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Thomas J. Varner
New York Times, Saturday, July 31, 1954
1-Across : Companion of a staple.
Author:
Thomas J. Varner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Thomas J. Varner has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 A | 3 S | 4 P | 5 D | 6 E | 7 L | 8 T | 9 A | 10 F | 11 L | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 A | V | E | R | 15 O | R | I | E | L | 16 O | I | S | E |
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17 C | O | M | O | 18 T | R | E | N | T | 19 U | P | I | N |
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20 K | N | I | G | 21 H | T | O | F | T | H | 22 E | R | O | A | D |
23 R | A | I | L | 24 O | T | T | ||||||||
25 S | 26 N | 27 E | E | Z | E | 28 T | 29 O | U | C | H | 30 I | 31 N | 32 G |
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33 P | A | R | S | E | 34 B | R | A | G | H | 35 N | O | R |
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36 E | N | O | S | 37 F | A | I | T | H | 38 C | U | R | E |
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39 E | N | D | 40 C | O | S | T | S | 41 S | U | R | G | E |
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42 D | Y | E | 43 H | O | U | S | E | 44 S | T | R | E | E | T |
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45 E | A | R | 46 F | A | I | L | ||||||||
47 F | 48 R | 49 E | E | L | A | 50 N | 51 C | E | W | R | I | 52 T | 53 E | 54 R |
55 L | U | S | H | 56 C | A | R | R | Y | 57 C | O | L | E |
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58 E | T | T | A | 59 E | P | O | D | E | 60 U | R | S | A |
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61 W | H | E | W | 62 S | E | W | E | R | 63 E | Y | E | D |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,859
Across
1
Companion of a staple. : HASP
5
River-mouth land deposit. : DELTA
10
Piece of scenery. : FLAT
14
Depose. : AVER
15
Predecessor of the picture window. : ORIEL
16
River in France. : OISE
17
Lake north of Milan. : COMO
18
Third longest river of England. : TRENT
19
___ arms. : UPIN
20
Vagabond. : KNIGHTOFTHEROAD
23
Small wading bird. : RAIL
24
Former Giant manager. : OTT
25
Ragweed sound effect. : SNEEZE
28
Full of pathos. : TOUCHING
33
Analyze grammatically. : PARSE
34
"Erin Go ___." : BRAGH
35
Conjunction. : NOR
36
Slaughter of baseball. : ENOS
37
Novelist Baldwin. : FAITH
38
Remedy. : CURE
39
Football lineman. : END
40
Outlays. : COSTS
41
Forward motion. : SURGE
42
Silk-finishing establishment. : DYEHOUSE
44
New York's financial district (with "the"). : STREET
45
Musical appreciation. : EAR
46
Be washed out. : FAIL
47
Relative of a pot-boiler expert. : FREELANCEWRITER
55
Of luxuriant growth. : LUSH
56
Bring with it. : CARRY
57
Nursery rhyme oldster. : COLE
58
Girl's nickname. : ETTA
59
Style of lyric poem. : EPODE
60
Major or Minor. : URSA
61
Heated exclamation. : WHEW
62
Seamstress. : SEWER
63
Observed. : EYED
Down
1
A carriage for hire. : HACK
2
English river. : AVON
3
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
4
Moral improvement. : PROGRESS
5
Bing and Bob's "Road" companion. : DOTTIE
6
Actor Flynn. : ERROL
7
Willingly. : LIEF
8
Pup ___. : TENT
9
Notwithstanding. : ALTHOUGH
10
Holiday. : FOURTH
11
Great Chinese poet. : LIPO
12
U. N. problem. : ASIA
13
Cultivate. : TEND
21
Slight confusion. : HAZE
22
Practice an art. : ETCH
25
Landy's forte. : SPEED
26
Pram pusher. : NANNY
27
Wear down. : ERODE
28
Commonplace. : TRITE
29
Feed. : OATS
30
Habituate. : INURE
31
Name on a stamp from Oslo. : NORGE
32
Address. : GREET
34
Having a low musical pitch. : BASS
37
High poker hand. : FOURACES
38
Penmanship flourish. : CURLICUE
40
Fuel. : COAL
41
Kitchen activity. : STIR
43
Loud, silly laugh. : HEEHAW
44
Member of Truman Cabinet. : SAWYER
46
Composer Grofé. : FERDE
47
Moved swiftly. : FLEW
48
Book of the Old Testament. : RUTH
49
This: Spanish. : ESTE
50
Part of the neck. : NAPE
51
Exult. : CROW
52
Whig's rival. : TORY
53
Other. : ELSE
54
Study. : READ
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later.
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