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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Friday, July 5, 1957
20-Across : Seneca, Cayuga, etc.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 S | 6 H | 7 A | 8 H | 9 S | 10 T | 11 A | 12 R | 13 E |
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14 O | L | E | O | 15 P | A | R | A | 16 A | R | I | E | S |
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17 F | A | W | N | 18 A | L | C | I | 19 B | I | A | D | E | S |
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20 F | I | N | G | 21 E | R | L | A | K | E | S | 22 E | V | E |
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23 O | W | E | S | 24 S | H | 25 A | D | E | D |
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26 D | 27 O | 28 F | F | E | D | 29 M | 30 A | T | U | R | E | |||
31 A | M | I | S | S | 32 P | A | G | E | 33 I | C | 34 A | 35 L |
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36 F | A | R | O | 37 A | I | R | E | D | 38 S | A | L | E |
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39 T | R | E | N | 40 R | E | A | D | 41 A | T | M | A | N |
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42 E | G | 43 B | E | R | T | 44 D | R | A | P | E | S |
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45 V | 46 I | N | S | O | N | 47 S | O | A | R | |||||
48 A | R | G | 49 W | A | 50 L | 51 T | E | R | S | C | 52 O | 53 T | 54 T |
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55 S | A | I | 56 N | T | S | A | E | N | S | 57 H | I | Y | O |
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58 E | N | N | U | I | 59 M | A | N | E | 60 U | S | N | A |
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61 S | I | E | T | E | 62 B | R | A | T | 63 S | E | E | D |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,929
Across
1
Perchlike fish. : BASS
5
Ruler in Teheran. : SHAH
9
Take a long look. : STARE
14
Butterine. : OLEO
15
Brazilian city. : PARA
16
Constellation. : ARIES
17
Young animal. : FAWN
18
Athenian general, leader against Sparta, 418 B.C. : ALCIBIADES
20
Seneca, Cayuga, etc. : FINGERLAKES
22
Close of day. : EVE
23
Cherishes (a certain feeling) toward another. : OWES
24
Varied by degrees. : SHADED
26
Put aside. : DOFFED
29
Hollywood's Victor. : MATURE
31
Not quite right. : AMISS
32
Errand boy. : PAGE
33
Adjective suffix. : ICAL
36
Card game. : FARO
37
Made public. : AIRED
38
Rummage ___. : SALE
39
Train: Span. : TREN
40
Interpret. : READ
41
Soul: Hindu. : ATMAN
42
Early Saxon king. : EGBERT
44
Window dressing. : DRAPES
45
Former Chief Justice. : VINSON
47
Tower, as Everest. : SOAR
48
S. American country: Abbr. : ARG
49
Novelist of the romantic period. : WALTERSCOTT
55
Composer Charles Camille. : SAINTSAENS
57
"___, Silver!" : HIYO
58
Opposite of élan. : ENNUI
59
Lion's pride. : MANE
60
Midshipmen's institution. : USNA
61
Seven: Sp. : SIETE
62
Unruly child. : BRAT
63
___ pearl. : SEED
Down
1
Hearty laugh: Theatrical slang. : BOFF
2
Jai ___. : ALAI
3
Hemmed. : SEWN
4
Canticles. : SONGOFSONGS
5
Was merciful. : SPARED
6
Large buildings. : HALLS
7
Alms chest. : ARCA
8
Arab garment. : HAIK
9
Large island S of Korea. : SAISHU
10
Rhythmic syllable. : TRA
11
General's assistant. : AIDEDECAMP
12
Chaucer pilgrim. : REEVE
13
Ancient chariot. : ESSED
19
Defeated. : BESTED
21
Sheep. : EWES
25
Greek astronomer of 3d cen B. C. : ARISTARCHUS
26
Foolish. : DAFT
27
Persian name. : OMAR
28
Shade of bright red. : FIREENGINE
29
French revolutionist Jean Paul. : MARAT
30
Having many years. : AGED
32
Heavy column. : PIER
34
Wings. : ALAE
35
Eye part. : LENS
37
Hippodromes. : ARENAS
41
Armenian river. : ARAS
43
Neckware. : BOWTIE
44
English Channel county. : DORSET
45
Decorative containers. : VASES
46
Subjects of 5 Across. : IRANI
47
Plant of the pea family. : SENNA
50
Gentle creature. : LAMB
51
Rush around. : TEAR
52
Picardy river. : OISE
53
Northumberland river. : TYNE
54
Amphibian. : TOAD
56
Fruit. : NUT
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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