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Geraldine Rayment
New York Times, Wednesday, December 5, 1956
55-Across : Test by a chemical process.
Author:
Geraldine Rayment
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.57, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Geraldine Rayment has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 M | 2 O | 3 V | 4 I | 5 E | 6 S | 7 T | 8 A | 9 P | 10 E | 11 R | 12 S | |||
13 D | A | V | I | N | C | I | 14 A | G | I | T | A | T | 15 E |
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16 E | L | E | C | T | O | R | 17 C | R | E | A | M | E | R |
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18 B | A | R | 19 O | L | I | 20 V | I | E | R | 21 P | A | U |
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22 A | B | R | 23 A | 24 E | N | A | T | E | 25 R | A | M | P |
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26 T | A | U | N | 27 T | 28 G | N | U | 29 B | E | G | E | T |
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30 E | R | N | E | S | 31 T | 32 D | R | 33 E | A | M | E | R | S |
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34 M | A | N | 35 G | A | N | E | S | E | ||||||
36 I | 37 M | 38 M | O | R | T | A | L | 39 L | E | E | 40 R | 41 E | 42 D |
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43 N | O | U | N | S | 44 T | I | 45 M | 46 S | T | A | L | E |
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47 N | O | S | E | 48 M | E | S | A | 49 S | 50 S | T | A | B |
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51 A | R | E | 52 F | I | L | M | D | O | 53 M | 54 L | I | T |
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55 T | I | T | 56 R | A | T | E | 57 A | N | I | 58 L | I | N | E |
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59 E | S | T | A | T | E | S | 60 M | A | T | I | N | E | E |
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61 H | A | T | E | R | S | 62 E | R | O | D | E | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,717
Across
1
Pictures. : MOVIES
7
Candles. : TAPERS
13
He captured a famous smile. : DAVINCI
14
Fluster. : AGITATE
16
Member of a well-known college. : ELECTOR
17
Small pitcher. : CREAMER
18
Chocolate ___. : BAR
19
See 3 Down : OLIVIER
21
French city in the Pyrénées. : PAU
22
Canyon mouth, in the Southwest. : ABRA
24
Growing out. : ENATE
25
Sloping passage. : RAMP
26
Mock. : TAUNT
28
Antelope. : GNU
29
Bring into being. : BEGET
30
Actor Borgnine. : ERNEST
32
Castle-builders. : DREAMERS
34
An element. : MANGANESE
36
Person of lasting fame. : IMMORTAL
39
Looked suggestively. : LEERED
43
Substantives. : NOUNS
44
Fictional child. : TIM
46
Flat. : STALE
47
Move forward. : NOSE
48
Buttes. : MESAS
50
___ in the back. : STAB
51
Common verb. : ARE
52
Hollywood. : FILMDOM
54
Ignited. : LIT
55
Test by a chemical process. : TITRATE
57
Liquid used in dyes. : ANILINE
59
___ General, pre-French Revolution assembly. : ESTATES
60
Box office term. : MATINEE
61
Misanthropes. : HATERS
62
Wears away. : ERODES
Down
1
Southwest coast of India. : MALABAR
2
Spread swiftly throughout. : OVERRUN
3
Old ___. : VIC
4
Preposition. : INTO
5
French school. : ECOLE
6
Begetting. : SIRING
7
Disinclined to talk. : TACITURN
8
Be in accord. : AGREE
9
Arch support. : PIER
10
Greek letter. : ETA
11
Act wildly. : RAMPAGE
12
Type of trunk. : STEAMER
13
Argument. : DEBATE
15
Bursts forth. : ERUPTS
20
Wanton destruction. : VANDALISM
23
Cup-shaped flower. : ANEMONE
25
Sits again. : REMEETS
27
Despots. : TSARS
29
A diamond has three. : BASES
31
Explosive. : TNT
33
Electric ___. : EEL
35
Describing certain railroad crossings. : GATELESS
36
Natural. : INNATE
37
Style of architecture. : MOORISH
38
Operatic role. : MUSETTA
40
Light, tarred rope. : RATLINE
41
Two who loved Launcelot. : ELAINES
42
Creditor. : DEBTEE
45
___ Defarge. : MADAME
48
Carpenter's box. : MITER
49
Relative of radar. : SONAR
52
Final outcome. : FATE
53
Thread: Comb. form. : MITO
56
"Brother ___." : RAT
58
Top. : LID
Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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