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Thomas J. Varner
Thomas J. Varner

New York Times, Thursday, November 10, 1955

26-Across : Wet-weather postponements.

Author:
Thomas Varner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Thomas J. Varner has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Thomas Varner is an alias for Thomas J. Varner.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,326
Across
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Southern dish. : YAMS
5
Home of Krupp works. : ESSEN
10
Way. : PATH
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Great Salt Lake state. : UTAH
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Useful. : UTILE
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Mitch Miller's instrument. : OBOE
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Game of chance. : KENO
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Opening games: Slang. : LIDLIFTERS
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Faint sound. : OVERTONE
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Best in quality. : GRADEA
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Savings. : NESTEGG
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Bird named after its call. : CHAT
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Watchword. : CRY
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Wet-weather postponements. : RAINOUTS
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Expression of boredom. : HOHUM
33
Crack. : CHINK
34
Starchy food. : POI
35
Leave-taking. : EXIT
36
Auctioneer's word. : GOING
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Pen point. : STUB
38
Blushing. : RED
39
Ocean. : BRINE
40
Iceland's U. N. delegate. : THORS
41
Individually in succession. : ONEBYONE
43
___ polloi. : HOI
44
Emmets. : ANTS
45
Warning sign. : KEEPOFF
49
Repeat without understanding. : PARROT
52
Carousing. : ONASPREE
53
Construction-man. : IRONWORKER
55
City in Sicily. : ENNA
56
Eight furlongs. : MILE
57
In the near future. : EARLY
58
Fabulous birds. : ROCS
59
Associate. : ALLY
60
Marshy place. : SWALE
61
Word on a galley. : STET
Down
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Alaskan territory. : YUKON
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"The stag ___ ... " : ATEVE
3
Flowing locks. : MANES
4
Time-saving device. : SHORTCUT
5
Laudation. : EULOGY
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Smart. : STING
7
Members of a team. : SIDE
8
Stovepipe joint. : ELL
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Sound from the paddock. : NEIGHING
10
Common plant. : POTATO
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Retired. : ABED
12
Ran swiftly. : TORE
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"For ___ jolly good fellow ... " : HESA
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Free-mailing privilege. : FRANK
21
Word or phrase. : TERM
24
Queeg's ship. : CAINE
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Cologne's river. : RHINE
27
Incumbent upon. : UPTO
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Long trip. : TOUR
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Relatives. : SIBS
30
Titular character, usually. : HERO
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Cattle. : OXEN
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Secrete. : HIDE
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Small change. : COINS
36
Caves. : GROTTOES
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Men of commerce. : SHIPPERS
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Before this time. : BYNOW
40
___ the line. : TOES
42
Nickname of a former welterweight champion. : BARNEY
43
Towncrier's call. : HEARYE
45
Bell stroke. : KNELL
46
Two words from Hamlet. : ORNOT
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On the ___ (undecided). : FENCE
48
Special treat. : FEAST
49
Cotton cloth. : PIMA
50
Seed covering. : ARIL
51
Bun. : ROLL
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Gumbo. : OKRA
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Bleak. : RAW

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1 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later.

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