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Hume R. Craft
Hume R. Craft

QUOTATIONS

New York Times, Sunday, February 16, 1969

57-Across : Silvery hair of song

Author:
Hume R. Craft
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 168, Blocks: 89, Avg Word Len: 5.24, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 616 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 132, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20
Hume R. Craft has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,127
Across
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England had eight : EDWARDS
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Tennis term : ACED
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Cape : FEAR
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Culture mediums : ARTS
20
More wary : LEERIER
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Nostalgic theme of poets : HOMEPLACE
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Laugh : TEHEE
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Shelley's lament for Keats : IWEEPFORADONAISHEISDEAD
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Haciendas : CASAS
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Not on ___ : ABET
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Mounts : STEEDS
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Shaw subject : ARMS
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A kind of wind : ILL
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Leases : PAYSRENT
36
Chemical compound : IMINE
38
Hammock cords : TIETIES
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Clean a pipe : REAMOUT
45
Crossover : STILE
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Practicality : EARTHINESS
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Forerunner : ANTECESSOR
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"___ alive" : SAKES
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Voice : EMIT
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Silvery hair of song : THREADS
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Magot : APE
60
Seed coat : ARIL
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Point in an orbit : APOGEE
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Biblical king : AGAG
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Rent : LET
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Goes to court : SUES
70
Quixote, et al. : ERRANTS
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Gels : AGARS
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Warning signals : TOCSINS
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Hipsters : CATS
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Patsy : GOAT
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Kentucky school : BEREA
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Certain growths : ELONGATIONS
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Censured : REPRIMANDED
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Sounding by radar : RAWIN
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Medley : OLIO
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French painter : DORE
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Bode : PORTEND
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Suiting : SERGE
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Large basket : PANNIER
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Lee's men : REBS
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Indian reed : NAL
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It ___ laugh : ISTO
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Finger lake : CAYUGA
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Staple : RICE
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Bristle : AWN
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Exported : SHIPPED
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Military headwear : KEPI
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Famous players : LUNTS
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Oedipus and others : PATRICIDES
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Certain craving : SWEETTOOTH
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Sports term : TRIES
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Legendary ivory statue : GALATEA
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Lover of beauty : ESTHETE
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Lucifer : MATCH
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Ring men, familiarly : RASSLERS
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Council: Ger. : RAT
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Spin: Scot. : PIRL
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Command : ATEASE
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Beginning golfer : TEER
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___ as a fiddle : ASFIT
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Tennyson title : FLOWERINTHECRANNIEDWALL
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Leads : CLUES
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Lords it over : DOMINEERS
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Sentimental talk : TREACLE
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East: Sp. : ESTE
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N. C. college : ELON
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Or ___ : ELSE
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Sioux : SANTEES
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Call forth : ELICIT
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Hindu festival : DEWALI
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Burns's words for a beastie : WEESLEEKITCOWRINTIMROUS
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Field : AREA
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Rough waters : RIPS
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Crossword clue: Abbr. : DEF
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Broadway sign : SRO
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Whaling man and others : AHABS
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Electronic device : CODER
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Ham actors : EMOTERS
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TV room : DEN
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Verb for Tinkerbell : FLIT
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Comfort : EASE
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Pine : ACHE
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Double-checked mss. : REEDITED
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Prepositions : ATS
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Insects : REDANTS
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Campion title : THEREISAGARDENINHERFACE
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Coal deposit : SEAM
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Italian food : PASTA
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Sullivan and Begley : EDS
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Beta or gamma : RAY
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Theory : ISM
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Kind of peeve : PET
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Tennis star : ASHE
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Squatters : NESTERS
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Verb ending : ISE
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Eastern weight : TAEL
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Tax bureau: Abbr. : IRS
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Damage : MAR
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Digit : ONE
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Hagen : UTA
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Droop : LOP
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Poet's word : ERE
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"___ giddy as ... " : IMAS
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Small drink : NIP
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W. W. II area : ETO
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Civil War initials : CSA
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Users of cellars : SALTERS
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Small spaces : AREOLAE
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Pronoun : HER
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Organizes (with up) : GETS
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Zoroastrians : GABARS
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Means : AGENT
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Small seal : SIGNET
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___ corda (soft pedal) : UNA
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Bar : ESTOP
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Field: Lat. : AGER
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Slangy negative : NOPE
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Road surface : TAR
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Petiole : STIPE
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Perform again : REENACT
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Cowboy gear : SADDLES
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Drags: Colloq. : SNIGS
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Quarter : COIN
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John Doe, e.g. : ANON
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Pier union: Abbr. : ILA
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Actor Calhoun : RORY
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Unruly group : MOB
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Lacus Asphaltites : DEADSEA
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Bartender's rocks : ICE
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Engrossed : RAPT
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Vibrate: Abbr. : OSC
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Musical instrument : UKE
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Horse talk : GEE
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Baseball name : RUTH
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Quick-witted : APT
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Price ___ : WAR
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Climax : HIGHTIDE
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Lupino : IDA
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Clay: Prefix : PEL
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Biblical song: Abbr. : PSA
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Appian Way : ITER
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Hollywood area : LOT
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Soaking, informally : REALWET
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Adherent: Suffix : IST
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Ne'er-do-well : WASTREL
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Wartime agency : OSS
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Made of wood : TREEN
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Cutting: Fr. : TAILLE
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Scotman's aims : ETTLES
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Word with hand and horse : CAR
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Chars : SEARS
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Camera glass : LENSE
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Bird : ERN
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Army man: Abbr. : PFC
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Winnie ___ Pooh : ILLE
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Organic compound : ENOL
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Earth's envelope: Abbr. : ATMO
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Climb : SHIN
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Middle East port : ADEN
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Triple or homer : SWAT
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Noun suffix : ESE
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Letter : CEE
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"___ Superman" : ITS
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Baseball abbr. : ERA

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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