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Elsie Bishop
Elsie Bishop

New York Times, Wednesday, July 6, 1955

12-Down : French name of Voltaire play.

Author:
Elsie Bishop
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Elsie Bishop has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,199
Across
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Baked dishes. : PIES
5
Stout. : ALE
8
Fix, as prices. : FREEZE
14
Mr. Hoover from 1895 to 1914. : ENGINEER
16
Form of ceremonies. : RITUAL
17
Rabble-rouser. : AGITATOR
18
Thorny flowering shrub or tree. : ACACIA
19
Instruction. : LESSON
20
Coy. : ARCH
22
Cleverness in contrivance. : ART
23
Loadstone. : MAGNET
25
Sheltered. : ALEE
26
Relative of the giraffe. : OKAPI
30
Calculator of insurance statistics. : ACTUARY
32
Biblical name. : REBA
33
Exclamation of surprise. : BOY
34
Wrinkle. : RIMPLE
37
Brutal. : BESTIAL
39
Scolds. : BERATES
40
Ruined by overindulgence. : SPOILT
41
Young girl entering social life. : BUD
42
___ bowl. : DUST
43
Pulpit. : ROSTRUM
45
Social position. : CASTE
46
Catchers' shadows. : UMPS
48
One who speaks childishly. : LISPER
50
Original inhabitant: Abbr. : NAT
51
Barrels. : KEGS
52
___ vitae, tropical tree. : LIGNUM
57
Department of a hospital. : CLINIC
59
Permit. : TOLERATE
61
One who makes amends. : ATONER
62
Manager. : OPERATOR
63
Rationally. : SANELY
64
Item for the nursery. : PEN
65
Additional. : MORE
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Thunder sound. : PEAL
2
Author of 41 Down. : INGE
3
Auspices. : EGIS
4
Rests. : SITS
5
Volcano in Sicily. : AETNA
6
Zodiac sign. : LEO
7
Tendency to go astray. : ERRANCY
8
Broken. : FRACTURED
9
Sumptuous. : RICH
10
Greek letter. : ETA
11
Tree common in California. : EUCALYPTUS
12
French name of Voltaire play. : ZAIRE
13
Make proud. : ELATE
15
Biblical mother-in-law. : NAOMI
21
Soak. : RET
24
Prison. : GAOL
25
Fleet of warplanes. : ARMADA
26
Globes. : ORBS
27
Strongest part of a medieval castle. : KEEP
28
Engrossment. : ABSORPTION
29
Courtyards. : PATIOS
31
Melody. : AIR
33
Movie from a best seller. : BATTLECRY
35
For fear that. : LEST
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Beatrice d'___. : ESTE
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French pronoun. : ILS
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Hit against. : BUMP
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Popular current play. : BUSSTOP
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Equip. : RIG
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Public announcer. : CRIER
46
The final Mohican. : UNCAS
47
Island in the Mediterranean. : MALTA
49
Scott heroine. : ELLEN
51
Canal in Gemany. : KIEL
53
Metric weight. : GRAM
54
Pact of 1949. : NATO
55
To use: Lat. : UTOR
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Only. : MERE
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Wind direction. : NNE
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Unclose: Poet. : OPE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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