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Jean Reed
New York Times, Saturday, December 21, 1963
40-Across : Military unit: Abbr.
Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 R | 3 G | 4 O | 5 B | 6 A | 7 N | 8 C | 9 S | 10 S | 11 P | 12 A | 13 N |
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14 D | I | O | R | 15 O | H | A | R | A | 16 P | E | S | O |
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17 A | F | I | S | 18 H | O | U | T | O | F | 19 W | A | T | E | R |
20 R | E | N | O | I | R | 21 I | S | E | E | 22 R | A | M |
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23 T | N | T | 24 R | O | S | S | I | 25 N | I | |||||
26 G | 27 S | O | S | 28 S | A | N | E | 29 G | O | F | 30 O | 31 R |
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32 A | T | A | 33 F | O | R | A | 34 S | H | R | I | N | E |
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35 M | A | T | 36 E | R | I | A | L | 37 W | I | T | N | E | S | S |
38 M | E | A | L | I | E | 39 G | A | L | S | 40 D | E | T |
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41 A | L | I | E | N | 42 P | A | R | K | 43 E | F | T | S |
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44 L | E | G | 45 A | L | L | Y | 46 O | R | O | |||||
47 J | 48 U | S | 49 E | T | A | L | 50 S | H | E | R | 51 P | 52 A |
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53 O | P | P | 54 O | S | I | T | E | 55 N | U | M | B | E | R | S |
56 S | O | I | R | 57 L | E | R | O | I | 58 U | S | U | S |
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59 E | N | N | E | 60 T | R | Y | S | T | 61 S | T | E | N |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,256
Across
1
Ship of myth. : ARGO
5
Judges' seats. : BANCS
10
Reach. : SPAN
14
Fashion name. : DIOR
15
Contemporary novelist. : OHARA
16
Coin. : PESO
17
Misplaced person. : AFISHOUTOFWATER
20
Painter of "Baigneuses." : RENOIR
21
Polite phrase. : ISEE
22
Water pump. : RAM
23
Explosive. : TNT
24
Composer of comic opera. : ROSSINI
26
Staff officers: Abbr. : GSOS
28
Sensible. : SANE
29
Like a lot: Slang. : GOFOR
32
See ___ glance. : ATA
33
Two ___ quarter. : FORA
34
Lourdes, for example. : SHRINE
35
Trial VIP. : MATERIALWITNESS
38
Ear of maize, in Africa. : MEALIE
39
Sal and others. : GALS
40
Military unit: Abbr. : DET
41
Strange. : ALIEN
42
City square. : PARK
43
Newts. : EFTS
44
By law. : LEGALLY
46
Spanish gold. : ORO
47
Gravy, on a French menu. : JUS
49
Useful bit of Latin. : ETAL
50
Himalayan native. : SHERPA
53
Admirals to generals. : OPPOSITENUMBERS
56
Evening, in Paris. : SOIR
57
Vive ___! : LEROI
58
___ loquendi (usage in speech): Lat. : USUS
59
Nine: Prefix. : ENNE
60
Meeting. : TRYST
61
Gun. : STEN
Down
1
Hebrew month. : ADAR
2
Prevalent. : RIFE
3
Become confused, figuratively. : GOINTOATAILSPIN
4
Welles and others. : ORSONS
5
Social liability. : BOOR
6
Asian gazelle. : AHU
7
Mellon gift to the country. : NATIONALGALLERY
8
La ___, Wis. : CROSSE
9
Storage places. : SAFES
10
Ems. : SPA
11
Sight to see in Arizona. : PETRIFIEDFOREST
12
Sailing. : ASEA
13
Standard. : NORM
18
Good show. : HIT
19
Ounce and gram. : WEIGHTS
24
___ avis. : RARA
25
Urth or Skuld. : NORN
26
Kappa Kappa ___. : GAMMA
27
Mme. de ___. : STAEL
28
Fine French fabric. : SOIE
30
Start. : ONSET
31
Stays. : RESTS
33
Edges. : FRINGES
34
Symbol of luxury. : SILK
36
Robert ___. : ELEE
37
On one's guard. : WARY
42
Inferior race horse. : PLATER
43
Place on the way to Hades. : EREBUS
45
Not straight. : ATILT
46
Electrical unit. : OHM
47
"Carmen" role. : JOSE
48
Well versed in. : UPON
50
Spades. : SUIT
51
Girl's nickname. : PRUE
52
Y.W.C.A., for one. : ASSN
54
Cuprite. : ORE
55
French possessive. : NOS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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