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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Thursday, September 12, 1957
25-Across : Vine with brittle pods.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { H J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 E | 3 A | 4 S | 5 M | 6 O | 7 R | 8 E | 9 S | 10 A | 11 G | 12 N | 13 I |
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14 A | I | N | U | 15 E | V | E | N | T | 16 C | R | A | M |
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17 F | R | O | N | 18 T | R | A | N | G | E | 19 C | A | R | P |
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20 T | E | N | T | A | C | L | E | 21 R | 22 O | U | N | D | S |
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23 A | G | A | S | 24 B | E | A | R | D | ||||||
25 P | 26 E | 27 A | N | U | T | 28 P | R | O | R | A | T | 29 E | 30 S |
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31 A | M | P | 32 S | O | 33 R | R | Y | 34 S | T | E | A | L |
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35 N | O | P | 36 E | 37 R | E | A | C | 38 T | 39 E | T | R | E |
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40 E | T | O | N | 41 S | 42 A | T | E | U | 43 P | 44 O | E | D |
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45 L | E | M | O | N | 46 A | D | E | 47 B | R | 48 A | N | D | S |
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49 A | R | E | N | A | 50 T | E | E | M | ||||||
51 M | 52 A | T | M | E | N | 53 F | I | R | E | A | 54 R | 55 M | 56 S |
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57 A | S | T | I | 58 A | 59 D | I | R | O | N | D | A | C | K |
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60 R | I | O | T | 61 L | A | D | E | S | 62 I | N | C | A |
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63 T | A | X | Y | 64 S | P | O | D | E | 65 S | K | I | T |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,998
Across
1
Parties. : TEAS
5
Folkways. : MORES
10
Vedic god of fire. : AGNI
14
Eastern aborigine. : AINU
15
Program item. : EVENT
16
Get ready for exams. : CRAM
17
Denver's view. : FRONTRANGE
19
Fish. : CARP
20
Squid's arm. : TENTACLE
21
Divisions of action. : ROUNDS
23
Officials in Turkey. : AGAS
24
Vandyke. : BEARD
25
Vine with brittle pods. : PEANUT
28
Divides equally. : PRORATES
31
Electrical unit: Abbr. : AMP
32
Word of apology. : SORRY
34
Filch. : STEAL
35
Slangy negative. : NOPE
37
Respond. : REACT
39
Basic French verb. : ETRE
40
Jackets. : ETONS
42
Devoured. : ATEUP
44
British lexicon: Abbr. : OED
45
Summer refreshment. : LEMONADE
47
Trade-marks. : BRANDS
49
Palaestra. : ARENA
50
Abound. : TEEM
51
Wrestlers: Slang. : MATMEN
53
Six-shooters. : FIREARMS
57
Italian wine town. : ASTI
58
New York vacation region. : ADIRONDACK
60
Run ___ (grow without control). : RIOT
61
Puts into a carrier. : LADES
62
Quechuan. : INCA
63
Arrangement: Comb. form. : TAXY
64
Fine china. : SPODE
65
Short piece of satire. : SKIT
Down
1
Sculptor Lorado. : TAFT
2
Gaelic land. : EIRE
3
Shortly. : ANON
4
Beach acquirement. : SUNTAN
5
Name on many maps. : MERCATOR
6
Certain shapes. : OVALS
7
M. Coty. : RENE
8
A language: Abbr. : ENG
9
Solid, firm: Comb. form. : STEREO
10
Exact. : ACCURATE
11
National park in Wyoming. : GRANDTETON
12
Sweet-smelling ointment. : NARD
13
Certain children. : IMPS
18
Lisbon's river. : TAGUS
22
Sweeps. : OARS
24
Utah's ___ Canyon. : BRYCE
25
Jury. : PANEL
26
Overplay. : EMOTE
27
Courthouse in the news, April 9, 1865. : APPOMATTOX
28
Talk idly. : PRATE
29
Auriculate. : EARED
30
Coasters. : SLEDS
33
"How to ___ Book." : READA
36
Great wickedness. : ENORMITY
38
Fragrant garden plant. : TUBEROSE
41
Old-time weapon. : SNEE
43
Prink. : PREEN
46
History. : ANNALS
48
Medieval romantic hero. : AMADIS
50
Enervated. : TIRED
51
Trading post. : MART
52
Great land mass. : ASIA
53
Canine name. : FIDO
54
Utter. : RANK
55
Year during the Dark Ages. : MCCI
56
Cards for three. : SKAT
59
Skip stones. : DAP
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.
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