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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Wednesday, February 5, 1958

1-Across : Man with the golden touch.

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,144
Across
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Man with the golden touch. : MIDAS
6
Nautical term. : ALOW
10
Metal piece fitted over a staple. : HASP
14
Island greeting. : ALOHA
15
___' Shanter. : TAMO
16
Pennsylvania city. : ERIE
17
A toast, in Norway. : SKOAL
18
Fail to hear the alarm. : OVERSLEEP
20
Pungent black liquid. : TAR
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Polish lancer. : UHLAN
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Former coin of Hungary. : PENGO
24
Yuccalike plant. : SOTOL
26
Edmond, Count of Monte Cristo. : DANTES
27
Stringed instrument. : ZITHER
29
Look. : STARE
31
"___ Rhythm." : IGOT
32
Magic lantern plate. : SLIDE
33
Pine away. : DIE
36
A friendly greeting. : TOPOFTHEMORNING
40
Type of storage place: Abbr. : ARS
41
Contemporary of Dickens. : READE
42
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
43
Commands. : HEADS
44
"Saludos ___." : AMIGOS
46
Plant of the lily family. : CAMASS
49
Rebuke. : SCOLD
50
Embellish. : ADORN
51
Squash and others. : GAMES
53
River into the Volga. : OKA
56
Send-off phrase. : BONVOYAGE
58
Strength. : SINEW
60
Have ___ in one's bonnet. : ABEE
61
Useful Latin abbreviation. : ETAL
62
English composer. : ELGAR
63
Dutch-English painter. : LELY
64
Relative of piping. : WELT
65
A milksop. : SISSY
Down
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Crane pole. : MAST
2
Every: Scot. : ILKA
3
Hardware for the household. : DOORSTOPS
4
Eureka! : AHA
5
Mark of official respect. : SALUTE
6
Ring-shaped island with central lagoon. : ATOLL
7
Source of pumice. : LAVA
8
Augury. : OMEN
9
Radio station initials. : WOR
10
French girl's name. : HELENE
11
Negative verbal contraction. : ARENT
12
Long-drawn-out affair. : SIEGE
13
Gourd fruits. : PEPOS
19
Thinner. : SPARER
22
Level: Abbr. : HOR
25
"___ be in England ... " : OHTO
26
Pedestal face. : DADO
27
Former Empress of Austria. : ZITA
28
Russian hero. : IGOR
29
Coasters. : SLEDS
30
Suitable moment. : TIME
32
Food fish. : SHAD
33
Sound effects of schooldays. : DINGDONGS
34
Preposition. : INTO
35
Parts of psyches. : EGOS
37
City in California. : FRESNO
38
Social doings. : TEAS
39
Knot of wool. : NOIL
43
Pulitzer Prize play. : HARVEY
44
First-rate. : ACE
45
Garden growths. : MOSSES
46
A junto. : CABAL
47
Clay for making brick. : ADOBE
48
Nickel alloy. : MONEL
49
Food fish. : SMELT
51
Postern. : GATE
52
Bedouin head cord. : AGAL
54
New Zealand parrots. : KEAS
55
Askew. : AWRY
57
Cone-bearing tree. : YEW
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River in Asia. : ILI

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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