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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Monday, May 6, 1957

1-Across : Famous name in opera.

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,869
Across
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Famous name in opera. : BORI
5
Author of "Pompey's Head." : BASSO
10
Dickens' Uriah. : HEEP
14
Not real: Abbr. : IMIT
15
Spurn. : REPEL
16
Port of Spain. : ADRA
17
Vis-à-vis. : FACETOFACE
19
Double. : TWIN
20
Jane of Hollywood. : FROMAN
21
Withering, as a remark. : SCATHING
23
Denoting entrance. : INTO
25
Plant of the lily family. : ONION
26
Pans for burning coals. : BRAZIERS
30
English Earl and family. : DERBYS
33
Boundaries. : LINES
34
Vice President, 1925-29. : DAWES
36
Musical pipe. : OAT
37
American engineer. : EADS
38
Crowbar. : LEVER
39
A little: Ital. : POCO
40
Farm enclosure. : STY
41
Peninsular country. : KOREA
42
Bridle ___. : PATHS
43
Make unhappy. : SADDEN
45
Checkers, in Britain. : DRAUGHTS
47
Strayed. : ERRED
49
Chino. : SINO
50
Setbacks. : REVERSES
53
Big or Little, in the sky. : DIPPER
57
Footnote abbreviation. : IBID
58
River flowing into the Wabash. : TIPPECANOE
60
Warbled. : SANG
61
Ancient city of Babylonia. : ACCAD
62
Used up. : GONE
63
Joint. : KNEE
64
Aptly named author. : READE
65
Siberian city, W. of Tomsk. : OMSK
Down
1
Strike: Slang. : BIFF
2
Persian name. : OMAR
3
Puerto ___. : RICO
4
Gives a detailed report. : ITEMIZES
5
Author of "Shirley." : BRONTE
6
Army under Pershing. : AEF
7
Baden-Baden and others. : SPAS
8
Dry, as Italian wine. : SECCO
9
Handsome but poisonous shrub. : OLEANDER
10
Egyptian goddess of love. : HATHOR
11
First great American tragedian. : EDWINBOOTH
12
Name for a colleen. : ERIN
13
Brief pain. : PANG
18
Ancient city in Egypt. : TANIS
22
Oxfords. : TIES
24
Part of B.P.O.E. : ORDER
26
Guard from evil. : BLESS
27
Lariat. : RIATA
28
Wild Bill Hickok's pal on TV. : ANDYDEVINE
29
Rescued. : SAVED
31
The Williamsburg, for example. : YACHT
32
Opposed to lee, in geology. : STOSS
35
Dons. : WEARS
38
Symbol of Texas. : LONESTAR
39
Port of American Samoa. : PAGOPAGO
41
Senator from Oklahoma. : KERR
42
B. C. wars of Rome. : PUNIC
44
Device for gathering shellfish. : DREDGE
46
___-camp. : AIDEDE
48
Use antifreeze on aircraft. : DEICE
50
Dangerous chance. : RISK
51
Statesman of Israel. : EBAN
52
"Be kind to animals" group. : SPCA
54
___-Penh, chief city of Cambodia. : PNOM
55
Years untold. : EONS
56
Give off smoke. : REEK
59
Tablet. : PAD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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