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Dorothy E. Smith
Dorothy E. Smith

New York Times, Wednesday, May 4, 1955

52-Across : Bantus.

Author:
Dorothy E. Smith
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Dorothy E. Smith has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,136
Across
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Inklike fluid of a cuttlefish. : SEPIA
6
One for the rock hounds. : JASPER
12
Odd. : STRANGE
14
Egyptian princess in "Aida." : AMNERIS
16
Type of army housing. : QUONSET
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Faulkner, for example. : REALIST
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Not appointed. : UNSET
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Move gradually. : EDGE
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Basic Latin verb. : ESSE
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Indigo plant. : ANIL
23
Monks of superior rank. : PRIORS
25
Mazzel ___ (good luck): Yiddish. : TOV
26
De Valera's nickname. : DEV
27
Ecclesiastic. : CANON
28
Selassie of Ethiopia. : HAILE
30
Predictable. : REGULAR
32
Chops up. : MINCES
33
Russian city. : OREL
34
Time of day. : MORN
35
Certain examinations. : FINALS
38
Ike's favorite hazards. : BUNKERS
41
5½ point type. : AGATE
42
Currents. : TIDES
43
A continent: Abbr. : EUR
45
Douglas McKay's department: Abbr. : INT
46
Estimable. : WORTHY
48
Official transactions. : ACTA
49
Bumpkin. : LOUT
51
Chief of a Moro tribe. : DATO
52
Bantus. : ZULUS
53
Changeable. : ERRATIC
55
Spare time. : LEISURE
57
Lord Fauntleroy's name for his mother. : DEAREST
58
Submitted to action of actinic rays, as films. : EXPOSED
59
Tips. : SLANTS
60
Domestic slaves. : ESNES
Down
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Handsome girl. : STUNNER
2
Tending to eat away. : EROSIVE
3
List of jurors. : PANEL
4
This month: Abbr. : INST
5
Time. : AGE
6
Teen-age talk. : JARGON
7
Mohammedan noble. : AMEER
8
Snow: Scot. : SNA
9
Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. : PELE
10
Controversial. : ERISTIC
11
Relative of a croquette. : RISSOLE
12
Part of a platoon. : SQUAD
13
Everlasting. : ETERNAL
15
Allen and namesakes. : STEVES
20
Fashion designer. : DIOR
23
Pickets. : PALES
24
Neglects. : SHIRKS
27
Wading bird. : CURLEW
29
___ Boleyn. : ANNE
31
Animal of the genus Capra. : GOAT
32
Legal tender. : MONEY
34
Place to get stuck. : MUDHOLE
35
Was unsuccessful. : FAILED
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Pays no attention to. : IGNORES
37
Unaffected. : NATURAL
38
Device for securing hawsers. : BITT
39
Hermit. : RECLUSE
40
Joins by stitching. : SUTURES
42
Regions without definite bounds. : TRACTS
44
Demolished. : RASED
47
Poet of a sort. : ODIST
48
Son of Ulysses. : AUSON
50
Hall of Irish kings. : TARA
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Moves fast: Colloq. : ZIPS
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Number. : TEN
56
River into English Channel. : EXE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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