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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Tuesday, September 24, 1963
40-Across : Buzzes around.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 T | 4 T | 5 F | 6 A | 7 H | 8 R | 9 G | 10 R | 11 O | 12 V | 13 E |
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14 M | L | I | I | 15 I | S | E | E | 16 L | E | M | O | N |
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17 E | A | R | M | 18 A | R | K | E | D | 19 O | F | A | L | L |
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20 W | E | E | S | M | A | L | L | 21 H | O | U | R | S | ||
22 W | O | E | 23 S | E | A | M | S | |||||||
24 S | 25 E | 26 C | O | N | D | 27 T | R | E | E | 28 T | 29 O | 30 P |
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31 A | C | A | R | E | 32 D | 33 A | T | E | D | 34 U | P | A |
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35 L | O | R | N | 36 C | A | P | E | S | 37 T | R | E | S |
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38 I | L | O | 39 S | A | Y | E | R | 40 W | H | I | R | S |
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41 C | E | L | 42 L | A | R | S | 43 A | R | E | N | A | E |
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44 E | R | E | C | 45 T | 46 L | I | Q | |||||||
47 U | 48 P | T | O | T | H | E | 49 M | I | N | U | 50 T | 51 E | ||
52 P | R | O | S | Y | 53 O | R | A | N | G | E | A | D | 54 E |
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55 S | A | M | B | A | 56 O | R | N | E | 57 E | M | I | T |
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58 A | L | P | E | N | 59 L | A | Y | S | 60 N | E | T | H |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,168
Across
1
Start of the N.T. : MATT
5
Cent.'s relative. : FAHR
9
Stand of trees. : GROVE
14
Date in the Middle Ages. : MLII
15
Words of comprehension. : ISEE
16
Flavoring substance. : LEMON
17
Reserved. : EARMARKED
19
Most ___. : OFALL
20
Time. : WEESMALLHOURS
22
Trouble. : WOE
23
Wrinkles. : SEAMS
24
Trice. : SECOND
27
Part of a palm. : TREETOP
31
Not ___ in the world. : ACARE
32
Passé. : DATED
34
___ tree. : UPA
35
Bereft, once. : LORN
36
Charles and Ann. : CAPES
37
Very: Fr. : TRES
38
Labor group. : ILO
39
Word following "sooth" or "gain." : SAYER
40
Buzzes around. : WHIRS
41
Stores, as wines. : CELLARS
43
Places for contests: Lat. : ARENAE
44
Upstanding. : ERECT
46
Water: Abbr. : LIQ
47
The latest. : UPTOTHEMINUTE
52
Dull. : PROSY
53
Thirst quencher. : ORANGEADE
55
Dance. : SAMBA
56
French department. : ORNE
57
Send out. : EMIT
58
Certain mountains: Ger. : ALPEN
59
Poems. : LAYS
60
North Sea land: Abbr. : NETH
Down
1
___ Nhu. : MME
2
"There ought to be ___." : ALAW
3
Weary. : TIRE
4
Eroded. : TIMEWORN
5
Steadied. : FIRMED
6
___ favor. : ASKA
7
Spikes of a sort. : HEELS
8
Memorable (day). : REDLETTER
9
Was dejected. : GLOOMED
10
Turn down. : REFUSE
11
Eastern name. : OMAR
12
Tennesseans. : VOLS
13
Photographer's abbreviation. : ENL
18
___ man (in unison). : ASONE
21
Hounds' quarry. : HARES
24
Of certain Franks. : SALIC
25
French school. : ECOLE
26
Song. : CAROL
28
Italian city. : TURIN
29
"Fidelio." : OPERA
30
Dated. : PASSE
32
Where most children go. : DAYSCHOOL
33
Imitate. : APE
36
Editor's mark. : CARET
37
Part of a Canadian toast. : THEQUEEN
39
His name is "Aram." : SAROYAN
40
Twist forcibly. : WRING
42
Leaves untouched. : LETSBE
43
Straightens. : ALINES
45
___ cotta. : TERRA
47
River to the Caspian. : URAL
48
Stately display. : POMP
49
Large number. : MANY
50
Unexciting. : TAME
51
Blue-pencil. : EDIT
52
O.T. book. : PSA
54
Old verb ending. : ETH
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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