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Richard E. Lawlor
Richard E. Lawlor

New York Times, Monday, January 24, 1955

35-Down : What Nevada means.

Author:
Richard E. Lawlor
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,036
Across
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Elderly kill-joy. : FOGY
5
Speedy plane or ship. : CHASER
11
Actress Palmer. : LILLI
12
Antidote for icy pavements. : ROCKSALT
15
Vigorous, in Old English. : HARDIE
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Accomplisher. : ACHIEVER
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Standout war pilot. : ACE
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Something electric for cold nights. : BLANKET
20
Miss Gardner. : AVA
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___ Sea of Antarctica. : ROSS
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Loses moisture. : DRIES
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Jewel. : GEM
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Girl's name. : ANITA
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Florida islet. : CAY
28
Cub. : WHELP
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Pertaining to the stars. : SIDEREAL
32
Italian pronoun. : MIO
33
Symbol of power. : SCEPTRE
34
Catalogs again. : RELISTS
38
A trio. : III
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Spell of freezing weather. : COLDSNAP
40
Place for a billet-doux. : POSTE
43
Weep. : SOB
44
Pore in a leaf. : STOMA
45
Agent: Abbr. : AGT
46
Single-masted craft. : SLOOP
48
Water bird. : SWAN
49
Eskimo ___. : PIE
50
Refuge from icy blasts. : SHELTER
52
Clerk: Abbr. : CLK
53
Time of day: Poet. : EVENTIDE
55
Communications. : CABLES
57
Detroit's team (see 6 Down). : REDWINGS
58
Reference book. : ATLAS
59
Easy ___. : STREET
60
Necessity. : NEED
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Where folks keep warm. : FIRESIDE
2
Hoary. : OLD
3
Slickly loquacious. : GLIB
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Product of the earth. : YIELD
5
Concerning the skull. : CRANIAL
6
Winter sport. : HOCKEY
7
Gives pain. : ACHES
8
Brief, pointed theatrical. : SKIT
9
Suffix indicating origin. : ESE
10
Lay waste. : RAVAGE
11
Economical with words. : LACONIC
13
Evenly horizontal. : LEVEL
14
Vagrant. : TRAMP
15
Persecute with petty annoyances. : HARASS
19
Alms boxes. : ARCAE
22
___ up (increase speed). : STEPIT
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Man's nickname. : ARTIE
28
Uncharted regions. : WILDS
29
Raises. : HOISTS
31
Joseph Lincoln's Cap'n. : ERI
32
Ott or Parnell. : MEL
34
Almost-human automaton. : ROBOT
35
What Nevada means. : SNOWCLAD
36
Mexican corn-meal cakes. : TAMALES
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Chastises. : SPANKS
39
Least torrid. : COOLEST
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Product of Canada. : PAPER
41
Rib of a Gothic arch. : OGIVE
42
Mounts for knights-errant. : STEEDS
43
Dog-drawn ice vehicle. : SLEDGE
46
Glitter. : SHINE
47
Relative of the hickory. : PECAN
50
Show signs of life. : STIR
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Evaluate. : RATE
54
Northwest Territory: Abbr. : NWT
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Wheat: French. : BLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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