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Henry A. Wolfe
New York Times, Wednesday, July 4, 1956
29-Across : Half of a well-known vaudeville team.
Author:
Henry A. Wolfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Henry A. Wolfe has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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13 P | L | U | V | I | A | 14 T | A | M | I | A | M | I |
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24 A | M | A | S | 25 D | A | N | A | E | 26 O | R | L | Y |
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34 P | U | C | K | E | R | S | 35 R | C | A | 36 N | E | 37 F |
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38 S | E | T | I | 39 S | T | 40 R | I | A | 41 P | A | T | E |
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42 I | L | S | 43 S | L | O | E | S | 44 L | E | T | M | E |
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51 T | O | O | D | E | E | P | 52 A | L | I | E | N | S | ||
53 C | A | M | O | R | R | A | 54 Y | E | A | T | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,563
Across
1
Wide-awake. : ALERT
6
Weaverbird. : SPARROW
13
Rain: Latin. : PLUVIA
14
Scenic trail in Florida. : TAMIAMI
15
Creator of the Yokums. : ALCAPP
16
Riddles. : ENIGMAS
17
Like a bear. : URSINE
18
Oro y ___ (gold and silver). : PLATA
19
Roman general. : TITUS
20
Soothing. : BALMY
21
"Conning Tower" columnist. : FPA
24
Wine vessels. : AMAS
25
Mother of Perseus. : DANAE
26
Paris airport. : ORLY
27
Wallace's Ben. : HUR
28
Slippery fellow. : EEL
29
Half of a well-known vaudeville team. : MRSHEAN
31
Ornamental tuft. : TASSEL
33
Gen. Twining's concern. : AIRMEN
34
Gathers in folds. : PUCKERS
35
Sarnoff's firm. : RCA
36
Ship-shaped clock. : NEF
38
Father of Ramses II. : SETI
39
Narrow groove. : STRIA
41
Chief Leatherneck. : PATE
42
French pronoun. : ILS
43
Blackthorns. : SLOES
44
"___ go ... " : LETME
45
Not lift ___ (do nothing). : AHAND
46
Satan. : BELIAL
47
Uses. : EMPLOYS
50
Lack of color. : PALLOR
51
" ... expresses himself in terms ___ for me." : TOODEEP
52
Strangers. : ALIENS
53
Secret society dating from 1820. : CAMORRA
54
Irish poet. : YEATS
Down
1
Vaudeville's boastfull billing. : ALLSTARACTS
2
Gen. Clay. : LUCIUS
3
Admiral "Fighting Bob" ___. : EVANS
4
Mellow. : RIPE
5
___ dance. : TAP
6
"Star of the sea." : STELLAMARIS
7
Western continent. : PANAMERICA
8
Peace. : AMITY
9
Baltic port. : RIGA
10
Aries. : RAM
11
Boxer-actor Lee ___. : OMA
12
Badger State: Abbr. : WIS
13
Machine used in registration bets. : PARIMUTUEL
17
Where Provo is. : UTAH
18
God of fields. : PAN
20
Resort near Saratoga Springs. : BALLSTONSPA
21
Members of NATO. : FREENATIONS
22
An objective of spacemen. : PLANETMARS
23
Author Rand of "The Fountainhead." : AYN
25
Hero of 1841 novel. : DEERSLAYER
26
Electrical unit. : OHM
28
Sailing direction. : ESE
30
Lady of Spain: Abbr. : SRA
32
Winter sport adjunct. : SKI
34
Greek letter. : PSI
37
Touch. : FEEL
40
___ Schoendienst. : RED
41
Shot. : PELLET
43
Blacksmith. : SHOER
44
George Sand novel. : LELIA
45
Actor Ray. : ALDO
46
Compressed bundle. : BALE
47
Common abbreviation. : ETC
48
Extinct bird. : MOA
49
Bushy-tailed pet. : POM
50
Stipend. : PAY
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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