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James E. Hinish Jr.
New York Times, Tuesday, January 15, 1963
36-Across : High ground.
Author:
James E. Hinish, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { C F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
James E. Hinish, Jr. is an alias for James E. Hinish Jr..
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 32-Across, DELE, was "Printer's sing." Changed it to "Printer's sign."
1 M | 2 A | 3 S | 4 H | 5 L | 6 A | 7 P | 8 E | 9 L | 10 P | 11 L | 12 A | 13 Y |
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14 A | L | I | I | 15 E | R | A | T | O | 16 A | I | L | E |
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17 T | A | N | G | 18 H | I | G | H | W | 19 A | Y | M | A | N |
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20 H | I | G | H | 21 T | I | D | E | 22 T | B | O | N | E | ||
23 T | A | G | E | 24 S | O | U | L | |||||||
25 T | 26 H | I | G | H | 27 B | U | N | G | A | 28 L | 29 O | 30 W |
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31 S | H | A | M | S | 32 D | E | L | E | 33 E | R | A |
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34 E | R | I | E | 35 B | E | L | L | S | 36 H | I | L | L |
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37 A | E | T | 38 A | M | O | Y | 39 N | I | G | E | L |
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40 S | W | I | 41 N | 42 G | L | O | W | 43 H | I | G | H | S | ||
44 A | I | M | S | 45 S | I | G | H | |||||||
46 M | 47 E | T | R | O | 48 H | I | G | H | B | 49 A | 50 L | 51 L |
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52 S | E | N | I | O | R | 53 H | I | G | H | 54 R | O | I | L |
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55 U | N | T | O | 56 A | I | S | N | E | 57 O | N | E | D |
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58 B | U | R | N | 59 L | E | T | A | T | 60 W | E | D | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,927
Across
1
Brewing mixture. : MASH
5
Part of a coat. : LAPEL
10
"High Tor," for example. : PLAY
14
Et ___. : ALII
15
One of the muses. : ERATO
16
Wing: Fr. : AILE
17
Smack. : TANG
18
Alfred Noyes subject. : HIGHWAYMAN
20
Lunar effect. : HIGHTIDE
22
Club steak. : TBONE
23
Days, in Berlin. : TAGE
24
Person. : SOUL
25
Part of the leg. : THIGH
27
Type of dwelling. : BUNGALOW
31
Counterfeits. : SHAMS
32
Printer's sign. : DELE
33
Time. : ERA
34
Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
35
Subject of a Poe poem. : BELLS
36
High ground. : HILL
37
Of age, Lat. abbr. : AET
38
Port on Formosa Strait. : AMOY
39
Hero of Scott novel. : NIGEL
40
Spiritual refrain. : SWINGLOW
43
Stock market quotations. : HIGHS
44
Objectives. : AIMS
45
Wind sound. : SIGH
46
Subway. : METRO
48
Railroad signal for full speed ahead. : HIGHBALL
52
School of a sort. : SENIORHIGH
54
Stir up. : ROIL
55
Preposition. : UNTO
56
Soissons' river. : AISNE
57
United. : ONED
58
Scorch. : BURN
59
"___, c'est moi." : LETAT
60
Unites. : WEDS
Down
1
School subject, for short. : MATH
2
Jai ___. : ALAI
3
Rejoice. : SING
4
None too soon. : HIGHTIME
5
River in Pennsylvania. : LEHIGH
6
Take for ___ (deceive). : ARIDE
7
Hotel employee. : PAGE
8
Verb suffix. : ETH
9
Murmurs. : LOWTONES
10
Money, a la mode. : PAYOLA
11
Delineate. : LIMN
12
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
13
Money on the Ginza. : YEN
19
Snug as ___ ... : ABUG
21
Gives a name to. : TAGS
24
Tarnish. : SULLY
25
Tossed. : THREW
26
Where to spend a gourde. : HAITI
27
Inferior to. : BELOW
28
Poet Hunt. : LEIGH
29
Heraldic chaplets. : ORLES
30
High barrier. : WALL
31
High ___. : SEAS
32
Greek populace. : DEMOS
35
Royal retreat in the highlands. : BALMORAL
36
Intellectual of sorts. : HIGHBROW
39
Close at hand. : NIGH
41
U.N. member. : NATION
42
Aircraft. : GIRO
43
Scottish-American writer. : HIGHET
45
Marks: Lat. : SIGNA
46
Headwaiter's concern. : MENU
47
___'acte. : ENTR
48
School subject: Abbr. : HIST
49
Top-notch. : AONE
50
German lyric. : LIED
51
Honorary degrees. : LLDS
52
Lower: Prefix. : SUB
53
Hurry. : HIE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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