! : ROT
45
___ bien : TRES
46
Minerals used as gems : SPINELS
50
Training partner for Holmes : SPARRER
53
Iridescent : OPALINE
55
Chinese duck : PEKIN
56
Assumes control : TAKESOVER
58
Lycée student : ELEVE
59
TV's Barbara : EDEN
60
Beautiful girl : PERI
61
Medicinal amounts : DOSES
62
Simon ___ : SAYS
63
Some are tight : ENDS
Down
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Type of housing : COOP
2
Incus : ANVIL
3
Court employee, for short : STENO
4
Whirlwinds : TORNADOS
5
Fine and dandy : PEACHY
6
Hindu queen : RANEE
7
Assn. : ORG
8
___-ran (loser) : ALSO
9
Areas in some shopping centers : ARCADES
10
Oklahoma player : SOONER
11
Aftermaths of binges : HANGOVERS
12
Princely family of Italy : ESTE
13
Revered Frenchwomen: Abbr. : STES
18
Had an aversion to : HATED
22
Aspic molds : RINGS
24
Sovereigns in the Middle East : SULTANS
28
King Cole et al. : NATS
29
___ homo : ECCE
30
Housewife's nemesis : DUST
31
Hoosegow : BRIG
32
Dutch painter: 17th century : LELY
33
Catches up with : OVERTAKES
34
Tabby's canine counterpart : FIDO
37
Capital of Idaho : BOISE
38
Pronghorn or springbok : ANTELOPE
40
Author Laurenceand family : STERNES
41
Mrs. Chaplin's namesakes : OONAS
43
Become successful : ARRIVE
44
Cures, as cheese : RIPENS
47
Calaboose : POKEY
48
Pep up : LIVEN
49
Bergen woodenhead : SNERD
50
Raced : SPED
51
Charo's tresses : PELO
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Aves. : RTES
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Goddess of discord : ERIS
57
Nabokov heroine : ADA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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