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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Tuesday, January 7, 1958

5-Across : Blows gently.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,115
Across
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Breaks in continuity. : GAPS
5
Blows gently. : WAFTS
10
Weapon of the future. : ICBM
14
River to the Caspian Sea. : URAL
15
Admit. : ALLOW
16
Pouting grimace. : MOUE
17
Frivolous exclamation. : LALA
18
Pack animal. : LLAMA
19
Saucy. : PERT
20
Turn over, as a flapjack. : FLIPFLOP
22
Flat strip of dry dough. : NOODLE
24
Deliberative body. : DIET
25
Slavic ruler. : TSAR
26
Where the Vistula flows. : POLAND
29
Any way of saving time, effort, etc. : SHORTCUT
33
Spring. : ARISE
34
Weaves. : SPINS
35
Suffix in chemistry. : ANE
36
Goliath's birthplace. : GATH
37
Up and ___ (active). : DOING
38
Mix. : STIR
39
African nation: Abbr. : ETH
40
Silk city of France. : ARLES
41
Track of a wild animal. : SPOOR
42
Unmitigated. : DEEPDYED
44
Children's game, a form of hockey. : SHINNY
45
Name for a shaggy dog. : RAGS
46
Machination. : PLOT
47
Greenlander. : ESKIMO
50
Children's game. : LEAPFROG
54
Novelist O'Flaherty. : LIAM
55
Public. : OVERT
57
Where Fort Dodge is. : IOWA
58
___ of Cleves. : ANNE
59
Hornpipe. : DANCE
60
Buzz. : RING
61
Origin. : SEED
62
Braces. : STAYS
63
Otherwise. : ELSE
Down
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___ State (Florida). : GULF
2
Landlocked sea. : ARAL
3
Old Indic language. : PALI
4
Careless. : SLAPDASH
5
Divided (with "off"). : WALLED
6
Assign. : ALLOT
7
Loose piece on a pocket. : FLAP
8
Fielding's "___ Jones." : TOM
9
Final creative work. : SWANSONG
10
Signification. : IMPORT
11
Sorority girl. : COED
12
Knot in wool. : BURL
13
Boundary. : METE
21
Handsome. : FINE
23
Scullers. : OARS
25
Becomes slender. : THINS
26
Numbered. : PAGED
27
Speechify. : ORATE
28
Supple. : LITHE
29
Descried. : SPIED
30
"___ a Hot Tin Roof." : CATON
31
Schenectady college. : UNION
32
Cloth with a pile of uncut loops. : TERRY
34
Cobbler's concern. : SOLES
37
Cloth. : DRYGOODS
38
Shrew. : SPITFIRE
40
Common ancestor. : ADAM
41
Machine ___. : SHOP
43
Ready to go. : PRIMED
44
Designates for office. : SLATES
46
English soldier, called Hotspur. : PERCY
47
Greek resistance group. : ELAS
48
Part of s. d. : SINE
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"Citizen ___." : KANE
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River to the Laptev Sea. : LENA
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Muddy. : ROIL
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Recognizes. : OWNS
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Green plum. : GAGE
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Container. : VAT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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