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Brice Metcalfe
New York Times, Friday, April 13, 1962
6-Across : Construct.
Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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1 S | 2 W | 3 A | 4 T | 5 H | 6 R | 7 E | 8 A | 9 R | 10 S | 11 W | 12 A | 13 B |
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14 L | I | B | Y | A | 15 A | X | L | E | 16 C | H | A | R |
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17 E | L | D | E | R | 18 B | E | T | E | 19 N | O | I | R | E |
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20 P | L | U | 21 D | 22 E | B | S | 23 D | O | R | M | E | R |
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24 T | O | L | 25 S | T | O | I | 26 T | I | R | E | S | |||
27 C | O | S | T | 28 H | E | S | S | I | 29 A | 30 N |
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31 A | 32 C | 33 T | U | P | 34 S | 35 H | E | R | E | 36 C | R | Y |
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37 R | O | A | D | 38 F | O | B | 39 G | A | I | N |
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40 A | R | K | 41 S | 42 C | O | W | L | 43 S | A | L | L | Y |
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44 M | A | E | 45 S | T | R | O | 46 A | 47 M | U | R | ||||
48 P | U | R | E | T | 49 C | A | B | B | 50 A | 51 G | 52 E |
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53 S | 54 C | A | R | U | M | 55 S | K | Y | R | 56 N | U | S |
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57 H | A | I | R | T | O | 58 N | I | C | 59 O | 60 N | D | I | T |
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61 O | R | N | E | 62 N | O | T | A | 63 S | O | U | S | E |
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64 P | O | S | Y | 65 A | B | E | T | 66 A | L | P | E | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,655
Across
1
Mower's path. : SWATH
6
Construct. : REAR
10
Sailor's cleaning tool. : SWAB
14
African kingdom. : LIBYA
15
Auto part. : AXLE
16
Scorch. : CHAR
17
Box ___. : ELDER
18
Bugbear. : BETENOIRE
20
Multiple: Abbr. : PLU
21
Early labor figure. : DEBS
23
Type of window. : DORMER
24
19th century novelist. : TOLSTOI
26
Snow ___. : TIRES
27
Charge. : COST
28
Wiesbaden resident. : HESSIAN
31
Misbehave. : ACTUP
34
___ Khan (Sir Tiger). : SHERE
36
Exclamation. : CRY
37
Way. : ROAD
38
Trick. : FOB
39
Reach. : GAIN
40
State: Abbr. : ARK
41
Look severe. : SCOWL
43
Mot. : SALLY
44
Conductor. : MAESTRO
46
River of E. Asia. : AMUR
48
___ simple (pure and simple): Fr. : PURET
49
Vegetable. : CABBAGE
53
Harum-___. : SCARUM
55
Norwegian dish of curds. : SKYR
56
Greek letters. : NUS
57
Bay rum. : HAIRTONIC
59
They say: Fr. : ONDIT
61
Normandy river. : ORNE
62
___ bene. : NOTA
63
Pickled pigs' feet. : SOUSE
64
Flower. : POSY
65
Support. : ABET
66
___-Maritimes, where Nice is. : ALPES
Down
1
Dozed. : SLEPT
2
___-the-wisp. : WILLO
3
Turkish name. : ABDUL
4
Chain for hoisting a yard. : TYE
5
Style of car. : HARDTOP
6
One answer to today's challenge. : RABBITSFOOT
7
Signatures of a sort. : EXES
8
Elevation: Abbr. : ALT
9
Sounding more like an oboe. : REEDIER
10
A large number. : SCORES
11
Capricious. : WHIMSICAL
12
Swiss river. : AARE
13
___ Rabbit. : BRER
19
European language. : NORSE
22
Aurora's counterpart. : EOS
25
Wind-driven clouds. : SCUD
26
Poe's 18 Across. : THEBLACKCAT
29
Seed coating. : ARIL
30
Gotham address: Abbr. : NYNY
31
Ancient Syria. : ARAM
32
Girl's name meaning "maiden." : CORA
33
Use great care. : TAKEPAINS
35
To what effect. : HOW
39
Style of dress. : GARB
41
Swagger. : STRUT
42
Fine violin. : CREMONA
43
Confidentially: Lat. : SUBROSA
45
Carriage. : SURREY
47
Spring time. : MAY
50
Words indicating a price range. : ANDUP
51
Semblance. : GUISE
52
Kefauver. : ESTES
53
Market. : SHOP
54
Verdi's "___ Nome." : CARO
55
Scene. : SITE
58
Hill of San Francisco. : NOB
60
___. pros. : NOL
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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