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Herman Keld
New York Times, Wednesday, June 18, 1958
55-Across : Attend, as a meeting.
Author:
Herman Keld
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Herman Keld has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 C | 4 C | 5 B | 6 A | 7 J | 8 A | 9 O | 10 C | 11 H | 12 E | 13 R |
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14 E | Q | U | A | 15 L | I | Z | E | R | 16 C | R | A | N | E |
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17 C | U | L | M | I | N | A | T | E | 18 C | A | R | T | E |
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19 C | A | L | I | B | A | N | 20 S | 21 L | U | M | M | E | D |
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22 A | S | S | O | R | T | 23 A | R | M | O | R | ||||
24 N | E | E | 25 C | 26 O | N | S | E | N | T | 27 S |
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28 F | 29 A | 30 D | S | 31 F | O | R | K | 32 D | I | A | L |
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33 A | X | E | 34 A | R | A | B | Y | 35 C | I | O |
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36 W | I | S | 37 P | 38 G | E | T | S | 39 L | A | N | G |
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40 N | O | T | A | 41 R | I | E | S | 42 P | 43 S | A | ||||
44 M | I | L | E | R | 45 L | O | C | 46 A | 47 L | 48 E |
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49 F | A | T | A | L | L | 50 Y | 51 P | A | L | O | M | A | R |
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52 E | T | U | D | E | 53 A | 54 M | A | Z | O | N | I | T | E |
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55 S | I | T | I | N | 56 P | A | R | A | S | I | T | I | C |
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57 S | C | E | N | T | 58 S | I | T | S | 59 C | A | N | T |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,277
Across
1
One of two books of the Apocrypha: Abbr. : MACC
5
___ California. : BAJA
9
Yellow pigment. : OCHER
14
Six-shooter, à la the adult Western. : EQUALIZER
16
Wading bird. : CRANE
17
Reach the highest point. : CULMINATE
18
D'Oyly ___. : CARTE
19
Slave in "The Tempest." : CALIBAN
20
Visited run-down areas. : SLUMMED
22
Classify. : ASSORT
23
Mail. : ARMOR
24
Born: Fr. : NEE
25
Gives approval. : CONSENTS
28
Short-lived fancies. : FADS
31
Bifurcation. : FORK
32
Indicator. : DIAL
33
Timberjack's tool. : AXE
34
Sheik's land. : ARABY
35
Part of Meany's organization. : CIO
36
Small bundle. : WISP
38
Receives. : GETS
39
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1928-1942. : LANG
40
Public officers. : NOTARIES
42
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
44
Track man. : MILER
45
Place. : LOCALE
49
Inevitably. : FATALLY
51
Site of 200-inch telescope. : PALOMAR
52
Piece for practice, in music. : ETUDE
53
A green semiprecious stone. : AMAZONITE
55
Attend, as a meeting. : SITIN
56
Sycophantic. : PARASITIC
57
Fragrance. : SCENT
58
Poses. : SITS
59
Argot. : CANT
Down
1
Holy city. : MECCA
2
Shades of blue green. : AQUAS
3
Chooses and gathers. : CULLS
4
Trucks used to carry cannon. : CAMIONS
5
Double, in botany. : BINATE
6
Mohammedan call to prayer. : AZAN
7
Modern passenger plane. : JET
8
God of war. : ARES
9
Happens. : OCCURS
10
Stuffed. : CRAMMED
11
Small wind instrument. : HARMONICA
12
Amuse. : ENTERTAIN
13
Part of 11 Down. : REED
15
Vers ___. : LIBRE
21
Tall and spare. : LANKY
25
Lumberjacks. : COATS
26
Spherical bodies. : ORBS
27
Hard blow. : SLOG
28
A yearling. : FAWN
29
Self-evident. : AXIOMATIC
30
Lacking (with "of"). : DESTITUTE
31
Manumit. : FREE
34
"It's ___!" : AGIRL
37
Richard Boone's TV role. : PALADIN
39
Concise. : LACONIC
41
Become less severe. : RELENT
42
Public squares in a city. : PLAZAS
43
Musical parts. : SOLOS
46
Buddha of a Japanese sect. : AMITA
47
___ America. : LATIN
48
Build. : ERECT
49
Band across an escutcheon. : FESS
50
Canine sound effects. : YAPS
51
Share. : PART
54
Avril, ___, Juin. : MAI
Answer summary:
10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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