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Peter L. Tea, Jr.
Peter L. Tea, Jr.

New York Times, Tuesday, October 23, 1956

25-Across : Coward.

Author:
Peter L. Tea, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Peter L. Tea, Jr. has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,674
Across
1
Recently nationalized area. : SUEZ
5
Of little value. : CHEAP
10
Similar. : AKIN
14
Actor Ray. : ALDO
15
John Ridd's bride. : LORNA
16
___ show. : SIDE
17
Member of a delegation at Bandung Conference. : INDONESIAN
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Strip of leather on a shoe. : WELT
20
Dawn to dusk. : DAYTIME
21
Mexican dishes. : TAMALES
23
Grassy field. : LEA
24
Sultanate bordering Arabian Sea. : OMAN
25
Coward. : CRAVEN
29
Former terror organization. : KLAN
30
___ Passos. : DOS
33
Opera first performed in 25 Down. : AIDA
34
Native of Bangkok. : THAI
36
Fruit like an apricot or cherry. : DRUPE
38
Actress Massey. : ILONA
40
Lyricist Gershwin. : IRA
41
Country bordering on 48 Down. : YEMEN
42
Opposing any control. : REBEL
43
Bill of fare. : MENU
45
Game named for an Egyptian king. : FARO
46
Poem. : ODE
47
Moslem nation. : IRAN
49
Second president of Egypt. : NASSER
51
Lean to a side. : HEEL
52
Floating lily leaf. : PAD
53
Porch. : VERANDA
56
The Crimson Tide. : ALABAMA
61
___ League. : ARAB
62
Orderly. : SYSTEMATIC
64
Flower girl of opera. : MIMI
65
Soothing one. : EASER
66
Quip. : JOKE
67
Fuel. : PEAT
68
Concerning. : ANENT
69
Tarzan's comrades. : APES
Down
1
Port ___, serving 1 Across. : SAID
2
Arm bone. : ULNA
3
Whirl. : EDDY
4
Type of flashy suit: Slang. : ZOOT
5
Keynoter for the Democrats. : CLEMENT
6
Prophet of 8th century, B. C. : HOSEA
7
Silkworm. : ERI
8
Of Asiatic Turkey. : ANATOLIAN
9
Canal built 1904-14. : PANAMA
10
Proposed high dam. : ASWAN
11
Canal connecting North and Baltic Seas. : KIEL
12
Futile. : IDLE
13
Gains. : NETS
18
One of the world's longest rivers. : NILE
22
Girl in Irving Berlin song. : MANDY
25
City in the news. : CAIRO
26
Angered: Colloq. : RILED
27
Clay house. : ADOBE
28
Weathercock. : VANE
29
Burmese tribesman. : KAREN
30
"King of Paris." : DUMAS
31
___ citato (in the work quoted): Lat. : OPERE
32
Caballero's title. : SENOR
35
Of a region in India and Tibet. : HIMALAYAN
37
Relatives of umps. : REFS
39
Outsider. : ALIEN
44
Inattentive. : UNALERT
48
It's south and east of 1 Across. : REDSEA
50
___ Bede. : ADAM
51
Custom. : HABIT
52
Disk. : PATEN
53
Part of a shoe. : VAMP
54
N. Y. canal. : ERIE
55
Incarnation of Vishnu. : RAMA
57
Mexican peninsula, ___ California. : BAJA
58
At the summit. : ATOP
59
Sen. Mansfield. : MIKE
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Single points. : ACES
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Compass point. : SSE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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