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Helen H. Chapman
New York Times, Saturday, March 1, 1952
14-Across : Source of indigo.
Author:
H. H. Chapman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen H. Chapman has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
H. H. Chapman is an alias for Helen H. Chapman.
1 V | 2 I | 3 V | 4 A | 5 A | 6 L | 7 C | 8 A | 9 N | 10 S | 11 T | 12 E | 13 W |
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14 A | N | I | L | 15 L | O | O | S | E | 16 O | R | L | Y |
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17 S | T | A | T | 18 E | O | F | T | H | E | 19 U | N | I | O | N |
20 T | O | L | E | R | A | T | E | 21 D | R | A | G | I | N |
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22 R | A | F | 23 S | G | T | |||||||||
24 S | 25 H | 26 I | E | S | 27 B | 28 O | 29 Y | 30 E | A | 31 G | 32 R | 33 E |
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34 T | I | N | G | 35 H | E | R | O | 36 I | N | 37 R | E | D |
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38 R | E | C | O | 39 N | S | T | R | U | C | T | 40 I | O | N | S |
41 A | R | A | 42 A | T | T | I | R | E | 43 M | U | T | E |
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44 D | O | N | 45 O | R | 46 E | S | S | 47 A | P | P | E | L |
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48 L | I | 49 B | 50 P | R | O | |||||||||
51 M | 52 E | 53 D | I | N | A | 54 A | 55 C | I | E | R | 56 A | 57 T | 58 E |
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59 D | R | I | V | E | I | 60 N | T | H | E | A | T | E | R | S |
61 A | G | E | E | 62 T | A | T | A | R | 63 E | R | I | N |
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64 Y | O | S | T | 65 S | T | U | N | S | 66 R | O | M | E |
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 986
Across
1
An Italian's hurrah. : VIVA
5
1,671-mile highway. : ALCAN
10
Tasty dinner dish. : STEW
14
Source of indigo. : ANIL
15
Open in weave. : LOOSE
16
Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
17
Early-in-the-year Presidential address. : STATEOFTHEUNION
20
Accept with condescension. : TOLERATE
21
Inject without regard to pertinency: 2 wds. : DRAGIN
22
Britain's fliers. : RAF
23
Noncom. : SGT
24
Shrinks away from. : SHIES
27
Enthusiastic interjection. : BOY
30
Tidal bore, as in the Bay of Fundy. : EAGRE
34
Sound of glass against glass. : TING
35
Derivative of morphine. : HEROIN
37
Man's nickname. : RED
38
Restorations, as of the houses at Williamsburg. : RECONSTRUCTIONS
41
Constellation, the "Altar." : ARA
42
Clothing. : ATTIRE
43
Device to muffle the sound of a musical instrument. : MUTE
44
Blood Bank visitor. : DONOR
46
Double curve. : ESS
47
Stamp of the foot, in fencing. : APPEL
48
Ad ___. : LIB
50
Ben Hogan or Byron Nelson. : PRO
51
The "patient" Judge. : MEDINA
54
Manufacture steel. : ACIERATE
59
Summer show spots. : DRIVEINTHEATERS
61
Out of line. : AGEE
62
Follower of Genghis Khan. : TATAR
63
Home of the Blarney Stone. : ERIN
64
"Hurry-up" Fielding H. ___. : YOST
65
Strikes with astonishment. : STUNS
66
Terminus of the Appian Way. : ROME
Down
1
Immense. : VAST
2
Toward the center. : INTO
3
Essence container. : VIAL
4
Mr. Hyde to Dr. Jekyll. : ALTEREGO
5
Half is better than none. : ALOAF
6
Slope of a golf club face. : LOFT
7
Animal shelter. : COTE
8
Tough, straight-grained wood. : ASH
9
Exigencies. : NEEDS
10
The "Moonlight," for instance. : SONATA
11
Smartly turned out. : TRIG
12
Patron saint of artists. : ELOI
13
Famous comedian. : WYNN
18
Notable periods of time. : ERAS
19
Pressing. : URGENT
24
Instrument for Menuhin. : STRAD
25
Sacred: Prefix. : HIERO
26
Indian of Peru. : INCAN
27
Tallulah's feudin' partner. : BETTE
28
Fragrant ingredient of sachets. : ORRIS
29
Letter finale. : YOURS
31
Place several things together. : GROUP
32
Income or revenue: French. : RENTE
33
Late member of a well-known motor family. : EDSEL
35
Famous initials. : HST
36
Kitchen commodity. : ICE
39
Of the nostrils. : NARINE
40
Buyer of British tweeds, for instance. : IMPORTER
45
Mountain east of Jerusalem. : OLIVET
47
A small space between buildings. : AREA
49
Shrimp, mullet and minnows. : BAITS
50
Water-front structures. : PIERS
51
Start of mobilization. : MDAY
52
Accordingly. : ERGO
53
Pre-Kefauver investigator. : DIES
54
Alaskan battleground in World War II. : ATTU
55
Biggers' detective. : CHAN
56
Flying machine. : AERO
57
Prune or clip. : TRIM
58
Feudal slave. : ESNE
60
Man's nickname. : NAT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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