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Martha Brownlee
New York Times, Monday, October 11, 1954
21-Across : Not slack.
Author:
Martha Brownlee
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { B Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Martha Brownlee has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 A | 3 P | 4 A | 5 N | 6 S | 7 H | 8 A | 9 H | 10 C | 11 E | 12 R | 13 F |
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14 A | G | A | P | E | 15 P | I | L | E | 16 A | X | I | L |
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17 M | I | L | E | S | 18 T | O | N | E | S | 19 M | E | T | A |
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20 E | L | I | 21 T | A | U | T | 22 I | 23 C | E | C | A | P |
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24 S | E | N | 25 D | E | R | S | 26 S | T | A | R | ||||
27 D | I | G | 28 E | 29 S | C | A | L | A | 30 T | 31 O | 32 R |
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33 V | 34 I | R | A | G | 35 O | 36 P | A | T | E | 37 E | M | U |
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38 I | D | O | L | 39 U | 40 N | I | T | E | 41 G | R | I | D |
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42 E | L | M | 43 S | T | I | R | 44 S | 45 M | A | R | T | Y |
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46 W | E | E | 47 H | A | W | K | E | 48 N | 49 I | M | A | |||
50 A | L | A | E | 51 E | 52 N | L | A | C | 53 E | 54 D |
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55 C | 56 O | 57 D | G | E | R | 58 T | E | I | L | 59 O | V | A |
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60 A | G | O | G | 61 D | 62 E | A | D | L | E | 63 T | T | E | R |
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64 D | E | S | I | 65 L | Y | R | E | 66 N | O | T | R | E |
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67 S | E | E | S | 68 Y | E | A | R | 69 D | R | A | Y | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,931
Across
1
Asian archipelago. : JAPAN
6
V.I.P. in Iran. : SHAH
10
Raconteur of the book world. : CERF
14
With mouth wide open. : AGAPE
15
Down. : PILE
16
Angle between twig and stem. : AXIL
17
Significant events. : MILESTONES
19
Diminutive of Margaret. : META
20
Mr. Yale. : ELI
21
Not slack. : TAUT
22
Polar phenomenon. : ICECAP
24
Transmitters. : SENDERS
26
Military insigne. : STAR
27
Excavate. : DIG
28
Designating a clause in present-day contracts. : ESCALATOR
33
Scold. : VIRAGO
36
Place for a toupee. : PATE
37
Ratite bird. : EMU
38
Graven image. : IDOL
39
Weld. : UNITE
41
Wire mesh in an electron tube. : GRID
42
Shade tree. : ELM
43
Bustle. : STIR
44
Pseudo-humorous person. : SMARTY
46
Where Burr and Hamilton fought. : WEEHAWKEN
49
Miss Dodo. : IMA
50
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
51
Enfolded. : ENLACED
55
Old fellow. : CODGER
58
Lime tree. : TEIL
59
Eggs. : OVA
60
Eager. : AGOG
61
Any law no longer enforced. : DEADLETTER
64
He loves Lucy. : DESI
65
Ancestor of the harp. : LYRE
66
___ Dame. : NOTRE
67
Gets the idea. : SEES
68
Four seasons. : YEAR
69
Carts. : DRAYS
Down
1
River in Virginia. : JAMES
2
Nimble. : AGILE
3
"Madam" is one. : PALINDROME
4
Imitator. : APE
5
A reserve. : NESTEGG
6
Husband or wife. : SPOUSE
7
Imply. : HINT
8
Nut-brown beverage. : ALE
9
Falters. : HESITATES
10
Judge's chamber. : CAMERA
11
Ship's officer: Navy term. : EXEC
12
Name akin to Margaret. : RITA
13
Move up and down. : FLAP
18
Seaman. : TAR
23
Cabbage: Var. : CALE
25
Face of a compass. : DIAL
26
Shoo! : SCAT
29
Pointed tower. : SPIRE
30
Reddish-brown hue. : TERRACOTTA
31
Leave undone. : OMIT
32
Man's nickname. : RUDY
33
Survey. : VIEW
34
Unoccupied. : IDLE
35
Externally. : OUTWARDLY
40
Army's guided missile. : NIKE
41
Vasco da ___. : GAMA
43
Business deal. : SALE
45
Remnant of cloth. : MILLEND
47
Well-known Scottish pudding. : HAGGIS
48
Exigent one. : NEEDER
52
Nothing. : NIL
53
All. : EVERY
54
Acts of defiance. : DARES
55
No gentlemen. : CADS
56
Pointed arch. : OGEE
57
Definite quantity. : DOSE
58
Scarlett's home. : TARA
62
Calm center of a hurricane. : EYE
63
Rocky pinnacle. : TOR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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