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

New York Times, Friday, November 23, 1956

1-Across : Promises.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,705
Across
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Promises. : VOWS
5
Roman general and emperor. : TITUS
10
Edison's middle name. : ALVA
14
Church image. : ICON
15
What i. e. means. : IDEST
16
Variegated. : PIED
17
Kurt Weill's magnum opus (with "The"). : THREEPENNYOPERA
20
Phoenician goddess. : ASTARTE
21
British field marshal of W. W. I. : ALLENBY
22
Bandstand structure. : KIOSK
24
Girl in a song. : IDA
25
A joining. : SPLICE
28
Town in Israel. : NAZARETH
33
Theatre. : ARENA
34
Sand formations. : DUNES
35
Coach Little. : LOU
36
Former archbishop of Canterbury. : LANG
37
One of the Days. : DORIS
38
Principles. : LAWS
39
Sign on a clock. : EDT
40
Confederate general. : EWELL
41
Author of "America the Beautiful." : BATES
42
Time for romance. : MOONRISE
44
Quackery: Coloq. : FAKERY
45
Massachusetts cape. : ANN
46
Wild dog of India. : DHOLE
48
Beach. : SEASIDE
52
Recluse. : EREMITE
56
Well-known fairy tale. : HANSELANDGRETEL
58
Osprey. : ERNE
59
Get around. : EVADE
60
Without any changes. : ASIS
61
Boom. : SPAR
62
Popeye's creator. : SEGAR
63
Relative of a dingle. : DALE
Down
1
Brief autobiographical sketch. : VITA
2
Well-known name in journalism. : OCHS
3
Liquid used in brewing. : WORT
4
Type of suspicion. : SNEAKING
5
Go stealthily. : TIPTOE
6
___ fixes. : IDEES
7
Midmorning. : TEN
8
Annapolis. : USNA
9
Designs in conventional manner. : STYLIZES
10
Loom. : APPEAR
11
A credit term. : LIEN
12
Part of speech. : VERB
13
"An apple ___ ... " : ADAY
18
Violinist Morini. : ERICA
19
___ the hills. : OLDAS
23
Having milled edges. : KNURLED
25
Hawthorne's birthplace. : SALEM
26
Madrid Museum. : PRADO
27
Slow: Music. : LENTO
29
Source of indigo. : ANIL
30
Make cheerful. : ELATE
31
Belfry. : TOWER
32
Minx. : HUSSY
34
Accomplishes. : DOES
37
Shrinks. : DWINDLES
38
Hoover Dam reservoir. : LAKEMEAD
40
Comedian Kovacs. : ERNIE
41
Type of pressing machine. : BALER
43
African dictator. : NASSER
44
Counterfeiter. : FORGER
47
Ibsen character. : HEDDA
48
"The liner ___ a lady ... " : SHES
49
Hero of the West. : EARP
50
Actress Magnani. : ANNA
51
Roof part. : EAVE
53
"___ Lovely Day Today." : ITSA
54
Linden tree. : TEIL
55
In addition. : ELSE
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Pester. : NAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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