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Bernice Gordon
Bernice Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, March 13, 1985

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { H }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 41.2
Bernice Gordon has 126 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 21 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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J
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E
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E
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P
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R
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E
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N
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E
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I
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M
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P
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I
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A
X
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B
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G
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N
O
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D
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P
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A
R
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G
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D
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C
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K
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E
T
A
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V
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L
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C
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B
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T
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D
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L
I
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V
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R
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D
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J
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A
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P
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N
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E
D
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M
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A
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S
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A
M
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E
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N
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A
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S
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A
R
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M
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L
L
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S
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N
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A
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T
M
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N
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B
R
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Y
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S
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C
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N
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A
B
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S
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S
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D
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S
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R
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E
L
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K
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O
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R
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S
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Q
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M
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I
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C
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D
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U
B
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P
L
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A
T
T
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R
F
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L
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A
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E
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O
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M
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R
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,909
Across
1
U.S. Army vehicle : JEEP
5
Chateaubriand tale : RENE
9
Body of African warriors : IMPI
13
Transverse shaft : AXLE
14
Former P.M. of Israel : BEGIN
15
Short fiber : NOIL
16
Spoke slightingly : DISPARAGED
18
___ out (stall) : CONK
19
Letter from Crete : ETA
20
Scriptures in Lat. : VUL
21
Picasso, at times : CUBIST
23
Set free : DELIVERED
25
___ Sandman of song : JAPANESE
28
Tomato blights : EDEMAS
32
Mine, in Metz : AMOI
33
Vessel for heating liquids : ETNA
35
Double-headed drum : SNARE
36
Shopping area : MALL
37
Italian banking center : SIENA
39
Some Feds : TMEN
40
Spreads thin : BRAYS
42
Pts. of aeons : CENS
43
Beame and Fortas : ABES
44
Ancient city in Asia Minor : SARDIS
46
Orange shade : ROSELAKE
48
Goes too far : OVERSTEPS
50
Scale : SQUAMA
52
One hundred square meters : ARE
53
Diamonds, to hoods : ICE
56
Paint crudely : DAUB
57
Heaping dish : PLATTERFUL
60
Seed covering : ARIL
61
Nixies and pixies : ELVES
62
Hip : ONTO
63
Intricate passages : MAZE
64
Gypsy gentlemen : RYES
65
Vienna, to the Viennese : WIEN
Down
1
Nephrite : JADE
2
Stage direction : EXIT
3
Maxwell or Lanchester : ELSA
4
Go : PEP
5
Down-to-earth : REALISTIC
6
Humpty Dumpty : EGG
7
Family member : NIECE
8
Bear : ENDURE
9
Minor items : INCIDENTALS
10
Sounds from the barn : MOOS
11
Half ___ (shrimp) : PINT
12
Sort : ILK
14
Pieces of burned woodland : BRULEES
17
Biblical name for Heliopolis : AVEN
22
Gardens : BEDS
23
Big A event : DAILYDOUBLE
24
Overlays : VENEERS
25
Parts of doors : JAMBS
26
Town on the Tigris : AMARA
27
___ equation : POLAR
29
Cobra's cousin : MAMBA
30
Emitting smoke : AREEK
31
Import : SENSE
34
Comments on a literary work : ANNOTATES
38
Declares : ASSERTS
41
Hindu god of destruction : SIVA
45
___ paratus (plea at law) : SEMPER
47
Weapon for Athos : EPEE
49
Recover : RALLY
50
Poet Teasdale : SARA
51
Short test : QUIZ
53
Territory in SW Morocco : IFNI
54
Clever : CUTE
55
N.C. college : ELON
56
Hoover, e.g. : DAM
58
Hail, to Caesar : AVE
59
Brawl : ROW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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