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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

New York Times, Thursday, February 13, 1958

60-Across : Weapon: Fr.

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,152
Across
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Primrose ___. : PATH
5
Semite. : ARAB
9
Thong. : STRAP
14
Festive meal, Hawaiian style. : LUAU
15
Fish. : SOLE
16
Neighbor of 63 Across. : CHINA
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Relative of Sandy. : ALEC
18
Shrewd diplomat of 18th C. France. : TALLEYRAND
20
Drinking vessels. : TANKARDS
22
Ancient milestones. : STELES
23
Minimum. : LEAST
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Demonstrative. : THESE
25
Violetta, heroine of "La Traviata." : VALERY
28
Revoke a legacy. : ADEEM
30
Court excuse. : ALIBI
31
Canal. : ERIE
32
Pigmented portion of the eye. : UVEA
36
Stout fabrics used for upholstery. : MOREENS
38
Risible. : AMUSING
40
Fruit. : PEAR
41
Sea-going initials. : USSS
43
Salt-water food fish. : SKATE
44
Assembled again. : REMET
46
Skinned. : PEELED
47
The chemise, for example. : STYLE
49
Work ___. : OFART
51
Go ___ (overreach). : TOOFAR
52
Foolishness. : NONSENSE
56
Australian. : ANTIPODEAN
58
Of the dawn. : EOAN
59
Mortgages. : LIENS
60
Weapon: Fr. : ARME
61
Eastern princess. : RANI
62
Meat: Span. : CARNE
63
Gargantuan land. : USSR
64
Member of the herring family. : SHAD
Down
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Small piece of ground. : PLAT
2
Assembly hall of German university. : AULA
3
Captured: Poet. : TAEN
4
Perennial best seller. : HUCKLEBERRYFINN
5
Erring. : ASTRAY
6
Arteries. : ROADS
7
A July baseball game. : ALLSTAR
8
___ canto, a style of singing. : BEL
9
Farm tool. : SCYTHE
10
Perennial best seller. : THREEMUSKETEERS
11
Small change for King Mohammed V. : RIALS
12
Year: Fr. : ANNEE
13
Protection for a football player. : PADS
19
Honor. : ESTEEM
21
Relative of a penthouse. : AERIE
25
Part of a shoe. : VAMP
26
Fleshy-leaved plant. : ALOE
27
100 piasters, in Turkey. : LIRA
29
Portuguese explorer. : DIAS
31
In ___ (in existence): Lat. : ESSE
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Container. : VIAL
34
Heraldic term. : ENTE
35
___ in the wood. : AGED
37
Number: Span. : NUMERO
39
Consumers. : USERS
42
Kitchen implements. : STONERS
45
Run out. : ELAPSE
46
Old-time gold miner. : PANNER
47
Girl's name. : SONIA
48
Lugger: Colloq. : TOTER
50
Froths. : FOAMS
51
Chalk. : TALC
53
Pioneer shipbuilder. : NOAH
54
Capital of Yemen. : SANA
55
Oklahoma city. : ENID
57
Member of the family: Abbr. : DAU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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