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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1953

9-Down : They're out of this world.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,499
Across
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Opponents of Reps. : DEMS
5
Feast of Lots. : PURIM
10
Character in a fairy tale. : OGRE
14
Where Rainbow Bridge is. : UTAH
15
County in S. Oklahoma. : ATOKA
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Web-footed water bird. : COOT
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Shape of a volcano. : CONE
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The Peace, for instance. : RIVER
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Book of Norse myths. : EDDA
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Branches of national defense. : ARMS
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Summertime favorite. : ICE
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Raise a nap. : TEASEL
24
More than enough. : TOO
25
Man's name. : ASA
26
Goddess of the moon. : DIANA
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Sound of disdain. : UMPH
29
Unruly child. : BRAT
30
Sign of victory. : VEE
33
Sponson ___. : CANOE
35
Overnight guest in a motel. : TRANSIENT
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Vacationer's transportation. : AUTO
38
Pillow slips. : SHAMS
39
Abbreviation on a business letter. : ATTN
40
Alacrity. : READINESS
42
Actor Michael. : OSHEA
43
Silkworm. : ERI
44
Current events. : NEWS
45
Soft cream cheese. : BRIE
46
Nostrils. : NARES
48
General's nickname. : MAC
49
Measures: Abbr. : QTS
52
Cornstalks, hay, etc. : FODDER
54
He's doing Trygve's job. : DAG
55
Invisible atmosphere. : AURA
56
Range. : AREA
57
Girl in a musical comedy. : IRENE
59
Lively dance. : REEL
60
Injury to pride. : SLAP
61
Inventor of dynamite. : NOBEL
62
Authentic. : REAL
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Boy Scout equipment. : TENT
64
Main points. : GISTS
65
One of the Hardys. : ANDY
Down
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Money in Shylock's pocket. : DUCAT
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Largest of the Kurile Islands. : ETORO
3
Onetime star of wrestling. : MANMOUNTAINDEAN
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Pronouns. : SHES
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Part of a diocese. : PARISH
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City on the Mohawk River. : UTICA
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Ramble. : ROVE
8
Name in the news. : IKE
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They're out of this world. : MARTIANS
10
Pacific. : OCEAN
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Popular British expression. : GODSAVETHEQUEEN
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Lay at anchor. : RODE
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And others: Latin abbr. : ETAL
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Goodies. : EATS
25
Relative of the missing link. : APE
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Apothecaries' weights. : DRAMS
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Temporary state of mind. : MOOD
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Occupants of Pentagon. : BRASS
31
Grafted: Heraldry. : ENTE
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Landmark in Sicily. : ETNA
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Organization handling overseas packages. : CARE
34
Musician Mischa. : AUER
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Muscular power. : THEWS
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Former capital of Moldavia: Rumanian sp. : IASI
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Contemptuous. : SNEERING
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Concerning: Latin. : INRE
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Sea animal or grampus. : ORC
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Bakery items. : BAGELS
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Modify to meet new conditions. : ADAPT
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Painter, friend of Zola. : MANET
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Rim of a tire. : TREAD
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Friend of 57 Across. : SALLY
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Ahead of time. : FAST
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Wreath on a knight's helmet. : ORLE
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Sweet young things. : DEBS
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Really!: Anglo-Ir. : ARRA
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Vive le ___. : ROI

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

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