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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Monday, February 4, 1957
5-Across : Complains.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 S | 4 P | 5 M | 6 O | 7 A | 8 N | 9 S | 10 S | 11 H | 12 A | 13 M |
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14 R | O | L | E | 15 A | G | R | E | E | 16 H | E | B | E |
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17 A | N | O | N | 18 D | R | A | F | T | 19 B | O | A | R | D |
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20 N | E | W | C | 21 O | M | E | R | 22 S | O | R | T | I | E |
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23 M | I | N | O | S | 24 H | I | N | T | ||||||
25 S | 26 T | O | L | E | N | 27 H | A | N | D | C | 28 A | 29 R | 30 T |
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31 H | I | T | 32 S | E | 33 D | A | N | 34 S | U | R | E | R |
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35 A | T | I | 36 P | 37 Y | O | R | K | 38 S | 39 T | A | V | I |
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40 F | L | O | O | 41 R | 42 O | R | S | O | 43 N | 44 B | U | G |
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45 T | E | N | P | E | 46 N | N | Y | 47 L | A | 48 D | L | E | S |
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49 O | B | O | E | 50 P | A | R | E | E | ||||||
51 C | 52 R | 53 A | V | E | S | 54 A | I | R | E | D | A | 55 L | 56 E |
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57 H | O | M | E | C | O | 58 O | K | E | D | 59 U | G | L | Y |
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60 I | S | A | R | 61 A | N | I | T | A | 62 C | U | B | E |
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63 H | E | N | S | 64 P | A | N | A | Y | 65 T | E | S | S |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,778
Across
1
Catch one's breath. : GASP
5
Complains. : MOANS
10
Feign. : SHAM
14
Part. : ROLE
15
Tally. : AGREE
16
Goddess of youth. : HEBE
17
Shortly. : ANON
18
Part of Gen. Hershey's setup. : DRAFTBOARD
20
Recent arrival. : NEWCOMER
22
Sally forth. : SORTIE
23
He owned the Labyrinth. : MINOS
24
Intimate. : HINT
25
Filched. : STOLEN
27
Small vehicle. : HANDCART
31
Light upon. : HIT
32
Family car. : SEDAN
34
More confident. : SURER
35
On the end. : ATIP
37
Members of an English royal house. : YORKS
39
Rikki-Tikki-___. : TAVI
40
Perplex: Colloq. : FLOOR
42
One of the Beans. : ORSON
44
A defect, as in a machine: Slang. : BUG
45
Designating a 3-inch nail. : TENPENNY
47
Dips out, as soup. : LADLES
49
Double-reed. : OBOE
50
Gay continental city. : PAREE
51
Begs. : CRAVES
54
Terrier. : AIREDALE
57
Describing mother's pies. : HOMECOOKED
59
Ill-favored. : UGLY
60
River through Munich. : ISAR
61
Spanish girl's name. : ANITA
62
Piece of ice. : CUBE
63
Plymouth Rocks. : HENS
64
Philippine island. : PANAY
65
Mrs. Dick Tracy. : TESS
Down
1
Member of the family. : GRAN
2
Tiptop. : AONE
3
Camera man's term. : SLOWMOTION
4
Eyebrow stick. : PENCIL
5
Girl friend's cab fare, in case. : MADMONEY
6
Fabled giants. : OGRES
7
Sandarac tree. : ARAR
8
Nave of a French church. : NEF
9
Begins. : SETSIN
10
Time-saving device. : SHORTCUT
11
Anger. : HEAT
12
Dugout: Fr. : ABRI
13
Ancient Asian. : MEDE
19
Uniting forces. : BONDS
21
Individuals. : ONES
24
Mrs. Thomas Lincoln, nee ___. : HANKS
25
Ray of sunlight. : SHAFT
26
Right to ownership. : TITLE
27
Before Ike. : HARRY
28
Syria, Iraq, Egypt, etc. : ARABLEAGUE
29
Stage show. : REVUE
30
Wedges to keep wheels from rolling. : TRIGS
33
Lorna of 1869. : DOONE
36
Puffy muffins. : POPOVERS
38
Twenty-four hours. : SOLARDAY
41
Old-time violin. : REBEC
43
Nostril: Arch. : NARE
46
Not a chance: Slang. : NOSOAP
48
Dock. : DEDUCT
50
Mary, in certain works of art. : PIETA
51
The Chinese foot, 14.1 inches. : CHIH
52
Eglantine. : ROSE
53
To ___ (everyone). : AMAN
54
Related. : AKIN
55
Lawyers' degrees. : LLBS
56
Loops of metal or thread. : EYES
58
___ shoestring. : ONA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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