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Kathryn Righter
New York Times, Wednesday, April 11, 1962
53-Across : Type of writer.
Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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1 S | 2 H | 3 E | 4 L | 5 F | 6 F | 7 L | 8 O | 9 S | 10 S | |||||
11 S | T | E | R | I | L | 12 E | 13 F | L | O | U | T | E | 14 D |
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15 K | I | N | G | D | O | M | 16 L | A | N | T | A | N | A |
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17 O | R | B | 18 S | A | P | 19 P | I | N | G | 20 P | I | R |
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21 A | R | A | 22 B | 23 T | I | E | N | S | 24 S | L | O | T |
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25 L | U | N | A | 26 R | 27 R | A | G | 28 P | I | E | R | S |
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29 P | E | L | A | 30 G | I | C | 31 B | A | N | D | S | |||
32 B | I | R | C | H | 33 B | A | R | K | ||||||
34 M | 35 O | O | D | S | 36 T | A | N | K | E | 37 R | 38 S | |||
39 P | I | C | A | S | 40 A | R | R | 41 A | R | E | A | 42 S |
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43 A | R | T | S | 44 B | R | E | N | 45 S | 46 S | U | M | P |
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47 I | R | A | 48 C | U | R | E | A | L | 49 L | 50 N | I | O |
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51 N | O | V | 52 E | L | L | A | 53 R | E | A | 54 L | I | S | T |
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55 T | R | I | L | O | G | Y | 56 D | E | V | O | T | E | S |
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57 S | A | L | T | Y | 58 P | A | T | E | N |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,653
Across
1
Etagere part. : SHELF
6
Silk of maize. : FLOSS
11
Not effective. : STERILE
13
Scoffed. : FLOUTED
15
___ come. : KINGDOM
16
Relative of verbena. : LANTANA
17
Sphere. : ORB
18
Exhausting. : SAPPING
20
Muslim saint. : PIR
21
Native of San'a. : ARAB
23
Gallic exclamation. : TIENS
24
Keyway. : SLOT
25
___ probe. : LUNAR
27
Duster. : RAG
28
Bridge supports. : PIERS
29
Pertaining to the seas. : PELAGIC
31
Musical groups. : BANDS
32
Canoe material. : BIRCHBARK
34
Dispositions. : MOODS
36
Certain ships. : TANKERS
39
Printer's measures. : PICAS
40
Time table abbreviation. : ARR
41
Spaces. : AREAS
43
Crafts' partners. : ARTS
44
British machine guns. : BRENS
46
Pit in a mine. : SUMP
47
Man's name meaning "watchful." : IRA
48
Panacea. : CUREALL
50
Aegean island. : NIO
51
Literary form. : NOVELLA
53
Type of writer. : REALIST
55
"Henry VI," for example. : TRILOGY
56
Consecrates. : DEVOTES
57
Piquant. : SALTY
58
Disk. : PATEN
Down
1
Saddle appendage. : STIRRUP
2
Old World herb. : HENBANE
3
Unit of energy. : ERG
4
Covers. : LIDS
5
Parade vehicle. : FLOAT
6
Fruit pies, in Britain. : FLANS
7
Tedious. : LONG
8
Absent. : OUT
9
Fastened in a certain way. : STAPLED
10
Campus VIP's. : SENIORS
11
Scandinavian toast. : SKOAL
12
Charlatan. : EMPIRIC
13
Lively dance. : FLING
14
Game. : DARTS
19
Famous street in Atlanta. : PEACHTREE
22
Coins of Panama. : BALBOAS
24
Lead weights. : SINKERS
26
Forays. : RAIDS
28
Hooded coat. : PARKA
30
Groups of 144: Abbr. : GRS
31
Prohibit. : BAN
33
College founded in 1889. : BARNARD
34
Reflects. : MIRRORS
35
Wife of Marc Antony. : OCTAVIA
37
Come together again. : REUNITE
38
Japanese banjo-like instrument. : SAMISEN
39
Make-up. : PAINT
40
Deck. : ARRAY
42
Patches. : SPOTS
44
Having bumps and lumps. : BULGY
45
Lie dormant. : SLEEP
48
Coagulate. : CLOT
49
Molten rock. : LAVA
52
Old cloth measure. : ELL
54
Genesis name. : LOT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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