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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Wednesday, September 12, 1956
5-Across : Extent.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B H Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 I | 3 G | 4 S | 5 S | 6 C | 7 O | 8 P | 9 E | 10 P | 11 A | 12 G | 13 E |
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14 A | R | I | A | 15 T | A | M | I | L | 16 A | V | O | N |
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17 P | A | R | L | 18 I | A | M | E | N | T | 19 R | A | N | T |
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20 E | N | D | A | N | G | E | R | 21 O | 22 R | A | N | G | E |
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23 M | A | L | L | 24 F | R | O | S | T | ||||||
25 M | 26 O | 27 R | I | N | I | 28 P | R | O | D | I | G | 29 A | 30 L |
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31 O | L | E | 32 E | N | 33 J | O | Y | 34 S | T | A | G | E |
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35 W | I | P | 36 E | 37 E | A | S | E | 38 D | 39 E | R | N | O |
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40 E | V | E | R | 41 T | 42 C | E | R | E | 43 S | 44 D | E | R |
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45 D | E | R | R | I | 46 C | K | S | 47 S | T | 48 R | E | S | A |
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49 T | A | G | U | S | 50 P | E | R | U | ||||||
51 S | 52 O | O | N | E | R | 53 A | R | R | A | N | 54 G | 55 E | 56 D |
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57 E | M | I | T | 58 V | 59 A | N | I | T | Y | F | A | I | R |
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60 C | A | R | R | 61 E | L | I | D | E | 62 O | M | N | I |
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63 T | R | E | Y | 64 T | A | L | E | R | 65 R | E | S | P |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,633
Across
1
Sets of fishhooks. : JIGS
5
Extent. : SCOPE
10
Errand boy in the Senate. : PAGE
14
Verdi specialty. : ARIA
15
Dravidian of India or Ceylon. : TAMIL
16
Rugby's river. : AVON
17
Group assembling in Westminster Palace. : PARLIAMENT
19
Carry on. : RANT
20
Put in peril. : ENDANGER
21
Juliana's House. : ORANGE
23
Tree-lined walk. : MALL
24
Four-time Pulitzer Prize poet. : FROST
25
Violinist Erica. : MORINI
28
Lavish. : PRODIGAL
31
Comedian Olsen. : OLE
32
Have the use of. : ENJOY
34
Siobhan McKenna's field. : STAGE
35
After wash. : WIPE
37
Moved by careful shifting. : EASED
39
Hungarian man's name. : ERNO
40
Turn outward. : EVERT
42
Agricultural goddess. : CERES
44
German article. : DER
45
Frameworks over oil wells. : DERRICKS
47
Resort town on Lago Maggiore. : STRESA
49
Lisbon's river. : TAGUS
50
Where Pizarro landed, 1532. : PERU
51
Man from Ponca City. : SOONER
53
Adapted, as music. : ARRANGED
57
Send out. : EMIT
58
"A Novel Without a Hero," 1848. : VANITYFAIR
60
Alias Carter Dickson. : CARR
61
Leave out. : ELIDE
62
All: Comb. form. : OMNI
63
After the deuce. : TREY
64
Old German silver coin. : TALER
65
A defendant, in law: Abbr. : RESP
Down
1
Mock. : JAPE
2
Where the Elburz Mountains are. : IRAN
3
Surround. : GIRD
4
Sandwich filler. : SALAMI
5
Certain men, at a dance. : STAGLINE
6
Zoo attraction. : CAMEL
7
Hebrew measure. : OMER
8
Badge. : PIN
9
Escamillo's opponent. : ELTORO
10
Sycophant. : PARASITE
11
Extremely modern. : AVANTGARDE
12
Percussion instrument. : GONG
13
Heraldic term. : ENTE
18
Without meaning. : INANE
22
Shafts. : RODS
24
Chicken for Sunday. : FRYER
25
Scythed. : MOWED
26
Fruit tree. : OLIVE
27
Stock company's offerings. : REPERTOIRE
28
Sets up, as a problem. : POSES
29
Saint of Jan 21. : AGNES
30
Mrs. Arrowsmith. : LEORA
33
Children's game. : JACKS
36
Business before the Round Table. : ERRANTRY
38
Long-time AWOL. : DESERTER
41
Buster Brown's dog. : TIGE
43
Wandering. : STRAY
46
Frisky leap. : CURVET
48
___ your life! : RUNFOR
50
Best of a class or group. : PRIDE
51
Splinter group. : SECT
52
The Tentmaker. : OMAR
53
Indigo. : ANIL
54
Saturday diversion. : GAME
55
Before zwei. : EINS
56
Coffee-making method. : DRIP
59
State: Abbr. : ALA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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