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Helen H. Kamerling
New York Times, Monday, March 5, 1962
53-Across : Part of a vertebra.
Author:
Helen H. Kamerling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Helen H. Kamerling has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 O | 3 L | 4 D | 5 E | 6 P | 7 I | 8 C | 9 A | 10 H | 11 E | 12 A | 13 D |
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14 A | V | I | D | 15 C | E | L | L | 16 R | U | S | S | O |
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17 V | E | N | E | 18 Z | U | E | L | A | 19 O | N | A | I | R |
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20 E | R | E | 21 E | A | R | 22 U | 23 R | U | G | U | A | Y |
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24 S | T | R | 25 A | N | D | S | 26 D | U | S | E | ||||
27 I | D | O | 28 M | I | S | E | R | 29 E | 30 R | 31 E |
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32 C | 33 E | 34 L | L | A | R | 35 A | U | K | S | 36 N | O | L |
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37 U | R | I | S | 38 C | R | S | 39 S | N | O | B |
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40 B | I | S | 41 A | 42 P | O | C | 43 P | 44 A | N | A | M | A |
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45 A | C | T | 46 I | V | E | L | Y | 47 E | M | U | ||||
48 N | E | R | O | 49 C | R | A | B | 50 B | 51 E | 52 D |
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53 C | 54 E | 55 N | T | R | U | M | 56 H | U | T | 57 E | P | I |
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58 A | L | E | U | T | 59 B | 60 R | A | S | I | 61 L | I | A | N |
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62 P | L | A | N | E | 63 I | P | S | E | 64 O | N | C | E |
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65 E | A | R | E | D | 66 A | M | E | R | 67 S | G | T | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,616
Across
1
Dealt in. : SOLD
5
Narrative poem. : EPIC
9
In advance. : AHEAD
14
Greedy. : AVID
15
Small room. : CELL
16
Combining form for a country. : RUSSO
17
Orinoco country. : VENEZUELA
19
Walking ___ (carefree). : ONAIR
20
Before. : ERE
21
Sense organ. : EAR
22
Site of O. A. S. conference. : URUGUAY
24
Beaches. : STRANDS
26
Famous stage name. : DUSE
27
Phrase of assent. : IDO
28
The 51st Psalm. : MISERERE
32
Stock of wines. : CELLAR
35
Sea birds. : AUKS
36
___-pros. : NOL
37
"Exodus" author. : URIS
38
Account entries: Abbr. : CRS
39
Tufthunter. : SNOB
40
Encore: Fr. : BIS
41
O. T. appendix: Abbr. : APOC
43
Part of Latin America. : PANAMA
45
Briskly. : ACTIVELY
47
Ratite bird. : EMU
48
Famous Wolfe. : NERO
49
Cross. : CRABBED
53
Part of a vertebra. : CENTRUM
56
Small cabin. : HUT
57
Upon: Prefix. : EPI
58
Eskimo. : ALEUT
59
Resident of new capital. : BRASILIAN
62
Jet. : PLANE
63
___ dixit. : IPSE
64
Formerly. : ONCE
65
Auriculate. : EARED
66
Western hemisphere: Abbr. : AMER
67
Army men: Abbr. : SGTS
Down
1
Goalies' successes. : SAVES
2
Observable. : OVERT
3
Ship. : LINER
4
Presidential monogram. : DDE
5
Andes country. : ECUADOR
6
Equals. : PEERS
7
Adverse. : ILL
8
Hamlet's uncle. : CLAUDIUS
9
Excites. : AROUSES
10
Crave. : HUNGER
11
Son of Isaac. : ESAU
12
Far East. : ASIA
13
Fishing boat. : DORY
18
"The Prisoner of ___." : ZENDA
23
Punta del Este conferee. : RUSK
25
Troubles. : AILS
28
Adirondack peak. : MARCY
29
City of Sicily. : ENNA
30
Den. : ROOM
31
Italian island. : ELBA
32
Item on O. A. S. agenda. : CUBA
33
Author Ambler. : ERIC
34
Tilt. : LIST
38
Neighbor of 5 Down. : COLOMBIA
39
Check. : SNUB
41
Turned aside. : AVERTED
42
Where El Misti is. : PERU
43
Reader. : PERUSER
44
Violin maker. : AMATI
46
Harmonious. : INTUNE
49
Hunt. : CHASE
50
Existence. : BEING
51
Excess of calendar month over lunar month. : EPACT
52
Eats. : DINES
53
Good Hope. : CAPE
54
She: Sp. : ELLA
55
Close. : NEAR
60
Speed: Abbr. : RPM
61
___ Alamos. : LOS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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