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Madeline Corse
New York Times, Wednesday, May 22, 1957
1-Across : People of the Punjab.
Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 A | 3 T | 4 S | 5 B | 6 L | 7 E | 8 S | 9 T | 10 S | 11 N | 12 I | 13 P |
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14 U | G | R | O | 15 R | I | G | O | R | 16 H | I | D | E |
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17 A | R | A | B | 18 L | E | A | G | U | E | 19 E | X | E | C |
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20 N | O | N | 21 O | A | R | S | 22 S | 23 C | R | E | A | K |
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24 S | 25 C | U | D | S | 26 S | T | E | P | ||||||
27 S | 28 H | I | R | T | S | 29 D | E | L | S | A | 30 R | 31 T | 32 O |
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33 E | A | S | E | S | 34 B | I | N | E | T | 35 A | I | M |
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36 R | I | T | E | 37 P | R | E | S | S | 38 E | D | G | E |
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39 I | T | O | 40 O | R | A | T | E | 41 B | R | I | E | R |
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42 F | I | R | 43 E | D | O | G | S | 44 F | L | O | O | R | S |
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45 P | I | T | S | 46 P | L | A | S | M | ||||||
47 S | 48 P | 49 L | I | N | E | 50 C | H | A | N | 51 E | 52 R | 53 A |
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54 H | A | E | C | 55 S | 56 A | C | E | R | D | 57 O | T | A | L |
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58 A | N | N | A | 59 T | R | I | B | E | 60 F | E | N | S |
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61 H | E | A | L | 62 S | A | V | E | S | 63 A | R | G | O |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,885
Across
1
People of the Punjab. : JATS
5
Fortunate. : BLEST
10
Cut with shears. : SNIP
14
Of the Magyars: Comb. form. : UGRO
15
Severity. : RIGOR
16
Conceal. : HIDE
17
Mid-East political alliance. : ARABLEAGUE
19
Officer: Colloq. : EXEC
20
Sine qua ___. : NON
21
Sculls. : OARS
22
Sound of rusted hinges. : SCREAK
24
Runs before the wind. : SCUDS
26
Short distance. : STEP
27
Stuffed ___. : SHIRTS
29
Andrea ___, Florentine painter. : DELSARTO
33
Ameliorates. : EASES
34
___ test of mental age. : BINET
35
Purpose. : AIM
36
Ceremony. : RITE
37
Newspapers as a whole. : PRESS
38
Brink. : EDGE
39
Japanese name. : ITO
40
Deliver a formal speech. : ORATE
41
White heath. : BRIER
42
Andirons. : FIREDOGS
44
Stories. : FLOORS
45
Where orchestras sit. : PITS
46
Combining form used with proto-, ecto-, etc. : PLASM
47
Flexible strip of wood. : SPLINE
50
Detective Charlie. : CHAN
51
The Victorian ___. : ERA
54
Hic, ___, hoc. : HAEC
55
Priestly. : SACERDOTAL
58
Coin of India. : ANNA
59
Family. : TRIBE
60
Swamps. : FENS
61
Remedy. : HEAL
62
Avoids waste. : SAVES
63
Jason's ship. : ARGO
Down
1
San ___, Puerto Rico. : JUAN
2
Earth: Comb. form. : AGRO
3
Electronic device. : TRANSISTOR
4
Sound of grief. : SOB
5
Rye, protein, graham, etc. : BREADS
6
Perjurers. : LIARS
7
Roe. : EGGS
8
French coin. : SOU
9
Certain railroad bridges. : TRESTLES
10
Native of high Himalayan slopes. : SHERPA
11
Water nymph: Ger. : NIXE
12
Concept. : IDEA
13
Alias Capt. Ahab. : PECK
18
Bumpkins. : LOUTS
23
___ la vie. : CEST
25
Indian. : CREE
26
Common ___. : SENSE
27
Fine cross stroke on a type face. : SERIF
28
Republic on Hispaniola. : HAITI
29
Food regimens. : DIETS
30
Instrument used in physics. : RADIOMETER
31
Jungle beast. : TIGER
32
Hebrew measures. : OMERS
34
Blows one's own horn. : BRAGS
37
Formal objections. : PROTESTS
38
God of love. : EROS
40
Host in Valhalla. : ODIN
41
Suave. : BLAND
43
Heroic. : EPICAL
44
Signal lights. : FLARES
46
Shepherdess in "As You Like It." : PHEBE
47
Ruler. : SHAH
48
Glass in a frame. : PANE
49
River of Siberia. : LENA
50
204. : CCIV
52
Pealed. : RANG
53
Too. : ALSO
56
Macaw. : ARA
57
All ___ sudden. : OFA
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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