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Natalie Hankemeyer
Natalie Hankemeyer

New York Times, Thursday, January 7, 1954

15-Across : Source of annoyance.

Author:
Natalie Hankemeyer
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Natalie Hankemeyer has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,654
Across
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Rules of conduct. : CODE
5
National character. : ETHOS
10
Booby ___. : TRAP
14
Frankfurt's river. : ODER
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Source of annoyance. : TRIAL
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Baltic gulf. : RIGA
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Poet famous for heroic couplets. : POPE
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Popular form of fiction. : HISTORICAL
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Metrical scheme of "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater." : TROCHEES
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Makers of martial music. : PIPERS
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Theatre folk. : STARS
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Not counterfeit. : REAL
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"Valse ___." : TRISTE
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Current college exams. : MIDTERMS
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Ten-gallon item. : HAT
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Chicago Bears' owner. : HALAS
34
Massachusetts city. : ATHOL
35
Japanese herbs. : UDOS
37
Musical instruments. : LUTES
39
Antitoxins. : SERA
40
Bogs down. : MIRES
42
Actor Romero. : CESAR
44
Add (with "up"). : TOT
45
Not C. O. D. : POSTPAID
47
Antithesis of peaches. : LEMONS
49
Eucalyptus. : TREE
50
Spanish gentleman. : SENOR
51
Of part of the soft palate. : UVULAR
54
Limit. : RESTRICT
57
Hitler's philosophy. : MILITARISM
59
Tree genus. : ACER
60
Quaker colonist. : PENN
61
Aunt: French. : TANTE
62
Ship's path. : LANE
63
Burglar's loot. : SWAG
64
Urge or incite. : EGGON
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Destroy. : SLAY
Down
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Egyptian. : COPT
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Bouquet. : ODOR
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People with money in the bank. : DEPOSITORS
4
Constructs. : ERECTS
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Heavenly. : ETHEREAL
6
Melts with ("out"). : TRIES
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Radiator's song. : HISS
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Cereal grain. : OAT
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Describing a roof. : SLOPED
10
Three of a kind. : TRIPLETS
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Staple food. : RICE
12
Herbert ___, historian. : AGAR
13
Good friends. : PALS
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Cowboy's rope. : RIATA
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"What ___ God wrought." : HATH
24
Ascends. : RISES
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Whack. : THUMP
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Wireless. : RADIO
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Wed. : MATED
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Describing a question used for effect. : RHETORICAL
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Member of the "unintelligentsia." : MORON
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Wood strips. : SLATS
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Heroine of "Tale of Two Cities." : LUCIE
36
Solving. : SETTLING
38
TV announcers. : SALESMEN
41
Little fish. : SPRAT
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Rodolfo's problem, "La Boheme," Act 1. : RENT
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Expose to air. : AERATE
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Principles of conduct. : MORALS
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A sixth: Italian. : SESTO
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Monarchs of baseball. : UMPS
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Opinion. : VIEW
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Arm bone. : ULNA
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Where to toss one's hat. : RING
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Roman mid-day meal. : CENA
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Three-spot. : TREY
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A very old dress. : RAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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