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Geraldine W. King
Geraldine W. King

New York Times, Monday, July 8, 1957

25-Across : Diamond term.

Author:
Geraldine King
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Geraldine W. King has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Geraldine King is an alias for Geraldine W. King.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,932
Across
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Load. : PACK
5
Russian log hut. : ISBA
9
Quarrel. : SPAT
13
Actor in "Love Me Tender." : EGAN
14
Unfermented grape juice. : STUM
15
The newest state. : GHANA
16
Franks, Slavs, etc. : EUROPEANS
18
Direction. : NORTH
19
Songbird. : REDWING
20
Fishing boat. : TRAWLER
22
Shelf. : LEDGE
24
Function. : USE
25
Diamond term. : ONBASE
28
Stand for holding glass, china, etc. : DISHRACK
33
Carnivorous mammal: Colloq. : COON
34
Lower in rank. : DEMOTE
36
1051. : MLI
37
Lacking taste. : CRUDE
39
Bosh. : ROT
40
Mme. de ___. : STAEL
42
Branch of armed forces: Abbr. : USN
43
Things miraculously applied. : MANNAS
46
State: Fr. : ETAT
47
Hung again. : REDRAPED
49
Rockers. : CHAIRS
51
Number. : ONE
52
Get out! : SCRAM
54
Fanfare. : TANTARA
58
Ratlike animal. : HAMSTER
62
Here and there. : ABOUT
63
Substance for making griddles. : SOAPSTONE
65
Dried fruit. : PRUNE
66
Concerning. : INRE
67
Chemical suffix. : ENOL
68
Karachi is its capital. : SIND
69
Passing fashions. : FADS
70
Cheerful. : ROSY
Down
1
Equal. : PEER
2
A chill. : AGUE
3
Club or spade. : CARD
4
Minority leader in Senate. : KNOWLAND
5
"The song ___ ... " : ISENDED
6
Alonzo of football fame. : STAGG
7
Roll. : BUN
8
City on the Zuider Zee: Abbr. : AMST
9
Party for the bride. : SHOWER
10
Legislative assembly: Abbr. : PARL
11
Status quo ___. : ANTE
12
Wild goat. : TAHR
15
Grinds the teeth together. : GNASHES
17
Mixes up, as type. : PIES
21
Reddish color. : RUST
23
Author of "Drums Along the Mohawk." : EDMONDS
25
Come to mind. : OCCUR
26
Language of the Vikings. : NORSE
27
Headed (for). : BOUND
29
Greek letter. : IOTA
30
Famous violin. : AMATI
31
Positive. : CLEAR
32
Uniform in certain British regiments. : KILTS
35
Sea bird. : ERNE
38
Come forth. : EMANATE
41
Member of a union. : TEAMSTER
44
Imitator. : APER
45
Embarrassing situations. : SCRAPES
48
Sonorous. : ROTUND
50
Amateur radio operators. : HAMS
53
Vegetable. : CHARD
54
Bugle call. : TAPS
55
Shelter: Fr. : ABRI
56
Part of speech. : NOUN
57
Supposing. : ASIF
59
___ purpose. : TONO
60
Biblical name. : ENOS
61
Count (on). : RELY
64
Go off ___ tangent. : ONA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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