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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, February 15, 1989

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,344
Across
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Historic English city : BATH
5
Checks : DAMPS
10
Style of furniture : ADAM
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S-shaped molding : OGEE
15
Silas Marner's creator : ELIOT
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Gray wolf : LOBO
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One's own legs : SHANKSMARE
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Teacher of Elman and Zimbalist : AUER
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Fare for Roger Rabbit : CARROTS
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Shake or quake : TREMBLE
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800-mile Asian river : ILI
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Seasonal song : NOEL
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Walking with a forepaw raised: Her. : PASSANT
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Wheel guards : FENDERS
32
Galeón gold : ORO
33
Put a tennis ball in play : SERVE
35
Symbol of evil : SATAN
36
Use a winnow : SIFT
38
Besmirches : SOILS
40
Corresponding : SAME
41
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
43
Poker payments : ANTES
45
Prevaricate : LIE
46
Mends : REPAIRS
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Sail on a schooner : SPANKER
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Therefore : ERGO
51
Cry of surprise : AHA
52
Popular singer : MADONNA
55
Birth phenomenon : TRIPLET
59
Woeful word : ALAS
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Fail in an attempt : DRAWABLANK
62
Get one's goat : RILE
63
Dazzling display : ECLAT
64
Plasm preceder : ECTO
65
Peggy of TV panel shows : CASS
66
Backslide : LAPSE
67
Catches on : SEES
Down
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Anjou's cousin : BOSC
2
Turkish title : AGHA
3
Rip : TEAR
4
Matisse and Rousseau : HENRIS
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Predetermines : DESTINES
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Gift to the needy : ALMS
7
Actress Farrow : MIA
8
Location on a ship : PORT
9
Creator of Tristram Shandy : STERNE
10
Tree-lined promenades : ALAMEDAS
11
Ambiguous language : DOUBLETALK
12
Walter of screen fame : ABEL
13
Song from "Mondo Cane" : MORE
18
Nut-producing trees : KOLAS
22
Ages and ages : EONS
25
Model or riddle : POSER
26
Come up : ARISE
27
Plays down : SOFTPEDALS
28
Ancient city in Mysia : TROAS
29
Fabrics used by milliners : FELTS
30
Strong fiber : RAMIE
31
Curl one's lip : SNEER
34
Chablis, e.g. : VIN
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Bed bloomers : TEAROSES
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Take apart : SEPARATE
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Poster : SIGN
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Master, to a Hindu : SAHIB
47
Form of verse : RONDEL
49
Port in S Italy : NAPLES
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Artist Chagall : MARC
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Inter ___ : ALIA
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Reliquary : ARCA
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First word of Moore's famous poem : TWAS
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Guipure, e.g. : LACE
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___ en point : ENTE
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Ring decisions by refs : TKOS
61
High mountain : ALP

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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