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Lee Koch
Lee Koch

New York Times, Wednesday, July 18, 1962

40-Across : Peaks: Sp.

Author:
Lee Koch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Lee Koch has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,751
Across
1
Cantilever, for example. : BRIDGE
7
Fireplace item. : POKER
12
Spiritually renewed. : REBORN
13
Followed. : TRAILED
15
King Arthur's fool. : DAGONET
16
Exhibit again. : RESTAGE
17
Egg: Prefix. : OVI
18
Most concise. : TERSEST
20
Headgear. : TAM
21
L. A. eleven. : RAMS
23
Colorful signs. : NEONS
24
Balkan VIP. : TITO
25
Perfect. : IDEAL
27
Old: German. : ALT
28
Shouts from the bleachers. : HOOTS
29
Bits of colored paper. : CONFETTI
31
Italian title. : DONNA
32
Thanksgiving and others. : FEASTDAYS
34
Full of regret. : SORRY
36
Ancient Greeks. : AEOLIANS
40
Peaks: Sp. : PICOS
41
One not in uniform: Abbr. : CIV
42
Nobel prize author. : ELIOT
43
Word of approval. : AMEN
44
Paul Gallico's Mrs. ___. : ARRIS
46
Spanish title: Abbr. : SRTA
47
Italian pronoun. : MIA
48
An exhausting race: Colloq. : GRUELER
50
Ignited. : LIT
51
Kind of ceiling or wall. : PANELED
53
Type style. : ITALICS
55
Chemical dye. : ANILINE
56
Rake with fire at close range. : STRAFE
57
Dance. : SAMBA
58
Flowers' companions. : HEARTS
Down
1
Simulated courage. : BRAVADO
2
System. : REGIMEN
3
Nigerian. : IBO
4
Punch's advice to persons about to marry. : DONT
5
Flourishing. : GREEN
6
Begs. : ENTREATS
7
Journalism. : PRESS
8
Kiln. : OAST
9
Box of equipment. : KIT
10
Feeling induced by success. : ELATION
11
Yachtsman's joy. : REGATTA
13
E. C. Bentley's detective. : TRENT
14
The common people. : DEMOS
15
Style of architecture. : DORIC
19
A kind of ring. : SOLITAIRE
22
Food flavoring. : SAFFRON
24
Throat tissues. : TONSILS
26
Nasty looks. : LEERS
28
According to ___. : HOYLE
30
River of Scotland. : TAY
31
Very large Philippine tree. : DAO
33
Extremely bad: Colloq. : DEVILISH
34
Monkeys. : SIMIANS
35
Polynesia, Australia, etc. : OCEANIA
37
Historic event of 1948-49. : AIRLIFT
38
Remarks. : NOTICES
39
Office copies, for short. : STATS
40
Prairie of Argentina. : PAMPA
41
Unpolished. : CRUDE
44
Sphere of action. : ARENA
45
Seven: It. : SETTE
48
Fluent. : GLIB
49
___ avis. : RARA
52
Tree. : ELM
54
Gibbon. : LAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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