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Lois Hillis
New York Times, Tuesday, January 22, 1963
1-Across : Do nothing.
Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F Q W X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 Z | 4 E | 5 A | 6 B | 7 R | 8 I | 9 S | 10 M | 11 I | 12 L | 13 E |
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14 O | V | E | N | 15 M | E | I | N | 16 M | I | L | E | R |
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17 M | O | N | T | 18 E | B | A | N | K | 19 E | S | K | E | R |
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20 A | N | D | I | R | O | N | S | 21 A | L | T | A | R | S |
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22 A | R | G | 23 B | E | 24 A | G | L | E | ||||||
25 J | 26 I | V | E | 27 B | A | D | G | E | 28 R | 29 E | 30 S | 31 T |
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32 O | N | E | 33 G | A | G | 34 E | N | 35 T | E | N | T | E |
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36 I | N | S | 37 T | A | R | 38 D | O | D | G | E | D |
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39 S | E | T | U | P | O | 40 N | 41 H | U | T | 42 L | E | D |
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43 T | R | A | P | 44 N | A | 45 H | U | M | 46 M | A | R | Y |
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47 P | 48 E | E | P | E | R | 49 B | I | N | ||||||
50 M | 51 O | 52 M | E | N | T | 53 A | T | 54 R | A | N | D | 55 O | 56 M |
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57 O | L | A | N | D | 58 S | P | L | E | N | D | E | N | T |
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59 A | L | I | C | E | 60 S | E | E | M | 61 T | R | I | G |
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62 B | A | A | E | D | 63 E | D | D | Y | 64 O | S | T | E |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,933
Across
1
Do nothing. : LAZE
5
Shelter, from the French. : ABRI
9
Beam. : SMILE
14
Brick kiln. : OVEN
15
Flour, in a Chinese dish. : MEIN
16
Track man. : MILER
17
Card game. : MONTEBANK
19
Glacial ridge. : ESKER
20
Firedogs. : ANDIRONS
21
Where missals are used. : ALTARS
22
Heraldic silver: Abbr. : ARG
23
Hound. : BEAGLE
25
Swing music. : JIVE
27
Symbol of accomplishment. : BADGE
28
Cease activity. : REST
32
Individual. : ONE
33
Cousin of a wheeze. : GAG
34
Understanding. : ENTENTE
36
Insect stage between moltings. : INSTAR
38
Used tricks or evasions. : DODGED
39
Assail violently. : SETUPON
41
Humble home. : HUT
42
Opened. : LED
43
Machine for throwing balls, disks, etc. into the air. : TRAP
44
O. T. book. : NAHUM
46
Nursery rhyme gardener. : MARY
47
Young chicken. : PEEPER
49
Crib. : BIN
50
Importance. : MOMENT
53
Haphazardly. : ATRANDOM
57
Baltic island. : OLAND
58
Illustrious. : SPLENDENT
59
Shade of blue. : ALICE
60
Be obvious. : SEEM
61
In good condition. : TRIG
62
Emulated the black sheep. : BAAED
63
Whirlpool. : EDDY
64
Bone: Prefix. : OSTE
Down
1
Small hill: Sp. : LOMA
2
Bristol's river. : AVON
3
Zoroastrian scripture. : ZENDAVESTA
4
Complete. : ENTIRE
5
Large pulpit. : AMBO
6
Children's game. : BEANBAG
7
Washed out. : RINSED
8
India ___. : INK
9
Scent. : SMELL
10
TV equine program, obviously an oater. : MISTERED
11
Each: Scot. : ILKA
12
Sinister glance. : LEER
13
Acts human. : ERRS
18
Work unit. : ERG
21
Item on a list. : AGENDUM
24
Lifetime. : AGE
25
Building timber. : JOIST
26
Central. : INNER
27
Man of rank. : BARONET
29
New ___. : ENGLANDERS
30
Manage. : STEER
31
Bear of a sort. : TEDDY
33
Interval. : GAP
35
Kindergartner. : TOT
37
Of little value: Colloq. : TUPPENCE
40
Downy surface on fabrics. : NAP
41
Dashed headlong. : HURTLED
45
Accumulated. : HEAPED
46
Have half a ___. : MINDTO
48
Closed. : ENDED
49
Prohibition. : BAN
50
Biblical nation. : MOAB
51
Spanish kettle. : OLLA
52
Loveliest of the Pleiades. : MAIA
54
French critic de Gourmont. : REMY
55
"With the blue ribbon ___ ... " : ONIT
56
Kind of deed: Abbr. : MTGE
58
Compass point. : SSE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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