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Cora Goodman
New York Times, Thursday, August 17, 1967
8-Down : Haunted house feature.
Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 E | 3 A | 4 L | 5 I | 6 N | 7 G | 8 S | 9 H | 10 A | 11 P | 12 E | 13 D | ||
14 T | Y | P | I | C | A | L | 15 P | A | R | O | L | E | 16 S |
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17 R | E | P | R | I | S | E | 18 E | S | T | R | E | A | T |
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19 A | S | E | A | 20 H | A | 21 T | C | H | 22 E | C | R | U |
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23 T | O | N | 24 N | O | T | 25 T | E | N |
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26 U | R | D | 27 U | 28 F | E | W | E | 29 R | 30 P | O | S | T |
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31 M | E | S | S | 32 I | E | R | 33 R | E | 34 V | E | R | T | S |
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35 A | N | D | 36 V | I | E | |||||||||
37 C | 38 H | 39 I | G | N | O | 40 N | 41 R | E | P | R | 42 E | 43 S | 44 S |
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45 L | A | T | E | 46 N | E | 47 P | A | L | 48 S | M | E | E |
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49 O | B | E | 50 W | O | N | 51 A | N | T |
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52 V | I | R | 53 E | 54 A | N | I | S | 55 E | 56 G | N | A | T |
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57 E | T | A | M | 58 I | N | E | 59 O | V | 60 E | R | A | T | E |
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61 R | A | T | I | O | N | S | 62 M | O | N | I | T | O | R |
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63 T | E | R | R | I | S | 64 S | E | E | D | E | R | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,578
Across
1
Kind of wax. : SEALING
8
Modeled. : SHAPED
14
Characteristic. : TYPICAL
15
Releases under certain conditions. : PAROLES
17
Repetition of a song, in musicals. : REPRISE
18
True copy, in law. : ESTREAT
19
On the blue. : ASEA
20
Feature of a cargo ship. : HATCH
22
Unbleached: Fr. : ECRU
23
Displacement unit. : TON
24
To no degree. : NOT
25
Prime time. : TEN
26
Hindustani. : URDU
28
Not so many. : FEWER
30
Enter in the books. : POST
31
More untidy. : MESSIER
33
Goes back, in action, thought, etc. : REVERTS
35
Connective. : AND
36
Compete (with). : VIE
37
Hair style, old style. : CHIGNON
41
Stifle, as one's feelings. : REPRESS
45
Kind of TV show. : LATE
46
Asian kingdom. : NEPAL
48
Duck. : SMEE
49
British honor. : OBE
50
Took the palm. : WON
51
Leaf cutter. : ANT
52
An arrow feathered for rotary motion. : VIRE
54
Herb. : ANISE
56
Insect. : GNAT
57
Cloth like voile. : ETAMINE
59
Went off a diet. : OVERATE
61
Food. : RATIONS
62
Ericsson's claim to fame. : MONITOR
63
Pacem in ___. : TERRIS
64
Farm machines. : SEEDERS
Down
1
Horizontal layer. : STRATUM
2
Slum, for one. : EYESORE
3
Attaches (to). : APPENDS
4
Franc's cousin. : LIRA
5
Here: Fr. : ICI
6
Popular poet. : NASH
7
Figure in Millet painting. : GLEANER
8
Haunted house feature. : SPECTER
9
Mixed dish. : HASH
10
Poetic verb form. : ART
11
Minute opening. : PORE
12
Member of a certain college. : ELECTOR
13
Loverly word. : DEAREST
16
Daring deeds. : STUNTS
21
Pull. : TOW
27
Custom. : USAGE
28
Was nourished by. : FEDON
29
Delight (in). : REVEL
30
Equals. : PEERS
32
The Tabard, for one. : INN
34
Visiting fireman. : VIP
37
Forage plant. : CLOVER
38
Architectural marvel of Expo 67. : HABITAT
39
Say again. : ITERATE
40
Fresh quality. : NEWNESS
41
Saves, in a way. : RANSOMS
42
Arise (from). : EMANATE
43
Moss or Hart. : SENATOR
44
Bird dogs. : SETTERS
47
Luau food. : POI
53
Eastern title. : EMIR
54
Years: Lat. : ANNI
55
Cry from the days of Bacchus. : EVOE
56
Pattern of fine lines. : GRID
58
Comparative suffix. : IOR
60
Chemical suffix. : ENE
Answer summary:
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