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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Friday, April 3, 1959

50-Across : Instrument for spirit writing.

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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B
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O
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F
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F
5
C
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A
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T
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T
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C
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R
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E
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P
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E
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I
B
A
R
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L
I
R
A
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H
O
S
E
A
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D
O
Z
E
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O
D
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N
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A
C
T
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S
L
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E
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P
W
A
L
K
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E
R
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O
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F
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N
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B
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N
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S
P
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D
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P
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E
O
N
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T
Y
R
A
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N
T
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B
E
T
R
O
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T
H
S
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M
E
A
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L
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I
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E
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A
T
T
A
C
H
E
38
H
O
S
T
E
S
S
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R
E
A
L
L
Y
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H
O
R
T
E
N
S
E
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L
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M
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M
A
S
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E
S
A
Y
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S
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A
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P
S
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E
A
T
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S
G
T
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U
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P
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Y
C
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H
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R
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A
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P
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H
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N
O
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G
E
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A
H
A
B
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E
R
N
A
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U
N
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N
E
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I
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E
N
O
W
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P
E
L
T
S
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S
T
A
G
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T
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,549
Across
1
Box office, in Variety lingo. : BOFF
5
American suffragist, circa 1900. : CATT
9
___ de Chine. : CREPE
14
Construction beam. : IBAR
15
Italian coin. : LIRA
16
Eighth century B. C. prophet. : HOSEA
17
Nap. : DOZE
18
Wednesday is named for him. : ODIN
19
Perform the functions of. : ACTAS
20
Lady Macbeth's famous role. : SLEEPWALKER
23
Suffix in chemistry. : OLE
24
Airplane part. : FIN
25
Son (of), in Hebrew names. : BEN
26
Hastened. : SPED
27
Laborer. : PEON
29
An oppressor. : TYRANT
31
Affiances. : BETROTHS
33
An ear of maize, in So. Africa. : MEALIE
37
Diplomatic staff member. : ATTACHE
38
Member of the crew on an airplane. : HOSTESS
39
Truly. : REALLY
40
Wife of Louis Bonaparte. : HORTENSE
41
Flower bracts. : LEMMAS
43
Biblical variant of Isaiah. : ESAY
44
Weakens. : SAPS
47
Corrode. : EAT
48
Army man: Abbr. : SGT
49
Shoshonean. : UTE
50
Instrument for spirit writing. : PSYCHOGRAPH
55
Norway, to the Norwegians. : NORGE
57
Jezebel's husband. : AHAB
58
Singer Sack. : ERNA
59
___ Jack. : UNION
60
St. Philip ___. : NERI
61
Enough: Archaic. : ENOW
62
Throws things at. : PELTS
63
Hart. : STAG
64
Brown, Jones, and others. : TOMS
Down
1
Proposals. : BIDS
2
Greek coin. : OBOL
3
Disconcert: Colloq. : FAZE
4
Brawls. : FREEFORALLS
5
Play the buffoon. : CLOWN
6
Verdi title. : AIDA
7
Namesakes of Svengali's protégé. : TRILBYS
8
Oil boat. : TANKER
9
Scorch. : CHAR
10
Fabled flier. : ROC
11
Prohibit. : ESTOP
12
Painter of earliest known portrait of Washington. : PEALE
13
Alleviated. : EASED
21
Card game: Var. : PINOCLE
22
Captivate. : ENAMOR
26
Financial center of Boston. : STATESTREET
27
Man's nickname. : PETE
28
Little Harriet. : ETTA
29
Article. : THE
30
Rainy-day fund. : NESTEGG
31
Law court. : BAR
32
Seasoning herbs. : THYMES
34
River into the Arctic. : LENA
35
Suburb of Paris. : ISSY
36
Compass point. : ESE
38
16 Across abbreviated. : HOS
40
Tool, often buried. : HATCHET
42
Indians of Guatemala. : MAYANS
44
When farmers go to work. : SUNUP
45
Make amends. : ATONE
46
Danger. : PERIL
48
Novel by Edna Ferber. : SOBIG
50
Writes. : PENS
51
John O'___. : HARA
52
Florence's river. : ARNO
53
___ Penh, Cambodia's capital. : PNOM
54
Berries of the hawthorn. : HAWS
56
Prepared. : GOT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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