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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, June 26, 1962

53-Down : Common prefix.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,729
Across
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Scene of 1521 Diet. : WORMS
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Seedcase. : BURR
10
___-cake. : PATA
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Be in store for. : AWAIT
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Inter ___. : ALIA
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Take ___. : ABOW
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Kind. : GENRE
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Years: Lat. : ANNI
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Pacific island group. : SULA
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Draw into danger. : ENTRAP
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Shining. : AGLITTER
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Of speech. : ORAL
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Performer of great skill. : ARTISTE
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Whims. : CAPRICES
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Fuel. : OIL
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___ and Sedition Acts. : ALIEN
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Latin-American measures. : VARAS
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Smart thrust. : JAB
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Irrational number. : SURD
39
Did a gainer. : DIVED
40
Gambling game. : FARO
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Kissing cousins. : KIN
42
Entertainments. : FETES
43
Maria or Clara. : SANTA
44
Family man. : POP
45
Least disturbed. : STILLEST
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Wonderful example. : MIRACLE
51
Feminine titles. : SRAS
52
Tributes to Glenn and Carpenter. : OVATIONS
54
Zoroaster's writings. : AVESTA
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Yea or nay. : VOTE
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See 39 Down. : RUED
61
"___ the schooner Hesperus ... " : ITWAS
62
Colleen's name. : ERIN
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Gardner. : ERLE
64
Fixed: Prefix. : STATO
65
Hindu peasant. : RYOT
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Resist openly. : DEFY
67
American artist. : HOMER
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Carry on. : WAGE
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English poet. : OWEN
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Speak wildly. : RANT
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Reflected. : MIRRORED
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Substance used in candle making. : STEARIN
6
Cote sound. : BAA
7
Bone. : ULNA
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___ bell. : RINGA
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Means of transportation. : RAILROAD
10
Lozenge. : PASTIL
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Is adjacent to. : ABUTS
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Apartment sign. : TOLET
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Cognizant. : AWARE
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Halfboot worn by loggers. : PAC
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See 61 Across. : ITIS
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O. T. book: Abbr. : LEVIT
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Barrel. : CASK
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His: Fr. : ALUI
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Reel for yarn. : PIRN
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Puts aside. : SAVES
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Takes time out. : RESTS
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Miss or Mrs. Doe. : JANE
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University course. : ARTS
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Skiff. : BOAT
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Regretted. : DEPLORED
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Type of voice. : FALSETTO
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Central points. : FOCI
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Blindly imitative. : SLAVISH
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Kind of leather. : PATENT
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Will go: Fr. : IRA
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Man in a van. : MOVER
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Import from Africa. : IVORY
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Proportion. : RATIO
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Take effect. : ENURE
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Common prefix. : SELF
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Did the crawl. : SWAM
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Famous art gallery. : TATE
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Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
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Tunisian ruler. : DEY

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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