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Ralph Anderson
New York Times, Thursday, March 3, 1955
21-Across : Altar boy.
Author:
Ralph Anderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Ralph Anderson has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 L | I | L | A | C | 15 L | E | A | P | 16 M | I | C | A |
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17 A | R | M | C | H | 18 A | I | R | G | E | 19 N | E | R | A | L |
20 W | E | S | T | E | R | N | 21 A | C | O | L | Y | T | E |
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24 H | 25 O | 26 T | 27 H | E | A | D | 28 S | 29 A | C | T | 30 O | 31 R | 32 S |
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33 E | R | R | O | R | 34 A | P | 35 P | L | E | 36 R | I | P |
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37 A | D | A | Y | 38 S | T | A | R | S | 39 J | A | D | E |
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40 R | E | D | 41 S | U | E | D | E | 42 C | O | N | G | A |
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43 T | R | E | 44 M | O | R | 45 S | T | 46 R | A | N | G | E | R |
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47 A | R | E | 48 S | 49 E | O | S | ||||||||
50 I | 51 T | 52 E | R | A | N | T | 53 N | A | T | 54 A | 55 L | 56 I | 57 A |
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58 B | A | C | K | S | E | A | 59 T | D | R | I | V | E | R | S |
60 I | N | R | E | 61 S | M | E | E | 62 L | I | N | O | S |
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63 S | O | U | R | 64 S | P | A | R | 65 E | V | E | N | T |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,074
Across
1
Exploits. : FEATS
6
Mr. Dithers, for instance. : BOSS
10
Kiln. : OAST
14
Emblem of New Hampshire. : LILAC
15
Vault. : LEAP
16
Isinglass. : MICA
17
Home strategist. : ARMCHAIRGENERAL
20
TV offering. : WESTERN
21
Altar boy. : ACOLYTE
22
First word of "Home, Sweet Home." : MID
23
___ qua non. : SINE
24
Impetuous people. : HOTHEADS
29
Grant and Harrison. : ACTORS
33
Slip. : ERROR
34
Baldwin or Jonathan. : APPLE
36
"Sketch Book" character. : RIP
37
What Rome wasn't buillt in. : ADAY
38
Castor and Pollux. : STARS
39
Hard ornamental stone. : JADE
40
___ Sea. : RED
41
Glove material. : SUEDE
42
Ballroom dance. : CONGA
43
Quivering motion. : TREMOR
45
"Not As a ___." : STRANGER
47
Greek god. : ARES
49
Aurora. : EOS
50
Repeating. : ITERANT
53
Girl's name. : NATALIA
58
Unwelcome touring companions. : BACKSEATDRIVERS
60
Concerning. : INRE
61
Pintail duck. : SMEE
62
Floor coverings: Brit. colloq. : LINOS
63
Distasteful. : SOUR
64
Yard. : SPAR
65
Outcome. : EVENT
Down
1
Crack. : FLAW
2
Where William H. Taft, 3rd, is Ambassador. : EIRE
3
Charitable gift. : ALMS
4
Savoir-faire. : TACT
5
Crafty one. : SCHEMER
6
Beginning of many a romance. : BLINDDATE
7
Poet's contraction. : OER
8
Stories. : SAGAS
9
Certain policemen. : SPECIALS
10
Menu item. : OMELET
11
Light-hearted. : AIRY
12
Shoo! : SCAT
13
Falsehood. : TALE
18
Albanese specialty. : ARIA
19
Present occasion. : NONCE
24
Vital part. : HEART
25
Condition. : ORDER
26
Clientele. : TRADE
27
Hog caller's word. : HOY
28
World War I planes. : SPADS
30
Zoo attraction. : ORANG
31
Range of hills. : RIDGE
32
Fishing implement. : SPEAR
35
Son of James II of England. : PRETENDER
38
Reliability. : SURENESS
39
Man's name. : JON
41
Rails. : SORAS
42
Former kingdom of Spain. : CASTILE
44
License plate. : MARKER
46
Bellow. : ROAR
48
Character. : STAMP
50
Wood ___. : IBIS
51
Pueblo Indian. : TANO
52
Color. : ECRU
54
Tel ___. : AVIV
55
Nonaspirate, as a consonant. : LENE
56
Household appliance. : IRON
57
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
59
Hyson or gunpowder. : TEA
Answer summary:
9 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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