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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Friday, February 27, 1959

17-Across : Indigo plant.

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 15, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,514
Across
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Waves. : SEAS
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Asian peninsula. : MALAY
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Come down. : DROP
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Novice: Var. : TIRO
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Soap plant. : AMOLE
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Heroine of "Green Mansions." : RIMA
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Indigo plant. : ANIL
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Lariat. : RIATA
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North Atlantic island: Abbr. : ICEL
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One of the three R's. : READING
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Three ___, Quebec. : RIVERS
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Word element meaning "idea." : IDEO
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Relative of a serf. : ESNE
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Be published. : APPEAR
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Detective, from character in 1863 play. : HAWKSHAW
33
"The Three ___." : BEARS
34
That is ___. : TOSAY
35
Generation. : AGE
36
Table scraps. : ORTS
37
Kitchen gadget. : CORER
38
Three-leaved maple, for example. : TREE
39
Otto ___ Bismarck. : VON
40
"Three Little ___," popular song. : WORDS
41
Bole. : TRUNK
42
"Three Men ___." : ONAHORSE
44
Colors. : PAINTS
45
Part of A. D. : ANNO
46
East Indian herb. : SOLA
47
Cower. : CRINGE
50
Consisting of three parts. : TRINARY
54
Scuttles. : HODS
55
Automaton. : ROBOT
58
Gelatinous substance. : GLUE
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___ Royale, Michigan. : ISLE
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Habituate. : ENURE
61
Peru's capital. : LIMA
62
Organizer of the Irish constabulary. : PEEL
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Discourage. : DETER
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Fast trains: Abbr. : EXPS
Down
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One of three in Orion's Belt. : STAR
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One: Ger. : EINE
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Melody. : ARIA
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"Three ___," 1921 novel. : SOLDIERS
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George Eliot character. : MARNER
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Spanish friend. : AMIGO
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Mauna ___. : LOA
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Height: Abbr. : ALT
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"Three ___," De Wet's title for Boer conflict. : YEARSWAR
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Golf strokes. : DRIVES
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Staple food. : RICE
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Hebrew bushel. : OMER
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Buddies. : PALS
21
Cousin of Castor. : IDAS
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Black. : INKY
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Soothes. : EASES
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From the beginning: Lat. : ABOVO
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Ex-dictator Juan. : PERON
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City on the Ganges. : PATNA
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Mob. : HORDE
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___-al-Rashid. : HARUN
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Ten-percenter. : AGENT
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Elinor Glyn's "Three ___." : WEEKS
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Trunk. : TORSO
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Three-___ hat. : CORNERED
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Three-sided figure. : TRIANGLE
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Common Chinese name. : WONG
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Anklebones. : TALI
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Character in 1893 opera. : HANSEL
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O. Henry's real name. : PORTER
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Hoard. : STORE
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Small diamond. : CHIP
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Under the ___ (confidentially). : ROSE
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At rest. : IDLE
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Girl's name. : ALIX
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Cut of beef. : RUMP
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Affirmatives. : YEAS
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Three in ___. : ONE
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Nevertheless. : BUT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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