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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Tuesday, January 13, 1959

2-Down : Jolly sound.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,469
Across
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Jezebel's spouse. : AHAB
5
___ d'oeuvre. : HORS
9
Unvarnished. : PLAIN
14
Capitol feature. : DOME
15
Shallowest Great Lake. : ERIE
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Boca ___, near Palm Beach. : RATON
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Swindler's scheme. : SHELLGAME
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Sheeplike. : OVINE
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Nonfiction bestseller. : ONLYINAMERICA
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Type. : SORT
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Attendant to Cleopatra. : IRAS
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Feature of a solar eclipse. : CORONA
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Something to see through. : KNOTHOLE
31
Expands. : OPENS
32
A Gabor. : MAGDA
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Negative. : NAY
34
Metallic sound. : PING
35
Wood for furniture. : MAPLE
36
Surrender. : CEDE
37
Common suffix. : ENT
38
Golf club: Var. : MASHY
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More foxy. : SLIER
40
Sweets. : DESSERTS
42
Window shutters. : BLINDS
43
At all. : ONCE
44
Baby buggy. : PRAM
45
Yuri of fiction. : DOCTORZHIVAGO
50
Role in "Pagliacci" : CANIO
51
Sound effects in movies. : FOOTSTEPS
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Part of a church. : ALTAR
54
Poetic preposition. : UNTO
55
Zoological suffix. : INAE
56
Stringed instruments. : VIOLS
57
City in Mexico. : LEON
58
Breton. : CELT
Down
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Harbingers of sales. : ADS
2
Jolly sound. : HOHO
3
So be it. : AMEN
4
Diva's delight, in "Lakmé." : BELLSONG
5
Mohammed's flight, 622 A. D. : HEGIRA
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Praying figure. : ORANT
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Terza ___. : RIMA
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To all appearances. : SEEMINGLY
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In proportion. : PRORATA
10
Unstinted. : LAVISH
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Of: Suffix. : ATIC
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One of the Hebrides. : IONA
13
Compass point. : NNE
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City on the Rhone. : LYONS
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Wear away. : ERODE
24
Wearing a cloak. : COPED
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Humorously, to think. : OPINE
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Lets. : RENTS
27
Hebrew letters. : KAPHS
28
"___ a million." : ONEIN
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Bailed. : LADED
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Oglers. : EYERS
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Dominating. : MASTERFUL
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Polo. : MARCO
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Of prevailing weather. : CLIMATIC
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Advisers. : MENTORS
39
Europeans. : SLAVS
41
Get-together. : SOCIAL
42
Englishman. : BRITON
44
Snap. : PHOTO
45
Mustachioed surrealist. : DALI
46
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
47
Sector. : ZONE
48
Inheritor factor. : GENE
49
Gem. : OPAL
50
"___ and Pag," perennial opera bill. : CAV
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Tennis unit. : SET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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