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

New York Times, Saturday, November 8, 1958

40-Across : What the ocean is near.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,420
Across
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Helm. : TILLER
7
Croesuses. : NABOBS
13
Headline spot. : PAGEONE
14
Restrain through wonder. : OVERAWE
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Poe's Lee. : ANNABEL
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Kind of crab. : FIDDLER
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Debar. : STOP
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European nation: Abbr. : ITAL
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Stew pot. : OLLA
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Conveyance. : CART
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Santa ___. : MARIA
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Baseball's Master Melvin. : OTT
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Metric measure. : ARE
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Howler. : BONER
27
Actor Sal. : MINEO
29
Dame Fortune. : LADYLUCK
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Worker with rattan. : CANER
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Simplicity. : EASE
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Early Western star. : HART
34
Plow part. : SHARE
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Designating the modern U. S. Army organization. : PENTOMIC
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What the ocean is near. : SHORE
41
Florid. : RUDDY
42
Arab garment. : ABA
43
Cap. : TAM
44
Where Léopoldville is. : CONGO
45
Stanch. : STEM
46
Hebrew dry measure. : OMER
48
Artifice. : RUSE
49
Finish line. : WIRE
50
Seaside promenades. : MARINAS
52
Balkan state: Var. : ROMANIA
55
Lively. : ANIMATE
56
Break one's diet. : OVEREAT
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Panoramas. : SCENES
58
Name associated with Thoreau. : WALDEN
Down
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Fanfare sound. : TANTARA
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Disregarded. : IGNORED
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Hurdled. : LEAPT
4
Tennis shot. : LOB
5
Compass point. : ENE
6
Trust. : RELIANCE
7
Rejoinder to unjust treatment. : NOFAIR
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Spanish city. : AVILA
9
Four-poster. : BED
10
Church calendar. : ORDO
11
Umpire's call. : BALLONE
12
Feel the heat. : SWELTER
13
French scientist (1623-62). : PASCAL
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Lyric muse. : ERATO
20
Journey: Colloq. : TREK
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Timid one. : MOUSE
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Sound of trumpets. : BLARE
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TV and movie role. : MARTY
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Go ___ (take up as an occupation). : INTO
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1958. : YEAR
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Phrase promising accomplishment. : CANDO
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Shrub border. : HEDGEROW
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Medicine men. : SHAMANS
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Like a great poet. : HOMERIC
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Jokes of a sort. : PUNS
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Kind of idol. : MATINEE
38
Citizen of 8 Down. : IBERIAN
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Approached angrily, as in attacking. : CAMEAT
40
Plant part. : STOMA
41
Wakens. : ROUSES
44
Container. : CRATE
45
Lawn. : SWARD
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Hoarfrost. : RIME
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Masefield heroine. : NAN
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Eggs: Lat. : OVA
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Honey, in pharmacy. : MEL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later.

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