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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, September 2, 1981

4-Down : Superior, e.g.

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,621
Across
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Rum-and-water drink : GROG
5
___ law, used by the Franks : SALIC
10
Rebuff : SLAP
14
"Hold ___ horses!" : YOUR
15
Historic town in Iraq : AMARA
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Bustle : TODO
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Mickey and kin : MICE
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Countenance : FAVOR
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Actor Skinner : OTIS
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Greet, in a way : SHAKEHANDSWITH
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Small drinks : TOTS
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Pique : IRE
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Lose : MISLAY
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Water plant : ALGA
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Bleak : RAW
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Utopian : IDEAL
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Region : AREA
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River in Yorkshire : AIRE
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See 56 Across : DARKANDHANDSOME
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Indian butter : GHEE
40
Toward the mouth : ORAD
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Decided for : OPTED
42
Goddess of the dawn : EOS
43
House at O.S.U. : FRAT
44
Springs : ARISES
45
Eur. country : AUS
46
Slammer : STIR
47
Words after "Fragile" : HANDLEWITHCARE
54
Shaped like a stadium : OVAL
55
Headdress at Canterbury : MITRE
56
With 36 Across, like a pinup man : TALL
58
___-Lenape, Delaware Indian : LENI
59
Criminal offense : ARSON
60
Madame Bovary : EMMA
61
Yellowish-brown wool : DRAB
62
Certain tides : NEAPS
63
Famed couturier : DIOR
Down
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Training ground for Larry Holmes : GYM
2
Louis XV and XVI : ROIS
3
Cry of pain : OUCH
4
Superior, e.g. : GREATLAKE
5
Two-point score in football : SAFETY
6
Baby sitters in Peking : AMAHS
7
Output of St. Helens : LAVA
8
"___ City" (Pittsburgh) : IRON
9
General for whom a sweater was named : CARDIGAN
10
Author of "Oldtown Folks": 1869 : STOWE
11
Pen name used by Viaud : LOTI
12
Mine passage : ADIT
13
Like Buckingham Palace : POSH
21
Eucalyptus eater : KOALA
22
Spanish Mme. : SRA
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Tiny pest : MIDGE
26
Baking potato : IDAHO
27
Dry periods : SERES
28
Enlightened Buddhist : ARHAT
29
Conduct : LEAD
30
Public disorders : RIOTS
31
Napoleon's "Grande" group : ARMEE
32
Devil's-trumpets, e.g. : WEEDS
34
Seaport in Spain : ADRA
35
Drew in by suction : ASPIRATED
37
Eric the Red was one : NORSEMAN
38
Architectural order : DORIC
43
Suffix with care : FUL
44
Site of the University of Georgia : ATHENS
45
Talk-show quip : ADLIB
46
Leather band : STROP
47
Where cargo goes : HOLD
48
Assert : AVER
49
Darling dog : NANA
50
Fencing : WIRE
51
"___ boy!" : ITSA
52
Nerve branches : RAMI
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Patron saint of sailors : ELMO
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Gibbon : LAR

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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