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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Monday, June 18, 1956

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { H J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 21.4
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,547
Across
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Faction. : SIDE
5
Fish dish. : SCROD
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Pitcher. : EWER
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Natural resources. : ORES
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Metropolitan Opera conductor. : EREDE
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Source of obsidian. : LAVA
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"Over hill, over ___ ... " : DALE
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Traveling at a great speed. : SUPERSONIC
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Bird. : ANI
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Residents of: Suffix. : ITES
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Championship. : TITLE
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Reading matter. : NOVEL
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Country: Span. : PAIS
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Card game for two. : PIQUET
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Mirrors. : REFLECTS
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Adjoins. : ABUTS
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Untamed. : FERAL
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Epoch. : ERA
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Puts into service. : USES
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Aptitude. : FLAIR
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Social climber. : SNOB
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Man's nickname. : LEN
40
Country dances. : REELS
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Critical. : VITAL
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U. S. carrier. : ANTIETAM
44
Think out. : DEVISE
45
Blossoms: Poet. : OPES
46
Polite form of address. : MADAM
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The best of a group. : PRIDE
50
Actress Wynter. : DANA
51
___ Kappa Nu. : ETA
54
Region in eastern Africa. : SOMALILAND
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Jot. : ATOM
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Law: Abbr. : STAT
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Beat into shape. : FORGE
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City of decrees. : RENO
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Encyclopedia. : TOME
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Famous New York family. : ASTOR
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Three-spot. : TREY
Down
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Pop. : SODA
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Where Kerman is. : IRAN
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Failing to do one's duty. : DELINQUENT
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Point on a compass card. : ESE
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Relative of an octet. : SESTET
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Ruthless. : CRUEL
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Party members: Abbr. : REPS
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Poem. : ODE
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German article. : DER
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Child heroine of a best seller. : ELOISE
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Shortage. : WANT
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"I will fear no ___ ... " : EVIL
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Swift current. : RACE
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Nevertheless. : STILL
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Singer of deep-sea chanteys. : IVES
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Excuses: Slang. : OUTS
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Elfin beings. : PERIS
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___ cry (long way). : AFAR
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Girl's name meaning "little." : PAULA
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Creator of Rebecca West. : IBSEN
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Sphere. : REALM
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Unit, as a Salk vaccine. : CENTIMETER
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Ancient region in Asia Minor. : TROAS
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Fur animal. : SABLE
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Circus performers. : FLEAS
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Garden party. : FETE
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Hindu divinity. : SIVA
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Spurn. : REPEL
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Hindu scriptures. : VEDA
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Salt of a certain acid. : IODATE
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Temper: Colloq. : DANDER
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Pickled muskmelon. : MANGO
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Attention-getting sound. : PSST
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Section of a newspaper. : ROTO
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Moslem title. : IMAM
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Tapered seam. : DART
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Distinctive style. : TONE
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Seaport in China. : AMOY
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"___ house be divided against itself ... " : IFA
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Spanish article. : LOS
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Poetic form of "to be." : ART

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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