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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Wednesday, March 6, 1957
23-Across : Avian mimic.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 A | 3 R | 4 P | 5 A | 6 P | 7 A | 8 R | 9 T | 10 P | 11 A | 12 I | 13 R |
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14 A | R | I | A | 15 E | E | R | I | E | 16 O | C | T | O |
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17 S | A | M | S | 18 O | N | A | G | O | N | 19 I | S | T | E | S |
20 P | L | A | T | T | E | R | 21 N | O | T | A | R | Y |
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22 O | T | I | S | 23 M | Y | N | A | |||||||
24 F | 25 E | 26 A | R | E | D | 27 B | A | S | I | L | 28 I | 29 C | 30 A |
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31 A | L | T | A | R | 32 G | E | N | O | A | 33 V | A | L |
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34 D | A | H | L | 35 C | A | N | O | N | 36 M | I | L | D |
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37 E | T | O | 38 W | O | M | E | N | 39 S | I | E | V | E |
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40 D | E | S | 41 T | I | N | E | S | 42 D | A | N | D | E | R |
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43 A | R | T | S | 44 W | E | G | O | |||||||
45 S | 46 T | 47 E | B | E | R | 48 A | V | A | R | 49 I | 50 C | 51 E |
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52 T | I | T | U | S | A | 53 N | 54 D | R | O | N | I | C | U | S |
55 U | R | A | L | 56 C | O | R | N | U | 57 T | H | I | S |
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58 B | E | T | A | 59 T | R | Y | S | T | 60 Y | O | R | E |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,808
Across
1
Distortion. : WARP
5
To one side. : APART
10
Twosome. : PAIR
14
"Depuis le Jour." : ARIA
15
Spooky. : EERIE
16
Eight: Comb. form. : OCTO
17
Milton drama, 1671. : SAMSONAGONISTES
20
Disk jockey's disk. : PLATTER
21
___ public. : NOTARY
22
Elevator man. : OTIS
23
Avian mimic. : MYNA
24
Was apprehensive. : FEARED
27
Early Christian church. : BASILICA
31
Part of 27 Across. : ALTAR
32
Birthplace of Columbus. : GENOA
33
French lace: Colloq. : VAL
34
Actress Arlene. : DAHL
35
Criterion. : CANON
36
Temperate. : MILD
37
Where Ike was in command. : ETO
38
The ladies. : WOMEN
39
Kitchen utensil. : SIEVE
40
Predetermines. : DESTINES
42
Temper: Colloq. : DANDER
43
College courses. : ARTS
44
"And away ___." : WEGO
45
She sings Elsa, Mimi, Arabella, etc. : STEBER
48
Cupidity. : AVARICE
52
Tragedy, probably by Shakespeare. : TITUSANDRONICUS
55
Border river of Europe and Asia. : URAL
56
Horn. : CORNU
57
Pronoun. : THIS
58
Before gamma. : BETA
59
Rendezvous. : TRYST
60
Of ___ (formerly). : YORE
Down
1
Type of waist. : WASP
2
Sea fed by the Amu Darya. : ARAL
3
Terza ___, verse form. : RIMA
4
Portraying rural life. : PASTORAL
5
B. C. poem. : AENEID
6
Bartletts. : PEARS
7
South American country: Abbr. : ARG
8
South American capital. : RIO
9
He wrote "Sweet and Low." : TENNYSON
10
Card. : POSTAL
11
Doings of the Roman Senate. : ACTA
12
Road to Rome. : ITER
13
Flushed. : ROSY
18
Lustrous fur. : OTTER
19
Ancient Greek colony. : IONIA
23
Role for Licia Albanese. : MANON
24
Drab. : FADED
25
Give high hopes to. : ELATE
26
Friend of Porthos. : ATHOS
27
Signer of the Locarno Pact. : BENES
28
Describing college walls. : IVIED
29
Great soprano (1866-1942). : CALVE
30
Kind of tree. : ALDER
32
Child's play. : GAMES
35
Type of bridge. : CONTRACT
36
Smaller number. : MINORITY
38
Message. : WIRES
39
She wrote "A Certain Smile." : SAGAN
41
___ rasa (clean slate): Lat. : TABULA
42
Heartfelt. : DEVOUT
44
Alerts. : WARNS
45
Short projection. : STUB
46
Spare. : TIRE
47
State, in France. : ETAT
49
Japanese ginkgo. : ICHO
50
Leather: Fr. : CUIR
51
In ___ (in existence): Lat. : ESSE
53
European nation: Abbr. : NOR
54
Towel. : DRY
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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