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Madeline Corse
New York Times, Tuesday, July 9, 1957
11-Down : Sandallike shoe for children.
Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 I | 3 E | 4 S | 5 T | 6 A | 7 R | 8 A | 9 K | 10 I | 11 S | 12 H | |||
13 F | E | M | A | L | E | S | 14 E | V | I | N | C | E | 15 D |
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16 I | N | I | T | I | A | L | 17 V | E | N | T | U | R | A |
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18 B | A | T | 19 P | R | E | 20 F | E | R | 21 O | F | O | R |
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22 U | T | A | 23 H | 24 S | E | A | R | 25 F | I | N |
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26 L | O | T | U | 27 S | 28 P | L | E | 29 A | 30 B | E | N | E |
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31 A | R | E | N | A | 32 S | 33 A | N | C | 34 H | O | R | E | D |
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35 G | R | U | 36 E | N | T | H | E | R | ||||||
37 A | 38 C | 39 C | E | D | I | N | G | 40 E | R | A | 41 S | 42 E | 43 R |
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44 R | O | A | R | 45 T | R | I | 46 O | 47 O | T | E | R | O |
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48 R | U | M | 49 I | S | L | 50 E | 51 E | L | M | O |
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52 E | N | O | 53 S | 54 A | C | T | I | V | 55 E | 56 V | I | S |
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57 S | T | R | I | 58 T | C | H | 59 V | E | R | 60 D | A | N | T |
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61 T | E | R | R | A | N | E | 62 E | N | G | A | G | E | S |
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63 R | A | S | T | E | R | 64 S | T | O | N | E | S |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,933
Across
1
A custom in hot countries. : SIESTA
7
Jaunty. : RAKISH
13
The ladies. : FEMALES
14
Manifested. : EVINCED
16
Sign in a certain way. : INITIAL
17
City in California. : VENTURA
18
Racket. : BAT
19
Like better. : PREFER
21
"___ a horse with wings!" : OFOR
22
State. : UTAH
24
Brown by heat. : SEAR
25
Appendage on a car. : FIN
26
Water lily. : LOTUS
28
Allegation in law. : PLEA
30
Nota ___. : BENE
31
Boxing rings. : ARENAS
33
Fixed fast. : ANCHORED
35
Head of the American Red Cross. : GRUENTHER
37
Giving consent. : ACCEDING
40
Essential item for a typist. : ERASER
44
Sound effect at a boxing match. : ROAR
45
You and me and the gatepost. : TRIO
47
Alamogordo's county. : OTERO
48
Product of Cuba. : RUM
49
___ of Wight. : ISLE
51
Saint of sailors. : ELMO
52
Slaughter of baseball. : ENOS
54
Always on the go. : ACTIVE
56
Nobleman: Abbr. : VIS
57
Actress Elaine. : STRITCH
59
Green. : VERDANT
61
Geological formation. : TERRANE
62
Takes part (in). : ENGAGES
63
Image of parallel lines, in TV. : RASTER
64
Building blocks. : STONES
Down
1
Church or Bible. : SENATOR
2
Counterfeit. : IMITATE
3
Corrode. : EAT
4
Ferry boat pier. : SLIP
5
Briny drops. : TEARS
6
Dormant. : ASLEEP
7
Deeply respectful. : REVERENT
8
Allege as fact. : AVER
9
Kissing cousins. : KIN
10
Look ___ (investigate). : INTO
11
Sandallike shoe for children. : SCUFFER
12
Anne Frank, for example. : HEROINE
13
Leg bone. : FIBULA
15
Mended. : DARNED
20
Member of a certain political party. : FALANGIST
23
"Strictly from ___." : HUNGER
27
Semiprecious stone. : SARD
29
Persistent pain. : ACHE
30
Mix with a certain acid. : BORATE
32
Clubs, for instance. : SUIT
34
Priestess in Greek legend. : HERO
36
Wheat germ, for instance. : ENRICHER
37
Check. : ARREST
38
Opposite to. : COUNTER
39
Notorious secret society. : CAMORRA
41
Woven edge. : SELVAGE
42
Small, valuable animals. : ERMINES
43
Perches. : ROOSTS
46
Evergreen trees. : OLIVES
50
Consequence. : EVENT
53
Gentlemen. : SIRS
54
Skin trouble. : ACNE
55
Therefore: Lat. : ERGO
58
Make a kind of lace. : TAT
60
Biblical town. : DAN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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