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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Tuesday, September 20, 1955

29-Down : Gives out.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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T
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M
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D
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B
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B
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P
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R
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M
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M
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C
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,275
Across
1
Fainthearted. : TIMID
6
Receding. : EBBING
12
Divide. : PRORATE
14
A gender, in grammar. : NEUTER
15
Numbered a manuscript again. : REPAGED
16
Part of Yugoslavia. : CROATIA
18
Select part. : ELITE
19
Figure of speech. : IRONY
21
Explosive. : TNT
22
Confront. : FACE
23
Fright. : SCARE
24
Venetian resort. : LIDO
25
Former government agency. : ECA
26
Speedily. : APACE
27
Cambric. : LINEN
28
Banish. : RELEGATE
30
Deficient. : MEAGRE
31
A la ___. : MODE
32
Chessman. : PAWN
33
Complain. : REPINE
36
Bold resistance. : DEFIANCE
40
Relative of a taw. : AGATE
41
French saint. : DENIS
42
Bronze coin of Denmark. : ORE
43
Weights. : TONS
44
Topography of New Orleans. : DELTA
45
Indigo plant. : ANIL
46
Greek letter. : ETA
47
Hebrew prophet. : HOSEA
48
Italian name of Yugoslav port. : FIUME
49
Positive command. : DICTATE
51
One who hopes he's right. : GUESSER
53
Kind of ship. : SEALER
54
What nine is to ten. : ONELESS
55
Least ferocious. : TAMEST
56
Saltpeter. : NITER
Down
1
Relating to current matters. : TOPICAL
2
Enraged. : IRATE
3
Sorcerer. : MAGE
4
Adherent of: Suffix. : ITE
5
Hallow. : DEDICATE
6
Bis! : ENCORE
7
French name of Swiss city. : BERNE
8
Anchored float. : BUOY
9
Town in Paraguay. : ITA
10
Meshy fabric. : NETTING
11
Molar. : GRINDER
12
Choose. : PREFER
13
Fasten again, as one's shoes. : RELACE
17
Expiate. : ATONE
20
Cape of Newfoundland. : RACE
23
Figure on a card. : SPADE
24
Vine. : LIANA
26
Past: Archaic. : AGONE
27
Nobel prize winner in literature, 1930. : LEWIS
29
Gives out. : EMITS
30
Group hostile to the law. : MAFIA
32
Building in Arlington, Va. : PENTAGON
33
Estimated. : RATED
34
One with an "I" complex. : EGOTIST
35
Cure-all. : PANACEA
36
Take out, in printing. : DELE
37
Not a consumer. : NONUSER
38
Treason, felony, etc. : CRIMES
39
Fishermen. : EELERS
41
White Sands, for instance. : DESERT
44
Is foolishly fond. : DOTES
45
Passageway. : AISLE
47
Healthy. : HALE
48
Metrical units. : FEET
50
Tasseled cap. : TAM
52
One: Comb. form. : UNI

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

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