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Marvin Aledort
New York Times, Friday, January 10, 1964
27-Down : Holding: Fr.
Author:
Marvin Aledort
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has duplicate clues.
Marvin Aledort has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 I | 2 P | 3 S | 4 O | 5 E | 6 W | 7 E | 8 R | 9 B | 10 I | 11 B |
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12 N | E | H | R | 13 U | 14 O | R | A | T | E | 15 A | T | E |
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16 F | R | E | N | C | 17 H | F | R | I | E | D | 18 K | E | N |
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19 O | L | A | F | 20 T | R | I | 21 R | E | M | E |
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22 E | 23 S | T | A | T | E | 24 E | N | D | E | D | ||||
25 S | A | P | 26 E | N | 27 T | R | A | 28 D | A | 29 C | 30 E |
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31 T | R | A | 32 V | 33 E | R | S | E | 34 L | 35 A | D | L | E | S |
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36 A | N | N | E | S | 37 E | N | 38 E | 39 D | E | A | L | T |
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40 R | E | I | N | E | 41 S | 42 U | N | 43 D | E | R | S | E | A |
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44 E | R | S | E | 45 A | 46 N | E | A | R | 47 K | R | S |
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48 H | E | 49 C | T | O | 50 B | I | 51 S | 52 C | A | Y | ||||
53 R | 54 E | F | R | A | C | T | 55 L | E | T | O | ||||
56 E | L | L | 57 C | H | I | 58 N | E | S | E | D | 59 A | 60 T | 61 E |
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62 A | B | A | 63 A | M | O | R | S | 64 W | A | X | E | D |
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65 P | E | G | 66 O | O | N | A | 67 S | E | A | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,276
Across
1
___ facto. : IPSO
5
Pitcher. : EWER
9
Neckwear of a sort. : BIB
12
Famed Indian. : NEHRU
14
Hold forth. : ORATE
15
Had 51 Down. : ATE
16
Like some potatoes. : FRENCHFRIED
18
Range of vision. : KEN
19
Norwegian name. : OLAF
20
Galley. : TRIREME
22
Property. : ESTATE
24
Fini. : ENDED
25
Juice. : SAP
26
Come in: Sp. : ENTRA
28
Golden shiner. : DACE
31
Cross. : TRAVERSE
34
Tureen adjuncts. : LADLES
36
Two of Henry VIII's wives. : ANNES
37
Compass point. : ENE
39
Distributed. : DEALT
40
Queens: Fr. : REINES
42
Submarine. : UNDERSEA
44
Irish. : ERSE
45
Keep ___ to the ground. : ANEAR
47
Chess pieces: Abbr. : KRS
48
A hundred: Prefix. : HECTO
50
Biarritz's bay. : BISCAY
53
Deflect, as light. : REFRACT
55
Apollo's mother. : LETO
56
House wing. : ELL
57
Tree whose leaves feed silkworms. : CHINESEDATE
62
Arab garment. : ABA
63
Cherubs. : AMORS
64
Grew. : WAXED
65
Cribbage board marker. : PEG
66
Chaplin's wife. : OONA
67
Waves. : SEAS
Down
1
Army branch: Abbr. : INF
2
Through. : PER
3
Pronoun. : SHE
4
Ready ___. : ORNOT
5
Misdo. : ERR
6
Salver. : WAITER
7
Everlasting. : ETERNAL
8
Decorated again. : REDID
9
Dessert. : BAKEDALASKA
10
Detail. : ITEM
11
Good, in Italy. : BENE
13
West Coast campus. : UCLA
14
Misdeed. : OFFENSE
17
Misanthrope. : HATER
21
Rosier. : REDDER
22
Breadwinner. : EARNER
23
California rockfish. : SPANISHFLAG
25
Ogle. : STARE
27
Holding: Fr. : TENUE
29
Vegetable. : CELERY
30
These: Sp. : ESTAS
32
Superficial appearance. : VENEER
33
Compass point. : ESE
35
Suffix with lemon and lime. : ADE
38
Makes possible. : ENABLES
41
Louis Armstrong. : SATCHMO
43
Does the dishes. : DRIES
46
Whim. : NOTION
49
Chocolate bean. : CACAO
51
Irish ___. : STEW
52
Musical finales. : CODAS
53
Get a return. : REAP
54
German river. : ELBE
58
CCC contemporary. : NRA
59
Tool. : AXE
60
Oolong. : TEA
61
Newspapermen: Abbr. : EDS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 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.