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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Friday, March 28, 1958
8-Across : ___, so good.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 25-Down had "Callender"; corrected it to "Callander."
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13 M | I | T | C | H | E | L | L | 14 A | L | L | I | E | 15 D |
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16 O | R | A | T | O | R | I | O | 17 S | P | A | R | S | E |
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18 P | A | L | 19 P | E | C | T | 20 O | S | E | 21 F | O | B |
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22 E | D | I | 23 E | 24 S | I | T | U | 25 D | O | N | A |
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26 S | E | I | N | 27 E | 28 T | E | T | 29 E | 30 I | R | A | S |
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31 T | A | 32 M | E | D | 33 P | 34 R | O | C | N | E |
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35 S | 36 P | 37 A | R | R | E | D | 38 L | I | O | N | E | T | S |
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39 O | R | L | E | S | S | 40 M | A | C | O | N | ||||
41 D | A | T | A | 42 S | 43 O | A | K | 44 M | E | 45 T | 46 A | 47 L |
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48 D | I | E | T | 49 A | R | E | 50 S | 51 S | O | R | A |
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52 E | R | R | 53 S | 54 T | R | I | P | E | 55 D | 56 N | I | S |
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57 N | I | E | 58 C | E | S | 59 N | O | V | E | 60 L | I | S | T |
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61 S | E | G | U | R | A | 62 E | R | E | M | I | T | E | S |
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63 S | O | B | E | R | 64 S | T | R | I | D | E | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,195
Across
1
Schools. : TEACHES
8
___, so good. : SOFAR
13
Cabinet member. : MITCHELL
14
Related. : ALLIED
16
Handel specialty. : ORATORIO
17
Meager. : SPARSE
18
Buddy. : PAL
19
Fruit substance. : PECTOSE
21
Trouser pocket. : FOB
22
Actress Adams. : EDIE
24
In ___ (in its original place): Lat. : SITU
25
Spanish lady. : DONA
26
Le Havre's river. : SEINE
28
French head. : TETE
30
Charmian's companion. : IRAS
31
Subdued. : TAMED
33
Philomel's sister, changed into a swallow. : PROCNE
35
Boxed. : SPARRED
38
Young feline beasts. : LIONETS
39
More ___ (to some extent). : ORLESS
40
City in Georgia. : MACON
41
Information. : DATA
42
Drench. : SOAK
44
Type of chemical element. : METAL
48
Legislature of Japan. : DIET
49
Mars. : ARES
51
Rail. : SORA
52
Slip up. : ERR
53
Tigerlike. : STRIPED
56
Serbian city. : NIS
57
Uncles' favorites. : NIECES
59
John Cheever, for one. : NOVELIST
61
Tennis' two-handed Pancho. : SEGURA
62
Hermits. : EREMITES
63
Quiet: plain. : SOBER
64
Progress. : STRIDES
Down
1
Screed. : TIRADE
2
And others: Lat. : ETALII
3
Decree. : ACT
4
Mince. : CHOP
5
Start of a toast. : HERES
6
Evoked. : ELICITED
7
Notched. : SLOTTED
8
Back talk. : SASS
9
Old Greek flask. : OLPE
10
State: Abbr. : FLA
11
Gen. White's command. : AIRFORCE
12
Re-echoing. : RESONANT
13
Dispirited ones. : MOPES
15
Devalues. : DEBASES
20
Answer to "Where Did You Go?" : OUT
23
Beg. : ENTREAT
25
Callander family. : DIONNES
27
Rabbit's ___. : EARS
29
Of heroic scale. : EPIC
32
Jumble. : MESS
34
Salon. : ROOM
35
Becomes soaked through. : SODDENS
36
U. S. farm region. : PRAIRIES
37
A very close friend. : ALTEREGO
38
Cleveland or Detroit. : LAKEPORT
40
Quantico graduates. : MARINES
43
Paddle. : OAR
45
Marquee word. : TONITE
46
Springs. : ARISES
47
Cobbler's gear. : LASTS
50
Part. : SEVER
53
Withered. : SERE
54
Peter the Great. : TSAR
55
Half: Prefix. : DEMI
58
Chicago bear. : CUB
60
Top. : LID
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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