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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, July 15, 1957

8-Down : Means of possible future travel.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,939
Across
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Depart swiftly. : FLEE
5
___ jacet. : HIC
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Miss Smith of Smith. : SOPHIA
14
Loyal: Scot. : LEAL
15
"Straight ___ die." : ASA
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Cutting down. : PARING
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Territories surrounded by other countries. : ENCLAVES
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Mother of Xerxes. : ATOSSA
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Stick to. : ADHERE
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Loggers' boots. : PACS
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Go: Slang. : PEP
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Store, as fodder. : ENSILE
26
Head of the Marine Corps. : PATE
27
Band instruments. : FIFES
31
Hauling apparatus on a ship. : CAPSTAN
33
Wickedness. : EVIL
34
Tribe of Israel. : DAN
35
Sun: Comb. form. : HELIO
37
Set free. : DELIVER
39
The infield. : DIAMOND
41
Right and left. : SIDES
42
Political monogram. : GOP
43
Robert ___. : ELEE
44
Parimutuel system. : BETTING
46
Destroy all traces of. : ERASE
47
Ibn ___. : SAUD
49
Criticizes severely: Colloq. : ROASTS
51
Times of day. : AMS
52
Operatic star. : PONS
53
"All the world's ___ ... " : ASTAGE
58
___ Club. : ROTARY
60
Opposite of colonialism. : HOMERULE
62
Drive. : AVENUE
63
Wool-giver. : EWE
64
Solar disk. : ATEN
65
Drover's relative. : HERDER
66
Fulfilled. : DID
67
Shetland. : PONY
Down
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Sand ___. : FLEA
2
Impart. : LEND
3
A piece. : EACH
4
French pronoun. : ELLE
5
New ___. : HAVEN
6
Honshu bay. : ISE
7
Salt lake between Europe and Asia. : CASPIAN
8
Means of possible future travel. : SPACESHIP
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Feed. : OATS
10
Type of athlete. : PRO
11
Haiti and the Dominican Republic. : HISPANIOLA
12
Map maker's extra. : INSET
13
Yawning. : AGAPE
18
God of war. : ARES
22
Mountain. : ALP
25
Mark. : SCAR
26
Any pilgrim. : PALMER
27
Sustained. : FED
28
N. Y. Senator. : IVES
29
Obstructionist tactic. : FILIBUSTER
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Passed over in pronunciation. : ELIDED
32
Infusion. : TEA
34
Highly maneuverable warship. : DESTROYER
36
Little ___. : ONES
38
Old-stager. : VET
39
Follows closely. : DOGS
40
River in Scotland. : DEE
42
Ground one's teeth. : GNASHED
45
Charged atom. : ION
46
Existence: Lat. : ESSE
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One of the Churchills. : SARAH
48
Get ___ on. : AMOVE
50
Put under control. : TAMED
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Diminutive of a girl's name. : PRUE
54
Two-wheeled carriage. : TRAP
55
Sedan. : AUTO
56
Shaded spot. : GLEN
57
Counting out word. : EENY
59
As well as. : AND
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Wartime agency. : OWI

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