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James E. Hinish Jr.
James E. Hinish Jr.

New York Times, Tuesday, January 15, 1963

9-Down : Murmurs.

Author:
James E. Hinish, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { C F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
James E. Hinish, Jr. is an alias for James E. Hinish Jr..
David Steinberg notes:

Clue for 32-Across, DELE, was "Printer's sing." Changed it to "Printer's sign."

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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,927
Across
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Brewing mixture. : MASH
5
Part of a coat. : LAPEL
10
"High Tor," for example. : PLAY
14
Et ___. : ALII
15
One of the muses. : ERATO
16
Wing: Fr. : AILE
17
Smack. : TANG
18
Alfred Noyes subject. : HIGHWAYMAN
20
Lunar effect. : HIGHTIDE
22
Club steak. : TBONE
23
Days, in Berlin. : TAGE
24
Person. : SOUL
25
Part of the leg. : THIGH
27
Type of dwelling. : BUNGALOW
31
Counterfeits. : SHAMS
32
Printer's sign. : DELE
33
Time. : ERA
34
Buffalo's waterfront. : ERIE
35
Subject of a Poe poem. : BELLS
36
High ground. : HILL
37
Of age, Lat. abbr. : AET
38
Port on Formosa Strait. : AMOY
39
Hero of Scott novel. : NIGEL
40
Spiritual refrain. : SWINGLOW
43
Stock market quotations. : HIGHS
44
Objectives. : AIMS
45
Wind sound. : SIGH
46
Subway. : METRO
48
Railroad signal for full speed ahead. : HIGHBALL
52
School of a sort. : SENIORHIGH
54
Stir up. : ROIL
55
Preposition. : UNTO
56
Soissons' river. : AISNE
57
United. : ONED
58
Scorch. : BURN
59
"___, c'est moi." : LETAT
60
Unites. : WEDS
Down
1
School subject, for short. : MATH
2
Jai ___. : ALAI
3
Rejoice. : SING
4
None too soon. : HIGHTIME
5
River in Pennsylvania. : LEHIGH
6
Take for ___ (deceive). : ARIDE
7
Hotel employee. : PAGE
8
Verb suffix. : ETH
9
Murmurs. : LOWTONES
10
Money, a la mode. : PAYOLA
11
Delineate. : LIMN
12
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
13
Money on the Ginza. : YEN
19
Snug as ___ ... : ABUG
21
Gives a name to. : TAGS
24
Tarnish. : SULLY
25
Tossed. : THREW
26
Where to spend a gourde. : HAITI
27
Inferior to. : BELOW
28
Poet Hunt. : LEIGH
29
Heraldic chaplets. : ORLES
30
High barrier. : WALL
31
High ___. : SEAS
32
Greek populace. : DEMOS
35
Royal retreat in the highlands. : BALMORAL
36
Intellectual of sorts. : HIGHBROW
39
Close at hand. : NIGH
41
U.N. member. : NATION
42
Aircraft. : GIRO
43
Scottish-American writer. : HIGHET
45
Marks: Lat. : SIGNA
46
Headwaiter's concern. : MENU
47
___'acte. : ENTR
48
School subject: Abbr. : HIST
49
Top-notch. : AONE
50
German lyric. : LIED
51
Honorary degrees. : LLDS
52
Lower: Prefix. : SUB
53
Hurry. : HIE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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