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Cora Goodman
Cora Goodman

New York Times, Tuesday, February 23, 1954

Author:
Cora Goodman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 21.3
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,701
Across
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Joe Jackson's role in vaudeville. : TRAMP
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Quibble. : CAVIL
11
Anger. : CHOLER
12
Popular recordings. : OPERAS
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Amy Lowell. : POETESS
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Small cabbage-like buds. : SPROUTS
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Word in a Shakespeare title. : LABORS
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Try: Colloq. : STAB
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The least bit: Colloq. : RAP
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Put forth effort. : EXERT
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Kind of meat. : VEAL
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Milldam. : WEIR
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English lodgings: Slang. : DIGS
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Preoccupation of many women. : DIET
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A "fabulous" comedienne. : FANNY
26
Practical joke. : GAG
27
Directly opposite. : DIAMETRIC
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In high spirits. : ELATED
31
Alludes. : REFERS
34
Gave up. : RENOUNCED
38
Cereal seed. : OAT
39
Bad girl of the good old days. : HUSSY
41
Drench. : SOAK
42
More. : ELSE
43
Son of Seth. : ENOS
44
Liquefy. : MELT
45
Worth. : PRICE
46
Forty winks. : NAP
47
Spanish hall. : SALA
48
South American wildcat. : SERVAL
49
Ghost. : SPECTRE
51
Laments. : BEWAILS
52
Characteristics. : TRAITS
53
Features of Everest and Nuptse. : ARETES
54
A tapestry. : ARRAS
55
Exit, pursued by ___: "Winter's Tale." : ABEAR
Down
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Famous burlesque recently filmed. : THEBEGGARSOPERA
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Dynamo parts. : ROTORS
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Wide awake. : ALERT
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How-de-do. : MESS
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Couples: Abbr. : PRS
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Having ribs. : COSTATE
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Horrify: Var. : APPAL
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Solve, for instance. : VERB
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Initials of the ides of March. : IRO
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Dramatic star who has taken up singing. : LAURENCEOLIVIER
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Important cable. : COAXIAL
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Discoloration. : STAIN
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Promised donation. : PLEDGE
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Brisk. : SPRY
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Appear. : SEEM
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Passing through. : VIA
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Stray child. : WAIF
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Prank. : DIDO
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Portland's spouse. : FRED
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Disown. : DENY
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A long tramp. : TREK
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Heroine of 1891 novel. : TESS
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Scaramouches. : RASCALS
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Hardens. : STEELS
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Good-for-nothing. : USELESS
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Old Lopez tune. : NOLA
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Persian or Siamese. : CAT
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Cacklers. : HENS
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Not fitting. : UNAPT
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Catches for the copyreader. : ERRATA
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Flotow opera. : MARTA
45
Flycatcher. : PEWEE
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Activity. : STIR
48
Balkan native. : SERB
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Convertible. : CAR
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Sheepish expression. : BAA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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