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Arthur Lewis
New York Times, Saturday, October 25, 1958
28-Across : Old Spanish method of execution.
Author:
Arthur Lewis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { H J X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Arthur Lewis has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 R | 4 I | 5 T | 6 A | 7 L | 8 S | 9 U | 10 P | 11 P | 12 O | 13 S | 14 E |
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15 I | R | O | N | A | G | E | 16 U | T | I | L | I | T | Y |
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17 G | R | O | C | E | R | S | 18 N | A | T | A | L | I | E |
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19 R | O | M | A | N | 20 T | 21 V | S | 22 I | L | L | S |
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23 A | Y | E | S | 24 B | E | E | P | 25 S | 26 T | I | T | O |
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27 T | O | R | 28 G | A | R | R | O | T | 29 E | 30 K | E | R |
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31 E | S | S | 32 A | Y | S | 33 S | T | A | M | 34 P | E | D | E |
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35 D | R | A | 36 M | 37 S | I | M | A | |||||||
38 G | 39 O | 40 N | D | O | L | A | 41 S | 42 R | A | M | 43 B | 44 L | 45 E |
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46 A | C | E | 47 S | T | R | A | 48 F | E | S | 49 L | E | N |
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50 R | E | B | 51 S | 52 S | Q | U | I | D | 53 M | O | O | D |
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54 T | A | U | T | 55 U | L | A | 56 S | E | A | T | O |
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57 E | N | L | A | 58 R | 59 G | E | 60 N | 61 E | W | S | T | A | R |
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62 R | I | A | L | T | O | S | 63 C | R | A | T | E | R | S |
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64 S | C | R | E | E | N | S | 65 E | N | G | A | R | D | E |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,406
Across
1
Pertaining to wedlock. : MARITAL
8
Presume. : SUPPOSE
15
Era in man's rise. : IRONAGE
16
Company providing gas, electricity, etc. : UTILITY
17
Certain storekeepers. : GROCERS
18
Name for a Christmas child. : NATALIE
19
___ holiday. : ROMAN
20
Video sets. : TVS
22
Ailments. : ILLS
23
Affirmatives. : AYES
24
Sounds from the sky. : BEEPS
26
Communist leader in Belgrade. : TITO
27
Craggy hill. : TOR
28
Old Spanish method of execution. : GARROTE
30
Prefix used with flop and plunk. : KER
31
Tries. : ESSAYS
33
Mad rush. : STAMPEDE
35
Part of an ounce. : DRAM
37
Basic igneous rock. : SIMA
38
Venetian taxis. : GONDOLAS
42
Walk about idly. : RAMBLE
46
Card. : ACE
47
Attacks with gunfire. : STRAFES
49
Man's nickname. : LEN
50
Confederates: Colloq. : REBS
52
Sea mollusk having ten arms. : SQUID
53
Feeling. : MOOD
54
Tense. : TAUT
55
Diminutive suffix. : ULA
56
Asian combine of nations. : SEATO
57
Increase. : ENLARGE
60
Nova. : NEWSTAR
62
Theatre districts. : RIALTOS
63
Lunar features. : CRATERS
64
Sifts. : SCREENS
65
Fencing term: Fr. : ENGARDE
Down
1
Go south with the birds. : MIGRATE
2
Dry gullies in Southwest. : ARROYOS
3
Tenants. : ROOMERS
4
Peruvians. : INCAS
5
Acquired: Poet. : TAEN
6
Farming: Abbr. : AGR
7
Pearson of Canada. : LESTER
8
Solar features. : SUNSPOTS
9
Actress Hagen. : UTA
10
Cherry stone. : PIT
11
Braid. : PLAIT
12
Unctuous. : OILLIKE
13
Artificially formal. : STILTED
14
Slum, for example. : EYESORE
21
___ libre. : VERS
24
Dark volcanic rocks. : BASALTS
25
Having steps. : STAIRED
28
Types of compasses, for short. : GYROS
29
Namesakes of Mme. Bovary. : EMMAS
32
Find a sum. : ADD
34
Jack of clubs, in loo. : PAM
36
Nobleman of Europe. : MARQUESS
38
Useful elastic bands. : GARTERS
39
Pelagic. : OCEANIC
40
Of cosmic groups. : NEBULAR
41
First king of Israel. : SAUL
43
Fat herring. : BLOATER
44
Scant garment for dancers. : LEOTARD
45
Approve. : ENDORSE
48
Nearly a groom. : FIANCE
51
Old. : STALE
53
Washington hostess. : MESTA
56
Gangster's haul. : SWAG
58
Way: Abbr. : RTE
59
Side: Comb. form. : GON
61
Bird. : ERN
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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