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Albert Carroll
New York Times, Thursday, June 4, 1953
10-Across : Winks: Colloq.
Author:
Albert Carroll
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14
Albert Carroll has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 N | 4 O | 5 R | 6 S | 7 C | 8 O | 9 W | 10 B | 11 A | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 A | B | O | M | A | 15 C | O | L | A | 16 E | M | I | T |
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17 J | O | S | E | F | 18 E | R | R | E | R | 19 W | A | G | E |
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20 O | R | T | 21 F | R | E | D | A | S | 22 T | A | I | R | E |
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23 L | I | A | 24 R | 25 A | W | A | 26 C | O | R | N | E | D |
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27 I | G | L | O | 28 O | S | 29 G | 30 L | A | R | E | ||||
31 C | I | G | A | R | 32 P | E | A | R | Y | 33 P | 34 P | 35 P |
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36 A | N | I | M | A | 37 T | E | 38 N | E | I | 39 T | H | E | R |
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40 S | E | A | 41 T | E | N | 42 S | E | 43 S | H | I | R | E |
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44 W | O | R | S | T | 45 S | M | E | L | T | S |
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46 A | 47 S | 48 W | A | R | M | 49 A | 50 M | I | 51 O | B | I | S |
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52 P | H | I | L | S | I | 53 L | V | E | R | 54 S | 55 A | N | U |
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56 H | I | N | T | 57 N | O | I | S | E | M | 58 A | K | E | R |
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59 I | N | C | E | 60 A | N | N | A | 61 I | R | E | N | E |
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62 D | E | E | R | 63 L | E | G | S | 64 T | A | R | T | S |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,446
Across
1
Princely estate. : MANOR
6
Tug's tow. : SCOW
10
Winks: Colloq. : BATS
14
Constrictor of South America. : ABOMA
15
African tree. : COLA
16
Send forth. : EMIT
17
Toulouse-Lautrec in the movies. : JOSEFERRER
19
Carry on. : WAGE
20
Scrap of food. : ORT
21
Famous name in dancing. : FREDASTAIRE
23
Ananias or Sapphira. : LIAR
25
Absent: Scot. : AWA
26
Preserved with salt. : CORNED
27
Hand-made houses. : IGLOOS
29
The cold and stony stare. : GLARE
31
Sir Winston's constant companion. : CIGAR
32
Headliner of April 6, 1909. : PEARY
33
Musical direction. : PPP
36
Lively. : ANIMATE
38
Conjunction. : NEITHER
40
Coral or Red. : SEA
41
Term in grammar. : TENSE
43
English county. : SHIRE
44
Get the better of. : WORST
45
Little fishes. : SMELTS
46
Moving in multitudes. : ASWARM
49
Mon cher ___. : AMI
51
Sashes for "Three little girls from school." : OBIS
52
Comedian of "Top Banana" fame. : PHILSILVERS
55
Babylonian god. : ANU
56
Cue. : HINT
57
Souvenir of New Year's Eve. : NOISEMAKER
59
Pioneer in movie-making. : INCE
60
One of Mrs. Coolidge's names. : ANNA
61
Musical hit of 1919. : IRENE
62
Bambi. : DEER
63
Parts of a course in a sailing race. : LEGS
64
Pastries. : TARTS
Down
1
Pieces of Italian pottery. : MAJOLICAS
2
A Maori, for instance. : ABORIGINE
3
Homesickness. : NOSTALGIA
4
Cockney's abode. : OME
5
Riff-___. : RAFF
6
Propeller. : SCREW
7
The ropes in a ship's rigging. : CORDAGE
8
Olive genus. : OLEA
9
Cause of frequent headlines. : WARSCARE
10
"Sailor ___." : BEWARE
11
With force. : AMAIN
12
Clemenceau's French epithet. : TIGRE
13
Bucephalus. : STEED
18
Stages of history. : ERAS
22
Standpatism. : TORYISM
24
Be footloose. : ROAM
28
Demosthenes and Cicero. : ORATORS
30
Where the little boy lives. : LANE
32
Writes. : PENS
33
The comedian with the accordion. : PHILBAKER
34
Relevant. : PERTINENT
35
Compelling influences. : PRESSURES
37
Where to catch a train. : TERMINAL
39
Man's nickname. : THEO
42
Averting (with "off"). : STAVING
44
Gov. Kohler of Wisconsin. : WALTER
45
King. : SIRE
46
Plant-sucking insect. : APHID
47
Sunny weather. : SHINE
48
Shrink from. : WINCE
50
Conformations of land. : MESAS
53
Isolated. : LONE
54
Hard hit. : SMIT
58
Constellation. : ARA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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