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Jack Chaikin
New York Times, Thursday, February 18, 1954
49-Across : "If music be the food of love, ___."
Author:
Jack Chaikin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Jack Chaikin has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 U | 4 T | 5 O | 6 P | 7 E | 8 D | 9 S | 10 C | 11 A | 12 U | 13 P |
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14 H | U | R | R | 15 I | C | A | N | E | 16 I | L | I | K | E |
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17 O | L | D | E | S | T | S | O | N | 18 C | A | D | E | T |
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19 T | A | U | 20 L | E | S | S | E | 21 E | 22 U | S | S | S |
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23 P | E | T | E | 24 D | 25 I | D | O | |||||||
26 A | 27 G | 28 H | A | S | T | 29 N | 30 E | G | L | E | C | 31 T | 32 S |
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33 C | H | O | U | 34 E | 35 N | A | M | E | L | 36 I | O | U |
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37 M | O | U | L | 38 T | 39 A | R | M | 40 S | 41 P | E | N | D |
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42 E | S | S | 43 B | 44 U | R | E | A | 45 U | 46 E | T | T | A |
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47 S | T | E | 48 W | A | R | D | S | 49 P | 50 L | A | Y | O | N |
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51 M | A | R | E | 52 A | L | A | R | |||||||
53 B | 54 E | A | D | 55 Y | 56 E | 57 S | M | A | N | 58 H | 59 I | 60 S |
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61 A | S | I | D | 62 E | 63 B | L | E | N | C | 64 H | I | N | G |
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65 L | A | D | L | E | 66 B | U | N | D | E | S | R | A | T |
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67 M | U | S | E | R | 68 S | E | T | S | 69 T | E | S | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,696
Across
1
Closed. : SHUT
5
Opposite of 1 Across: Poet. : OPED
9
Relative of the canvasback. : SCAUP
14
Seasonal meteorological affliction. : HURRICANE
16
"___ coffee ... " : ILIKE
17
Heir apparent. : OLDESTSON
18
U. S. M. A. student. : CADET
19
Greek letter. : TAU
20
Renter. : LESSEE
22
Nautical initials. : USSS
23
Man's name in an expression. : PETE
24
Prank. : DIDO
26
Horrified. : AGHAST
29
Is remiss. : NEGLECTS
33
Chinese man's name. : CHOU
34
Nail polish. : ENAMEL
36
Three letters of debt. : IOU
37
Shed: Brit. sp. : MOULT
39
Weapon. : ARM
40
Disburse. : SPEND
42
Letter. : ESS
43
Government department. : BUREAU
46
Diminutive of a girl's name. : ETTA
47
Ocean liner V. I. P.'s. : STEWARDS
49
"If music be the food of love, ___." : PLAYON
51
Sea: Latin. : MARE
52
Winged. : ALAR
53
Bubble. : BEAD
55
Business sycophant. : YESMAN
58
"___ and Hers." : HIS
61
Notwithstanding. : ASIDE
63
Quailing. : BLENCHING
65
Soup server. : LADLE
66
Former federal council of the German Empire. : BUNDESRAT
67
One in reverie. : MUSER
68
Places. : SETS
69
Hardy character. : TESS
Down
1
Sequence on movie film. : SHOT
2
Hawaiian specialty. : HULA
3
Pakistan's language. : URDU
4
Town: Prefix. : TRE
5
Chamber ensemble. : OCTETTE
6
Out of date. : PASSE
7
Biblical character. : ENOS
8
Sandy tract by the sea. : DENE
9
Thus: Latin. : SIC
10
Actor Rains. : CLAUDE
11
Travelers' ___. : AIDSOCIETY
12
Music-makers. : UKES
13
Favorites. : PETS
15
Paradisical bits of land. : ISLES
21
Verge. : EDGE
23
Frederika's spouse. : PAUL
25
Troubles. : ILLS
26
Culminations. : ACMES
27
Banquo at the banquet. : GHOST
28
___ knee. : HOUSEMAIDS
29
Nostrils. : NARES
30
Ill-fated Flaubert heroine. : EMMA
31
Lone Ranger's pal. : TONTO
32
Where Khartum is. : SUDAN
35
Fragrant ointment. : NARD
38
Shaped metal beam. : TBAR
41
Alligator ___. : PEAR
44
Prominent chemist. : UREY
45
High regions. : UPLANDS
48
Duck's walk. : WADDLE
50
Jousting weapon. : LANCE
52
Catkin. : AMENT
53
Anything soothing. : BALM
54
Jacob's twin. : ESAU
56
Recedes. : EBBS
57
Twist. : SLUE
58
Engage. : HIRE
59
Miss Claire and others. : INAS
60
Non-coms. : SGTS
62
Always: Poet. : EER
64
Semi-retired V. I. P. : HST
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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