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Bernice Gordon
New York Times, Monday, February 24, 1992
Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.1
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 T | 3 O | 4 M | 5 B | 6 A | 7 R | 8 N | 9 O | 10 B | 11 O | 12 E |
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13 L | I | M | A | 14 E | X | I | T | 15 S | 16 R | A | R | A |
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17 P | L | A | Y | 18 O | N | E | S | H | U | 19 N | C | H | E | S |
20 S | T | R | A | N | G | L | E | 21 N | E | A | T | L | Y |
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22 S | T | A | 23 R | 24 U | B | E | ||||||||
25 C | 26 I | 27 T | 28 I | L | 29 K | 30 P | E | D | 31 A | 32 L | 33 E | 34 D |
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35 A | S | S | 36 A | M | 37 I | 38 T | S | A | 39 B | I | L | E |
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40 P | L | A | Y | E | 41 D | T | H | E | M | 42 A | R | K | E | T |
43 T | I | N | E | 44 R | I | O | T | 45 S | I | E | G | E |
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46 S | P | A | R | 47 T | A | N | 48 S | 49 O | S | 50 S | Y | R |
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51 E | G | G | 52 S | 53 B | U | 54 M | ||||||||
55 A | 56 P | 57 O | 58 L | L | O | 59 E | 60 P | I | C | I | 61 S | 62 T | 63 S |
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64 P | L | A | Y | I | N | 65 G | W | I | T | H | F | I | R | E |
66 R | A | S | E | 67 S | A | U | C | E | 68 F | L | U | X |
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69 A | N | T | S | 70 S | P | A | R | 71 S | L | E | Y |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,448
Across
1
Energy source : ATOM
5
Trolley's "garage" : BARN
9
Bassoon's kin : OBOE
13
City on the Rimac : LIMA
14
Goes offstage : EXITS
16
___ avis : RARA
17
Gamble intuitively : PLAYONESHUNCHES
20
Hinder growth : STRANGLE
21
In a tidy way : NEATLY
22
Union, in D.C. : STA
23
Cartoonist Goldberg : RUBE
25
Townsman : CIT
28
Kind : ILK
30
Emulated Greg LeMond : PEDALED
35
State on the edge of the Himalayas : ASSAM
37
"___ De-Lovely" : ITSA
39
Choler : BILE
40
Bought stocks : PLAYEDTHEMARKET
43
Antler part : TINE
44
Kind of gun : RIOT
45
Persistent attack : SIEGE
46
Laconic : SPARTAN
48
Call at sea : SOS
50
Isr. neighbor : SYR
51
Basket items? : EGGS
53
Of inferior quality : BUM
55
Space project: 1968 : APOLLO
59
Homer et al. : EPICISTS
64
Taking chances : PLAYINGWITHFIRE
66
Demolish, in Devon : RASE
67
Chef's specialty : SAUCE
68
Continued movement : FLUX
69
Picnic pests : ANTS
70
Wrangle : SPAR
71
Weaver's reed : SLEY
Down
1
Where Saint Moritz is : ALPS
2
Fight on horseback : TILT
3
Bridge expert Sharif : OMAR
4
Yucatán natives : MAYAS
5
Any Cincinnati gridder : BENGAL
6
Jump for Katarina Witt : AXEL
7
Upward movement : RISER
8
A degree : NTH
9
Killer whale : ORCA
10
Money in Thailand : BAHT
11
Russian city : OREL
12
Free's partner : EASY
15
Ray of light : SUNBEAM
18
Prompt : ONTIME
19
Requirement : NEED
24
Unexpected defeats : UPSETS
25
Lts.' bosses : CAPTS
26
Resort on Long Island : ISLIP
27
Ethiopian lake : TSANA
29
Forger's activity : KITING
31
Dugout : ABRI
32
Enjoys : LIKES
33
Lamentation : ELEGY
34
Discourage : DETER
36
Yesterday: Sp. : AYER
38
However, for short : THO
41
Puff and others : DRAGONS
42
In itself : ASSUCH
47
Low Hindu caste member : TELI
49
___ dicta (incidental remarks) : OBITER
52
Close, as a deal : SEWUP
54
Annoys : MIFFS
55
Guam's ___ Harbor : APRA
56
Orderly arrangement : PLAN
57
Brewery kiln : OAST
58
Cleansing solutions : LYES
60
Typewriter type : PICA
61
Threshold : SILL
62
Faithful : TRUE
63
Risqué : SEXY
65
Empty talk : GAS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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