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Louise Rabb
New York Times, Tuesday, January 6, 1953
62-Across : Former Italian singer at the Met.
Author:
Louise Rabb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Louise Rabb has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 42-Across clue had acute accent over first e in siècle; corrected it to grave accent.
1 S | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 C | 6 A | 7 R | 8 S | 9 F | 10 L | 11 E | 12 A | 13 S |
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14 T | E | U | T | 15 C | L | A | W | 16 I | A | M | B | I |
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17 A | R | M | A | 18 D | I | L | L | O | 19 O | N | I | O | N |
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20 R | O | M | E | O | 21 A | P | P | 22 A | R | A | T | U | S |
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23 E | L | L | 24 S | 25 H | E | B | E | |||||||
26 B | 27 R | R | 28 L | I | 29 D | 30 E | L | 31 A | 32 P | 33 S | 34 E |
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35 A | U | T | 36 E | 37 C | O | 38 T | 39 I | L | L | I | O | N | S |
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40 C | R | I | S | 41 P | 42 F | I | N | 43 O | N | S | E | T |
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44 H | A | M | M | E | 45 R | F | E | S | 46 T | 47 E | T | R | E |
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48 S | L | E | E | T | Y | 49 T | A | 50 D | 51 O | D | S |
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52 R | A | 53 T | 54 A | 55 G | O | 56 L | F | |||||||
57 B | 58 A | 59 S | 60 T | I | N | A | D | 61 O | 62 R | U | F | 63 F | 64 O |
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65 A | V | A | I | L | 66 M | I | G | 67 R | A | T | I | O | N |
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68 N | O | V | E | L | 69 P | E | R | I | 70 E | C | R | U |
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71 E | N | E | R | O | 72 S | U | E | Z | 73 S | E | E | S |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,297
Across
1
Old-fashioned word for garden vegetables. : SASS
5
Coaches. : CARS
9
Perennial circus performers. : FLEAS
14
German: Abbr. : TEUT
15
Part of a lobster. : CLAW
16
Feet of two syllables. : IAMBI
17
Burrowing animal with bony plates. : ARMADILLO
19
Flavoring agent. : ONION
20
Hero of a Gounod opera. : ROMEO
21
Gymnasium equipment, for instance. : APPARATUS
23
Measures of length, 45 inches. : ELLS
25
She married Hercules. : HEBE
26
Sound meaning it's cold outside. : BRR
28
Part of the eye. : LID
30
Slip by. : ELAPSE
35
Mulberry tree of N. Z. : AUTE
37
Dances at debutante balls. : COTILLIONS
40
Brittle. : CRISP
42
___ de siècle (end of the century): Fr. : FIN
43
Beginning. : ONSET
44
Norwegian port, northernmost city of Europe. : HAMMERFEST
47
To be: French. : ETRE
48
Describing winter weather. : SLEETY
49
Son of Abe and Mary. : TAD
51
Officers of the day: Abbr. : ODS
52
Pro ___. : RATA
55
Ike's favorite pastime. : GOLF
57
Oriental chastisement, applied to the soles of the feet. : BASTINADO
62
Former Italian singer at the Met. : RUFFO
65
Be of use. : AVAIL
66
Birds flying south. : MIGRATION
68
"Don Quixote," for instance. : NOVEL
69
Phyllis in "Iolanthe." : PERI
70
Light tan. : ECRU
71
January: Spanish. : ENERO
72
100 miles between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. : SUEZ
73
Escorts. : SEES
Down
1
One of billions in the Via Lactea. : STAR
2
Flying machine. : AERO
3
Memorable song from "Porgy and Bess." : SUMMERTIME
4
Mme. de ___, French authoress. : STAEL
5
Ten score, plus one. : CCI
6
Mme. Nazimova. : ALLA
7
Sen. Flanders of Vermont. : RALPH
8
Herbert Bayard ___. : SWOPE
9
The Little Flower. : FIORELLO
10
Actress Turner. : LANA
11
Give out. : EMIT
12
Arabian name. : ABOU
13
Venial acts. : SINS
18
"Oh, You Beautiful ___." : DOLL
22
Hero of "Green Mansions." : ABEL
24
Palermo is its capital: Abbr. : SIC
26
Johann and family. : BACHS
27
Pertaining to agriculture. : RURAL
29
Opposite of "don." : DOFF
31
Elder: French. : AINE
32
Old-time kissing game. : POSTOFFICE
33
Low I. Q. radio character. : SNERD
34
Park in the Rockies. : ESTES
36
Girl's name. : ESME
38
Relative of a stock. : TIE
39
This month: Abbr. : INST
41
Labor leader in musical world. : PETRILLO
45
Pat Nixon's maiden name. : RYAN
46
Popular game. : TAG
50
Dickens character. : DORA
53
Drives down by a series of blows. : TAMPS
54
Good-by. : ADIEU
56
Old stringed instruments. : LUTES
57
Harm. : BANE
58
River in central England. : AVON
59
But. : SAVE
60
One of a number of galleries. : TIER
61
Blunderbore, for instance. : OGRE
63
Word used in 55 Across. : FORE
64
Burden. : ONUS
67
Got up: Dial. : RIZ
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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