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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Tuesday, November 6, 1956

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { G J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,688
Across
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Webs used as bumpers: Naut. : MATS
5
Covenant. : PACT
9
Contest, sometimes political. : RACE
13
Available. : OPEN
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Et ___? (so what?): Fr. : ALORS
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Translucent silica. : OPAL
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One way to vote. : DEMOCRATIC
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Containers. : BINS
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Items of international trade. : EXPORTS
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Capped, as a mushroom. : PILEATE
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Epic poetry. : EPOS
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Literary great. : HOMER
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Sprinkle. : STREW
27
Diffusion of heat. : RADIATION
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Frost. : HOAR
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Dodsworth. : SAM
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Daze. : TRANCE
34
Barley beard. : AWN
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Plant with hairy, brownish pods. : SOYBEAN
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Part of a country: Abbr. : TER
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Withdraw. : RECALL
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Row. : OAR
41
Type of salesman: Abbr. : TRAV
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Basis for a legal decision. : PRECEDENT
44
Flowering plant. : PEONY
45
Suppose. : OPINE
46
___ Sea. : DEAD
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Fused ore. : SMELTED
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Newspaper article. : FEATURE
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Marchioness. : LADY
54
One way to vote. : REPUBLICAN
56
Mine entrance. : ADIT
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Eva Marie. : SAINT
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Metallic element: Abbr. : MERC
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Man's nickname. : PETE
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Cherry and claret. : REDS
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V-___, May 8, 1945. : EDAY
Down
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Way of acting. : MODE
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Summit. : APEX
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Carry Nation's crusade. : TEMPERANCE
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Cousin of an eavesdropper. : SNOOPER
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Replacement items. : PARTS
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Territory of the U. S.: Abbr. : ALAS
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Small house: Poet. : COT
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Camera stand. : TRIPOD
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Kern-Harbach musical. : ROBERTA
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Samoan seaport. : APIA
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Salient angle. : CANT
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Otherwise. : ELSE
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Oriental weapon. : SCIMITAR
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Sioux Indian. : CROW
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Get news of. : LEARN
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Ingredient of pea soup. : HAMBONE
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Distinct. : SHARP
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Stand high. : TOWER
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Skate. : RAY
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Brought forward. : INTRODUCED
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Arctic or Antarctic. : OCEAN
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Briticism for jittery. : NERVY
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Members of U. S. A. : SOLDIERS
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Slumbered. : SLEPT
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Corrode. : EAT
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Altar boy. : ACOLYTE
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Five o'clock. : TEATIME
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Make beloved. : ENDEAR
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Carillon. : PEAL
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Obligations. : DEBTS
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Injury to pride. : SLAP
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Enacted. : MADE
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Use a blue pencil. : EDIT
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Store. : FUND
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___ avis. : RARA
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Noun suffix. : ENCY
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Pandowdy. : PIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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