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

New York Times, Saturday, November 1, 1958

15-Across : Firmly secured.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,413
Across
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Great Picasso mural of Spanish Civil War. : GUERNICA
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Hi-fi component. : WOOFER
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Firmly secured. : ANCHORED
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Secrets or mysteries. : ARCANA
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Common Latin expression. : ETCETERA
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Responds. : REACTS
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Wind-deposited fertile loam. : LOESS
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Treasury agent. : TMAN
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Sixth sense: Abbr. : ESP
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___ Penn. or Pitt. : UOF
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Part of AWOL. : ABSENT
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Dates for guys. : GALS
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Narrow way. : LANE
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Helping hand: Colloq. : BOOST
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Eastern title. : AGA
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Denver or Philadelphia building. : MINT
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Dancer: Slang. : HOOFER
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Shrubby plant like verbena. : LANTANA
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Ship's boat. : PINNACE
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Finale. : ENDING
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Numerous. : MANY
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Cotangent: Abbr. : CTN
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Hall: Fr. : SALLE
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___ Blanc. : MONT
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Deed; exploit. : GEST
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In the last month. : ULTIMO
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___ Paulo, Brazil. : SAO
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Chatter: Colloq. : GAB
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Tear. : RENT
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Pointed. : SHARP
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Safe at first. : ONBASE
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Sailor. : SEAFARER
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Kind of show. : ONEMAN
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Mythical land of gold. : ELDORADO
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Search for food or provisions. : FORAGE
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Sign of sorrow. : TEARDROP
Down
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Celt. : GAEL
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Poetic preposition. : UNTO
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Behold: Lat. : ECCE
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Indian monkey. : RHESUS
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___ bad (fairly good). : NOTSO
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Fury. : IRE
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Document: Abbr. : CERT
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Too hard to be broken. : ADAMANT
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Admonishes. : WARNS
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Beauxite. : ORE
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Wood sorrel. : OCA
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Confronting one another. : FACETOFACE
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Noun suffixes. : ENTS
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Grate. : RASP
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Presidential nickname. : ABE
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Throw aside. : FLING
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Black. : EBONY
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Time of day. : NOON
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Storm winds. : GALES
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Capital of Guam. : AGANA
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No sailor he. : LANDLUBBER
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Anecdote collection. : ANA
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Denominations. : SECTS
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River to the Humber. : TRENT
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Artist defended by Zola. : MANET
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Suggests indirectly. : HINTS
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Cultivate. : TILL
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All: Comb. form. : PAN
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Lunar occurrence. : MOONSET
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Common French abbreviation. : MME
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___ with (cause trouble to). : GOHARD
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Actress Dunne. : IRENE
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Concerning. : ASFOR
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Make a boner. : GOOF
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___ Domini. : ANNO
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It often precedes vision. : TELE
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Sandarac tree. : ARAR
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Fix over. : REDO
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Stage item. : PROP
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"Oh, I ___ cook and a captain bold ... " : AMA
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Droop. : SAG
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Actress Rehan. : ADA

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

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