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Walter H. Blum
Walter H. Blum

New York Times, Wednesday, March 26, 1958

21-Across : My goodness!: Fr.

Author:
Walter H. Blum
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: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Walter H. Blum has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 7-Across clue had "100b"; corrected it to "1006."

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D
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,193
Across
1
Buggy driver's command. : GIDDAP
7
1006. : MVI
10
Wife of Boaz. : RUTH
14
Site of Humboldt State College, California. : ARCATA
15
Help. : AID
16
Hebrew dry measure, ten omers. : EPHA
17
House: Fr. : MAISON
18
Hot day: Colloq. : SCORCHER
20
Slide on snow. : SKI
21
My goodness!: Fr. : MAFOI
23
Expiate. : ATONE
24
Peruvian. : LIMAN
25
G.I. offense. : AWOL
26
Professionally right. : ETHICAL
29
Superintended. : OVERSAW
32
Member of the family: Colloq. : GRAN
33
Kind of prisoner: Slang. : LIFER
35
British custom. : TEA
36
Peel. : RIND
37
Dawdles. : LOAFS
38
Forward. : PERT
39
Finish. : END
40
Rural deities. : FAUNS
41
Sandusky's waterfront. : ERIE
42
1611 theatre production (with "The"). : TEMPEST
44
Maker of buhl furniture. : INLAYER
47
Morays. : EELS
48
Perfect example. : IDEAL
49
Argentina's Aramburu. : PEDRO
51
Scoff. : SNEER
52
___ alone (not to mention). : LET
55
Was plentiful. : ABOUNDED
57
Discoverer of the Mississippi. : DESOTO
59
Lines. : ROWS
60
Anger. : IRE
61
Newspaper VIP. : EDITOR
62
___ Frank. : ANNE
63
Number of Woman Suffrage Amendment. : XIX
64
Negative verbal contraction. : DOESNT
Down
1
Schools of whales. : GAMS
2
Turkey's neighbor: Var. : IRAK
3
602. : DCII
4
"___ Kapital." : DAS
5
Part of A. E. C. : ATOMIC
6
Type of hat. : PANAMA
7
Stonecutter. : MASON
8
Caesar's "I conquered." : VICI
9
Form of Esperanto. : IDO
10
Church official. : RECTOR
11
Cushions, curtains, coverings, etc. : UPHOLSTERY
12
In that case. : THEN
13
Ingredient of Hasenpfeffer. : HARE
19
Bleaker. : RAWER
22
Problem for the A. E. C. : FALLOUT
24
Barnum's protégée. : LIND
25
Prayers. : AVES
26
Heron. : EGRET
27
Threefold. : TRINE
28
Second-born's heritage. : HANDMEDOWN
29
Football offense. : OFFSIDE
30
High home. : AERIE
31
___ polo. : WATER
34
Scottish name. : IAN
37
Sweetheart for 34 Down. : LASS
38
Chime. : PEAL
40
Bill Sikes, for example. : FELON
43
Read carefully. : PERUSE
45
Required. : NEEDED
46
City SW of San Antonio. : LAREDO
48
Sine qua non for a textbook. : INDEX
49
Alongside of: Prefix. : PARA
50
Black. : EBON
51
Silk: Comb. form. : SERI
52
Land parcels. : LOTS
53
School allied with King's College. : ETON
54
Basis of a damage suit: Law. : TORT
56
Ten: Fr. : DIX
58
She: Ger. : SIE

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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