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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Friday, June 15, 1962

51-Across : Dismissed.

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,718
Across
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Queen, in India. : BEGUM
6
Marine fish. : SHARK
11
Gyrated. : ROTATED
13
From that cause. : THEREOF
15
Inspect. : EXAMINE
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Rehabilitate. : RESTORE
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Science degree. : SCM
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Moves clumsily. : LUMBERS
20
Turmeric. : REA
21
Kind of linen. : TOILE
23
___ et labora. : ORA
24
Old Norse works. : EDDAS
26
Rational. : SANE
27
___ for news. : ANOSE
29
Torn. : RENT
30
Dovetails. : TENONS
32
Parts of shoes. : UPPERS
34
Force. : DINT
35
Louis, Henri, etc. : ROIS
36
Hanger-on. : HEELER
38
Ancient city of Macedonia. : EDESSA
41
Ascend. : SOAR
42
Health: Fr. : SANTE
44
Purposes. : ENDS
46
Old language. : NORSE
48
Craggy hill. : TOR
49
Of ___ (of various kinds). : ASORT
50
Annex. : ADD
51
Dismissed. : LAIDOFF
54
Court. : WOO
55
Missile. : TORPEDO
57
Popular kind of pill. : VITAMIN
59
Scotsman's exclamation. : HOOTMON
60
Ennoble. : ELEVATE
61
Small branch. : SPRIG
62
Goddess of peace. : IRENE
Down
1
Garment. : BOXCOAT
2
Fabric. : ETAMINE
3
Herd of whales. : GAM
4
Practical. : UTILE
5
Carte. : MENU
6
Tiger: used in Persia and India. : SHER
7
Region of Germany. : HESSE
8
Poetic verb form. : ART
9
Salesman's aim. : REORDER
10
Asians. : KOREANS
11
Wayside retreats. : RESTS
12
Parade, for example. : DEMONSTRATION
13
Discovery of a sort. : TREASURETROVE
14
Banquet. : FEAST
19
Relative: Abbr. : BRO
22
Certain book owners. : LENDERS
25
Frocks. : DRESSES
27
Namesakes of Mrs. Shakespeare. : ANNES
28
Afterpiece. : EPODE
31
Painter's medium. : OIL
33
Boston cream ___. : PIE
36
Jonahs. : HOODOOS
37
Kind of pendant. : EARDROP
39
Winter caricature. : SNOWMAN
40
On the right hand: Fr. : ADROITE
41
Scythe handle. : SNATH
43
Land east of Eden. : NOD
45
Marble. : STONE
47
Fragrant oleoresin. : ELEMI
49
Later. : AFTER
52
"___ in the manger." : ADOG
53
Thread: Prefix. : FILI
56
Printer: Abbr. : PTR
58
Farewell! : AVE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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