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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Thursday, July 31, 1958
16-Across : Soho dweller.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 H | 3 A | 4 T | 5 I | 6 S | 7 S | 8 H | 9 A | 10 F | 11 T | ||||
12 G | O | O | D | H | O | P | 13 E | 14 T | A | G | O | R | 15 E |
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16 L | O | N | D | O | N | E | R | 17 I | T | A | L | I | C |
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18 E | T | O | 19 L | A | D | R | 20 O | N | E | 21 D | E | L |
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22 N | O | R | 23 S | E | 24 O | N | T | 25 L | E | D | A |
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26 N | O | S | E | 27 B | 28 O | R | S | 29 L | E | R | O | I |
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30 A | 31 M | B | U | S | H | 32 A | M | O | U | R |
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33 R | 34 E | S | U | L | T | 35 O | 36 C | C | U | L | T | |||
37 S | A | R | I | S | 38 P | 39 O | R | T | E | R | ||||
40 P | R | I | D | E | 41 O | D | E | R | 42 I | 43 N | 44 C | 45 H |
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46 R | A | T | E | 47 S | S | E | 48 S | A | U | R | O |
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49 E | A | R | 50 S | E | T | S | 51 O | 52 U | T | 53 T | I | L |
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54 A | V | E | 55 S | T | A | 56 S | A | R | A | 57 B | A | N | D |
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58 D | I | A | T | O | M | 59 A | R | S | L | O | N | G | A |
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60 S | N | A | P | S | 61 S | A | L | O | T | E |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,320
Across
1
___ to say. : THATIS
7
Beam. : SHAFT
12
African cape. : GOODHOPE
14
Hindu poet, Nobel prize winner, 1913. : TAGORE
16
Soho dweller. : LONDONER
17
Of a language group. : ITALIC
18
Where Patton fought: Abbr. : ETO
19
Former name of the Marianas. : LADRONE
21
East of Md. : DEL
22
Scandinavian. : NORSE
24
Where Windsor is: Abbr. : ONT
25
Clytemnestra's mother. : LEDA
26
Under one's ___ (in plain view). : NOSE
27
Knight of the Round Table. : BORS
29
Vive ___. : LEROI
30
Snare laid for an enemy. : AMBUSH
32
Secret love affair. : AMOUR
33
Outcome. : RESULT
35
Esoteric. : OCCULT
37
Eastern garments. : SARIS
38
Musical Cole. : PORTER
40
The best of a class, group, etc. : PRIDE
41
Stettin's river. : ODER
42
Snow measure. : INCH
46
Proportion. : RATE
47
Compass point. : SSE
48
Lizard: Comb. form. : SAURO
49
Canalled organ. : EAR
50
Begins to travel. : SETSOUT
53
Sesame. : TIL
54
Zoroastrian sacred writings. : AVESTA
56
Stately dance. : SARABAND
58
Microscopic plant: Bot. : DIATOM
59
___, vita brevis. : ARSLONGA
60
Cookies. : SNAPS
61
Tongan queen. : SALOTE
Down
1
Ultra: Slang. : TOOTOO
2
Special award for scholarly distinction. : HONORS
3
State further. : ADD
4
Oar pin. : THOLE
5
One of the Hebrides. : IONA
6
Hied. : SPED
7
Job of work. : STINT
8
Abominate. : HATE
9
Moslem title. : AGA
10
Mere nonsense. : FOLDEROL
11
Experimented with. : TRIEDOUT
12
Aviation's Curtiss. : GLENN
13
Box score items. : ERRORS
15
Dessert pastry. : ECLAIR
20
Not asea. : ONSHORE
23
Beach. : SEASIDE
25
Lost continent of the Indian Ocean. : LEMURIA
27
Large container: Abbr. : BBL
28
Border settlement. : OUTPOST
29
Trimming. : LACE
31
Ponder. : MUSE
33
Unusual person or thing. : RARAAVIS
34
Citizen of Asmara. : ERITREAN
36
Middle: Abbr. : CTR
37
Unfurl. : SPREAD
39
Black Sea port. : ODESSA
43
Nodding, as plants. : NUTANT
44
Cower. : CRINGE
45
___ candle to (be compared with). : HOLDA
47
Veins. : SEAMS
48
Put off by evasion: Colloq. : STALL
50
Cease. : STOP
51
Shell gear. : OARS
52
Heavenly bear. : URSA
55
Depot: Abbr. : STA
57
Scary sound. : BOO
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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