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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Tuesday, September 12, 1967

5-Down : Frankfurt's river.

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Cora Goodman has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,604
Across
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Ferryman on the river Styx. : CHARON
7
Desert plants. : CACTI
12
Mignonette. : RESEDA
13
Sporting events. : FOXHUNTS
16
Alpine ridges. : ARETES
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Of a northern island chain. : ALEUTIAN
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Prefix with skid or stop. : NON
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Abrupt. : RAPID
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Clump of trees in a prairie. : MOTTE
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Movie closeup. : KISS
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Fishing equipment. : LURES
26
"Rio ___." : RITA
27
Have an inkling of. : SCENT
29
Assail. : BESET
31
Like some soils: Abbr. : ALK
32
Diving-bell inventor. : EADS
34
Diamond hits. : TRIPLES
36
Lariat. : RIATA
38
Modern building material. : GLASS
39
Piece of jewelry. : PENDANT
41
Seventh son. : SEER
42
Month: Abbr. : OCT
43
Predominate. : REIGN
45
Authoritative statements. : DICTA
49
Where twosomes meet. : TEES
51
Hobgoblin. : SPOOK
53
Bulgar. : SLAV
54
One of the satellites. : TIROS
56
Home of a kind. : CABIN
58
Cockney's dwelling. : OME
59
Final. : EVENTUAL
61
Not so important. : LESSER
63
Menu specialties. : DESSERTS
64
What the weary get. : NOREST
65
Roman and others. : TYPES
66
Equine sounds. : SNORTS
Down
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Features of old cars. : CRANKS
2
Brave. : HEROIC
3
In ___ (to some extent). : ASENSE
4
Inactive: Abbr. : RET
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Frankfurt's river. : ODER
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Describing a tone of voice. : NASAL
7
Most unresponsive. : COLDEST
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Tool. : AXE
9
Buddy. : CHUM
10
Don. : TUTOR
11
LBJ. : INITIALS
13
To perform: Fr. : FAIRE
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Tells tales. : TATTLES
15
Moves on little cat feet. : SNEAKS
20
Taverns, Putney style. : PUBS
23
Big name in golf. : SNEAD
25
Once-popular fabric. : SERGE
28
Native of the Crimea. : TATAR
30
Like some floors. : TILED
33
Andersen and others. : DANES
35
Juliet's betrothed. : PARIS
36
Greet. : RECEIVE
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Importance. : INTEREST
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Preserved in a jar. : POTTED
40
Certain game pieces. : TIPCATS
41
Supercilious one. : SNOB
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Aims. : GOALS
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More intimate. : CLOSER
47
Least exciting. : TAMEST
48
Wards off. : AVERTS
50
Good-natured: Scot. : SONSY
52
Potters' needs. : KILNS
55
Degree. : STEP
57
Main Street sign. : NEON
60
Yorkshire river. : URE
62
Theatrical abbreviation. : SRO

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

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