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Sara V. Tuckerman
New York Times, Saturday, June 17, 1967
59-Across : The well-known "four and twenty."
Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Errors in original PDF solution — 1-Down had COOF instead of COOT, and 19-Across had FALL instead of TALL. Corrected these.
1 C | 2 I | 3 N | 4 C | 5 S | 6 E | 7 E | 8 C | 9 O | 10 M | 11 E | 12 T |
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13 O | L | E | O | 14 B | A | A | L | 15 A | D | A | S | H |
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16 O | K | L | A | 17 O | F | S | I | 18 X | P | E | N | C | E |
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19 T | A | L | L | 20 A | F | T | 21 E | N | R | O | O | T |
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22 M | 23 A | R | R | I | 24 E | R | S | 25 F | R | A |
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26 O | 27 R | 28 C | I | N | 29 O | N | T | 30 M | T | S |
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31 C | O | U | N | T | 32 I | N | G | H | 33 O | 34 U | 35 S | E | ||
36 T | I | M | E | R | S | 37 I | N | T | A | 38 K | 39 E |
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40 B | R | E | A | 41 D | 42 A | 43 N | D | H | O | N | E | Y |
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44 S | 45 H | E | 46 U | T | O | 47 A | N | S | A | E |
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48 T | A | R | 49 I | 50 N | C | H | O | 51 A | T | E | ||||
52 A | R | L | 53 E | N | E | 54 I | N | S | 55 W | 56 O | 57 O | 58 F |
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59 B | L | A | C | K | B | 60 I | R | D | S | 61 A | B | R | I |
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62 L | A | N | C | E | 63 T | S | A | R | 64 L | O | N | G |
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65 E | N | D | E | D | 66 S | T | Y | 67 L | E | E | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,517
Across
1
Presidential title: Abbr. : CINC
5
Witness. : SEE
8
Celestial body. : COMET
13
Spread. : OLEO
14
Semitic sun god. : BAAL
15
Make ___ for. : ADASH
16
Where Enid is: Abbr. : OKLA
17
"Sing a song ___ ... " : OFSIXPENCE
19
Lofty. : TALL
20
Nautical term. : AFT
21
Implant deeply. : ENROOT
22
Elopers and others. : MARRIERS
25
Angelico, for one. : FRA
26
Compound derived from lichens. : ORCIN
29
Neighbor of Que. : ONT
30
Geographical feature: Abbr. : MTS
31
Royal repository. : COUNTINGHOUSE
36
Kitchen aids. : TIMERS
37
Receipts. : INTAKE
40
Royal repast. : BREADANDHONEY
44
Haggard romance. : SHE
46
___-Aztecan. : UTO
47
Handles: Lat. : ANSAE
48
Pitch. : TAR
49
In the early stages. : INCHOATE
52
First name of actress-panelist. : ARLENE
54
Those elected. : INS
55
Threads in a loom. : WOOF
59
The well-known "four and twenty." : BLACKBIRDS
61
Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
62
Old-style weapon. : LANCE
63
Ruler. : TSAR
64
Extended. : LONG
65
Faded out. : ENDED
66
Pen. : STY
67
Virginians. : LEES
Down
1
Water bird. : COOT
2
Every: Scot. : ILKA
3
Mrs. Jarley's friend. : NELL
4
Underground man. : COALMINER
5
Orange yellow. : SAFFRON
6
Moving in a certain direction. : EASTING
7
Ivy Leaguer. : ELI
8
Leaders: Dial. : CAPNS
9
River into the Baltic. : ODER
10
Nabob. : MANOFMEANS
11
Convoy. : ESCORT
12
Greek letters. : THETAS
14
Wild pig. : BOAR
18
Dryness: Prefix. : XER
23
Cavern: Poet. : ANTRE
24
Ordinal suffix. : ETH
26
Calendar abbreviation. : OCT
27
Rey's relative. : ROI
28
Maryland city. : CUMBERLAND
32
"Happiness ___ Warm Puppy." : ISA
33
Like: Suffix. : OID
34
Bare one's head. : UNHAT
35
Symbol of strength and endurance. : STONEWALL
38
New Zealand parrot. : KEA
39
Center. : EYE
41
French nobleman. : DUC
42
Eager. : ATHIRST
43
Zenith. : NOONDAY
44
Steadfast. : STABLE
45
Supreme Court Justice (1877-1911). : HARLAN
49
Blacked (in). : INKED
50
Bill. : NEB
51
Bashkir, for example: Abbr. : ASSR
53
Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
56
Orchestral instrument. : OBOE
57
Department of France. : ORNE
58
Product of Smyrna. : FIGS
60
Pronoun. : ITS
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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