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Martha Brownlee
Martha Brownlee

New York Times, Thursday, August 15, 1957

37-Across : Cuckoopint.

Author:
Martha Brownlee
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Martha Brownlee has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,970
Across
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___ David, Ike's retreat. : CAMP
5
"Father of the Man." : CHILD
10
Former diplomat. : LUCE
14
Sandarac tree. : ARAR
15
Tonkin city. : HANOI
16
Footless animal. : APOD
17
Latvian port. : RIGA
18
Tie. : ASCOT
19
___ vault. : POLE
20
Latest possible hour. : ELEVENTH
22
Island in South China Sea. : HAINAN
24
Answer to a co-ed's prayer. : DATE
25
Pinochle play. : MELD
26
Hunting expedition. : SAFARI
29
Word made famous by Pres. Harding. : NORMALCY
33
Greek letter. : ETA
34
Noble Prize author. : LEWIS
36
Disconcerting look. : STARE
37
Cuckoopint. : ARUM
39
Playing cards. : SIXES
41
Apple tosser of myth. : ERIS
42
Fagged. : TIRED
44
Represented oneself as. : POSED
46
Teamster's command. : GEE
47
An individual: Colloq. : SPECIMEN
49
Truck sign: "No ___." : RIDERS
51
Rime. : HOAR
52
Details of a meal. : MENU
53
Land. : DEBARK
56
Bridge. : CONTRACT
60
Friend of Dmitri. : IVAN
61
Fallacies in logic. : IDOLA
63
___ B'rith. : BNAI
64
I saw: Lat. : VIDI
65
Rover. : NOMAD
66
Top. : ACME
67
Man's name. : ALEC
68
Type of drum. : SNARE
69
Poetic short form. : NEER
Down
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Overseas aid group. : CARE
2
Seed coat. : ARIL
3
Conjurer. : MAGE
4
Official publication in Moscow. : PRAVDA
5
Sea songs. : CHANTIES
6
Celerity. : HASTE
7
Measure. : INCH
8
Card game. : LOO
9
State of excitement. : DITHER
10
Stone to death. : LAPIDATE
11
Above. : UPON
12
Beverage flavoring. : COLA
13
Former P. M. : EDEN
21
Attlee's title. : EARL
23
Charitable gift. : ALMS
25
Biblical name. : MOSES
26
Benches. : SEATS
27
Hoisted up, as an anchor. : ATRIP
28
Former French Premier. : FAURE
29
Prominent Republican. : NIXON
30
Outsize. : LARGE
31
Town ___. : CRIER
32
Acceptances. : YESES
35
Car attachment. : WIPER
38
Skilled worker. : MECHANIC
40
Piece of music. : SERENADE
43
Christian of fashions. : DIOR
45
Nick. : DINT
48
Former British Ambassador to U. S. : MAKINS
50
City on coast of Natal, So. Africa. : DURBAN
52
Tooth. : MOLAR
53
Aria singer. : DIVA
54
Nefarious. : EVIL
55
Ordered. : BADE
56
Insensibility. : COMA
57
Common suffix. : ANCE
58
"___ the dawn." : CAME
59
Child's pinafore. : TIER
62
Fellow in an English university. : DON

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

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