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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Monday, July 13, 1959

52-Down : Wainscot.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,650
Across
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Rose. : GOTUP
6
Leaning to one side. : ALOP
10
160 square rods. : ACRE
14
Get ___ on (find out about). : ALINE
15
Industrial fuel. : COKE
16
Anything very puzzling. : CRUX
17
Spanish gunboat. : BARCA
18
One way of foretelling the future. : HOROSCOPE
20
Adjuncts to fishhooks. : SNELLS
22
Strength of a nation. : MANPOWER
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Assays. : TESTS
25
Property. : ASSET
26
Gig equipment. : OARS
28
Manager. : OPERANT
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Wingless insect. : FLEA
33
Birds. : RAVENS
34
Farm animal. : HOG
37
Caliph. : IMAM
38
"___ we all?" : ARENT
39
Material for publication. : COPY
40
Child. : TAD
41
List for conference use. : AGENDA
42
Portent. : OMEN
43
Character in "Gunsmoke." : CHESTER
44
___ forth (gave out). : SENT
45
Javanese open carriages. : SADOS
48
Ministers' houses: Abbr. : RECTS
50
Quebec or Manitoba. : PROVINCE
54
Surrounded. : SHUTIN
57
Moonshiner's nemeses: Slang. : REVENUERS
59
Agreeable. : AMENE
60
Freezer. : ICER
61
___ en scène. : MISE
62
Delight. : FEAST
63
Open fruit pie. : TART
64
Der ___ (old man): Ger. : ALTE
65
Taro roots. : EDDOS
Down
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Talks idly: Colloq. : GABS
2
Pearl Buck heroine. : OLAN
3
Part of an automobile shoe. : TIRETREAD
4
Figure in many cartoons. : UNCLESAM
5
Outbursts, as of laughter. : PEALS
6
Alas: Ger. : ACH
7
Come into sight. : LOOM
8
Gumbo. : OKRA
9
Mexican worker. : PEON
10
Speak first to. : ACCOST
11
More birds. : CROWS
12
16 annas. : RUPEE
13
Put forth, as strength. : EXERT
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Bridges. : SPANS
21
Depository. : STORAGE
24
Extra parts. : SPARES
26
"But yet the pity ___, Iago!" : OFIT
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Girl's name meaning bountiful. : ALMA
29
Birthday, for example. : EVENT
30
Give. : RENDER
31
Giant red star in Scorpio. : ANTARES
34
"The Old ___," melodrama of 1887. : HOMESTEAD
35
Generous. : OPEN
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Name in Ibsen title. : GYNT
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Provided with period attire. : COSTUMED
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Bret Harte's coolie character. : AHSIN
43
Lair. : COVERT
45
Nautical pole. : SPRIT
46
Betel palm. : ARECA
47
Place of white cliffs. : DOVER
49
Annoy. : CHAFE
51
___ Pompilius, legendary king of Rome. : NUMA
52
Wainscot. : CEIL
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Whilom. : ERST
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___ far as (to the degree that). : INSO
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Fish traps. : NETS
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Call on. : SEE

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

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