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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, December 8, 1982

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J K Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 34.4
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,083
Across
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Play quoits : TOSS
5
Speak with a whine : BLEAT
10
Nonchalant : GLIB
14
Baseball family name : ALOU
15
Diurnal bird : EAGLE
16
Function : ROLE
17
Promissory notes, e.g. : COMMERCIALPAPER
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Stamps : TRAMPLES
21
One of the Setons : ERNEST
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With no alterations : ASIS
23
Last remaining part : DREG
24
"Iron Pants" : PATTON
27
Changed the baby : DIAPERED
31
To the point at issue : ADREM
32
Lamentations : MOANS
33
Kind of drum : EAR
34
Luang Prabang is here : LAOS
35
Counsels : WARNS
36
Moreno : RITA
37
Freudian topic : EGO
38
Home of 15 Across : AERIE
39
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
40
Mali or Togo : REPUBLIC
42
Sandburg poem : LOSERS
43
___ bene : NOTA
44
Pungency : SALT
45
On a par with : BESIDE
48
Treat with wool grease : LANOLIZE
52
Monetary aids used while traveling : LETTERSOFCREDIT
54
City named for an Indian group : ERIE
55
First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
56
Forwarded : SENT
57
Promise : WORD
58
Type of believer : DEIST
59
Judicious : SAGE
Down
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Savoir-faire : TACT
2
Swan genus : OLOR
3
Vine of the milkweed family : SOMA
4
Adds together : SUMMATES
5
He wrote "God Bless America" : BERLIN
6
Gives zest to a drink : LACES
7
Auspices : EGIS
8
In the manner of : ALA
9
Aids to aerial navigation : TELERANS
10
Red of Forksville, Pa. : GRANGE
11
Easy gait : LOPE
12
___ du Vent (the Windwards) : ILES
13
Emcee Convy : BERT
18
___ Downs : EPSOM
19
Gets ready for an exam : PREPS
23
Actress Ladd : DIANE
24
More colorless : PALER
25
Saying : ADAGE
26
Kind of carrier : TROOP
27
Greek architectural order : DORIC
28
Roi's mate : REINE
29
Horner or Sprat : EATER
30
Small amounts : DRABS
32
Song from "West Side Story" : MARIA
35
Writhed; tumbled : WELTERED
36
Discontented : RESTLESS
38
Home : ABODE
39
Sorrow : DOLOR
41
Part of U.A.R. : UNITED
42
Surgical instrument : LANCET
44
Sutton targets : SAFES
45
Muffed : BLEW
46
Saarinen : EERO
47
Cookbook direction : STIR
48
Author of "Mon Frère Yves" : LOTI
49
Impression : IDEA
50
Enthusiasm : ZING
51
Major follower : ETTE
53
London-to-Le Havre dir. : SSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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