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Adelyn Lewis
Adelyn Lewis

New York Times, Friday, August 13, 1976

55-Across : ___ way (nix)

Author:
Adelyn Lewis
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J K V X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Adelyn Lewis has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,862
Across
1
Eliza's creator : SHAW
5
Zoo attraction : PANDA
10
Malay native: Abbr. : EIND
14
English poet : POPE
15
Dejected, old style : AMORT
16
Celebes ox : ANOA
17
Iowa city : AMES
18
Gables of Florida : CORAL
19
Hindu goddess : SHRI
20
Eskimos' ordeals : NORTHERNWINTERS
23
Sobbing : TEARY
24
Eagle's nest : AERIE
25
Gushes : SPURTS
27
Support : BUTTRESS
30
Gulls' kin : TERNS
31
Yes-man : MINION
32
Part of a ship : STEM
33
French sculptor : RODIN
34
Quo's partner : QUID
38
Breakfast dish : OMELET
40
Imprecation : CURSE
41
Stopped at a gas station : REFUELED
44
One of the Furies : ALECTO
45
Collars : ETONS
46
Disconcert : ABASH
47
Jimmy Carter, for one : SOUTHERNBAPTIST
53
New Deal bill of 1933 : NIRA
54
Get help on an exam : CHEAT
55
___ way (nix) : INNO
56
Et ___ : ALII
57
Nobel novelist Hermann : HESSE
58
Cassini : OLEG
59
Famous Quaker : PENN
60
Havens : OASES
61
U.S. humorist and family : NYES
Down
1
Pair of horses : SPAN
2
Word with ecce : HOMO
3
Opening : APERTURE
4
Whitney or Shasta : WESTERNMOUNTAIN
5
Some horses : PACERS
6
"Last Resorts" author : AMORY
7
Teutonic goddess : NORN
8
Poker or string : DRAW
9
King of the Huns : ATLI
10
European dilemma of the 1800's : EASTERNQUESTION
11
Belong : INHERE
12
Tennessee dam : NORRIS
13
Platforms : DAISES
21
Cardinals' are red : HATS
22
Org. set up in 1949 : NATO
25
Peter and Paul: Abbr. : STS
26
Favorite : PET
27
Waited : BIDED
28
One : UNIT
29
Kind of cup or ear : TIN
31
Breakwater : MOLE
33
Magnetic force: Abbr. : REL
35
Like a roguish child : URCHINLY
36
Adherent: Suffix : IST
37
___ volente : DEO
39
Fit together : MESH
40
Loud noise : CLAP
41
Fasten again : RESNAP
42
Paris's Place de l'___ : ETOILE
43
___ hand (tie) : FOURIN
44
Subsides : ABATES
46
Degrade : ABASE
48
Repeat : ECHO
49
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
50
Promontory : NESS
51
Partner of snick : SNEE
52
Clothes : TOGS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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