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James E. Hinish Jr.
New York Times, Monday, March 18, 1963
24-Across : In ___.
Author:
James E. Hinish, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
James E. Hinish, Jr. is an alias for James E. Hinish Jr..
1 S | 2 C | 3 A | 4 M | 5 P | 6 S | 7 H | 8 E | 9 P | 10 A | 11 R | 12 I | 13 S |
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14 A | L | T | A | I | 15 H | A | M | 16 S | L | A | N | T |
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17 W | E | E | D | E | 18 O | R | B | 19 S | U | G | A | R |
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20 S | W | E | E | T | 21 B | R | E | A | 22 D | 23 M | A | N | E |
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24 A | R | U | T | 25 L | E | 26 I | 27 M | E | W |
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28 W | 29 A | 30 R | T | O | R | N | 31 M | A | T | 32 S | U | |||
33 E | R | O | O | 34 N | I | 35 P | 36 R | E | E | F | 37 E | 38 R |
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39 I | N | L | A | 40 W | 41 N | E | 42 B | 43 M | A | F | I | A |
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44 N | E | L | S | O | 45 N | 46 A | R | 47 C | 48 B | I | N | G |
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49 S | T | O | O | 50 L | 51 E | L | 52 A | I | N | E | S |
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53 C | 54 A | R | 55 D | U | O | 56 A | A | L | S | |||||
57 A | G | O | 58 G | 59 S | A | 60 N | D | W | I | C | 61 H | 62 E | 63 D |
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64 K | E | Y | E | 65 D | 66 F | O | B | 67 G | U | A | V | A |
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68 E | N | C | R | E | 69 E | T | O | 70 N | I | T | E | R |
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71 S | T | E | M | S | 72 R | E | X | 73 S | T | E | R | N |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,980
Across
1
Rogue. : SCAMP
6
Novel title. : SHE
9
Character in "Romeo and Juliet." : PARIS
14
Siberian range. : ALTAI
15
Buffet specialty. : HAM
16
Bias. : SLANT
17
Actor from Baltimore. : WEEDE
18
Sphere. : ORB
19
Grocery item. : SUGAR
20
Menu item. : SWEETBREAD
23
Nape growth. : MANE
24
In ___. : ARUT
25
Garland. : LEI
27
Hawk's cage. : MEW
28
Battle-scarred. : WARTORN
31
Quemoy and ___. : MATSU
33
Slangy suffix. : EROO
34
Piquancy. : NIP
36
Coat. : REEFER
39
Relative. : INLAW
41
State: Abbr. : NEB
43
Secret society. : MAFIA
44
Wrestling hold. : NELSON
46
Curve. : ARC
48
Famous Rudolf. : BING
49
Kind of pigeon. : STOOL
51
Several Arthurian ladies. : ELAINES
53
Coach. : CAR
55
Musical term. : DUO
56
Indian mulberries. : AALS
57
Eager. : AGOG
59
Inserted between. : SANDWICHED
64
Harmonized. : KEYED
66
Watch chain. : FOB
67
Fruit. : GUAVA
68
Ink: Fr. : ENCRE
69
W. W. II theater. : ETO
70
Saltpeter. : NITER
71
Parts of mushrooms. : STEMS
72
Oedipus, for one. : REX
73
Forbidding. : STERN
Down
1
Proverbs. : SAWS
2
Ball of thread or yarn. : CLEW
3
To ___ (exactly). : ATEE
4
Drank the health of. : MADEATOAST
5
Mascagni. : PIETRO
6
"___ Bread." : SHORTNIN
7
Leporide. : HARE
8
Mummify. : EMBALM
9
Epistolary addenda. : PSS
10
Astringent. : ALUM
11
Halloween figure. : RAGAMUFFIN
12
Senseless. : INANE
13
Sprinkle. : STREW
21
Overdo, as the toast. : BURN
22
Loving. : DEAR
26
Ledger entry. : ITEM
28
Liebfraumilch. : WEIN
29
Norse name. : ARNE
30
Longtime status symbol. : ROLLSROYCE
32
Famous racehorse. : SEABISCUIT
35
Shade of green. : PEA
37
German article. : EINE
38
Name of a shaggy dog. : RAGS
40
Walnut, for one. : WOOD
42
Standard of size, a la "What's My Line?" : BREADBOX
45
French pronoun. : NOUS
47
Talon. : CLAW
50
Type of shoe. : LOAFER
52
Straightens. : ALIGNS
53
Party fare. : CAKES
54
Middleman. : AGENT
58
Wheat ___. : GERM
60
Distinction. : NOTE
61
Abhor. : HATE
62
Repeatedly. : EVER
63
Do needlework. : DARN
65
___ Moines. : DES
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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