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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Tuesday, December 7, 1982

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 20.8
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,082
Across
1
Gossip : DIRT
5
Ruins, as of a civilization : ASHES
10
Londoner's abode : FLAT
14
Caesar's road : ITER
15
"Dum spiro, ___" (S.C. motto) : SPERO
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Do some bailing : LADE
17
Bill of fare : MENU
18
Inclination : TREND
19
De Mille film : EPIC
20
Dunaway movie: 1981 : MOMMIEDEAREST
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Parisian parent : PERE
24
Sherbets : ICES
25
Kind of post : NEWEL
28
Antithesis of ecstasy : AGONY
31
Coup d'___ : ETAT
32
Kind of quartet : STRING
34
Ill. city : CHI
37
Famed American painting : WHISTLERSMOTHER
40
Kennedy sight : SST
41
Connect : RELATE
42
Board or side follower : WALK
43
Not well : BADLY
44
Bindings : CORDS
45
Me ___ (You love me): Lat. : AMAS
47
Tiff : SPAT
49
Lewis Carroll elder : FATHERWILLIAM
55
Corporation : FIRM
56
French river : LOIRE
57
Memorable U.S. anthropologist : MEAD
59
Song for Scotto : ARIA
60
"M*A*S*H" locale : KOREA
61
Bombeck : ERMA
62
Broadway light : NEON
63
British carbines : STENS
64
Burma ___ : ROAD
Down
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Poorly lit : DIM
2
Columnist's entry : ITEM
3
Place to play blackjack : RENO
4
Brass : TRUMPETS
5
Up and about : ASTIR
6
Town-painting activity : SPREE
7
Take notice : HEED
8
Feathered piscator : ERNE
9
Kind of cracker : SODA
10
Soft : FLEECY
11
Slip of the tongue : LAPSE
12
Approaches : ADITS
13
Private eye : TEC
21
Brooks : MEL
22
Richard Starkey : RINGO
25
Tidings : NEWS
26
Biblical verb endings : ETHS
27
Show patience : WAIT
28
Impressive display : ARRAY
29
Pith : GIST
30
"This one's ___" : ONME
32
Rosebud, e.g. : SLED
33
Swiss archer : TELL
34
Scorch : CHAR
35
Retained : HELD
36
Vexes : IRKS
38
Debris : TRASH
39
Double-crosser : TWOTIMER
43
Adam West role : BATMAN
44
___ Tech : CAL
45
Blazing : AFIRE
46
Andretti of auto racing : MARIO
47
Lorelei : SIREN
48
Entreaties : PLEAS
50
B.P.O.E. : ELKS
51
Kind of beer : ROOT
52
Follower of chicken and hay : WIRE
53
Prefix with nautical : AERO
54
Peggy Wood role : MAMA
55
Devotee : FAN
58
Pop : DAD

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

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