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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

New York Times, Monday, January 25, 1954

45-Down : Ended.

Author:
Willard Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Willard Jordan is an alias for Willard N. Jordan.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,672
Across
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Full of butter, sugar, cream, etc. : RICH
5
Prominent golfer. : BOROS
10
Football player. : BACK
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___ fixe. : IDEE
15
Wage boost. : RAISE
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Where the fleet is. : ASEA
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Den of the "Golden Bears." : CALIFORNIA
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Force or exertion. : DINT
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Soprano Varnay. : ASTRID
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Gov. Byrnes' U. N. status. : DELEGATE
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She threw an apple. : ERIS
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Latest fashion. : RAGE
26
F. O. A. director and family. : STASSENS
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Standard. : NORMAL
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Author Fannie. : HURST
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Oh dear! : AHME
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Forefather. : SIRE
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Immortal Giant. : OTT
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Hollywood landmark. : CIROS
40
Constellation. : ARA
41
Utter defeat. : ROUT
43
Diminutive suffixes. : ULES
44
Holy men of Tibet. : LAMAS
46
Slip-ups. : ERRORS
48
Extremely bad: Colloq. : DEVILISH
50
Goes bad. : ROTS
52
Threshold. : SILL
53
Modern. : UPTODATE
57
Reduced speed. : SLOWED
61
Disrupted. : TORN
62
Historic theory in physics. : RELATIVITY
64
Landed. : ALIT
65
Actress Paget. : DEBRA
66
Actress Best. : EDNA
67
___ sapiens (human being). : HOMO
68
Bangs. : SLAMS
69
Decipher. : READ
Down
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Costa ___. : RICA
2
Miss Lupino and others. : IDAS
3
Breton. : CELT
4
Girl with a million dollar future. : HEIRESS
5
Holder of East River high jump. : BRODIE
6
Scull. : OAR
7
Part of a watermelon. : RIND
8
Wicker or withe. : OSIER
9
Routes for the Queens. : SEALANES
10
Wisconsin's football squad. : BADGERS
11
Committee for Free ___. : ASIA
12
Per ___. : CENT
13
She sings "I Hate Men." : KATE
18
Adjective for Washington. : FIRST
22
Part of the psyche. : EGO
24
Slow-mover. : SNAIL
26
She sings torch songs. : SHORE
27
Teaching assistant. : TUTOR
28
Conductor Rodzinski. : ARTUR
29
Small strip. : SHRED
31
Orange Bowl's locale. : MIAMI
32
Pas-de-Calais city. : ARRAS
33
Hold in check. : LEASH
36
93-year-old painter. : MOSES
39
Pie fillings. : CUSTARDS
42
Where the "Maple Leafs" hail from. : TORONTO
44
Mrs. Rex Harrison. : LILLI
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Ended. : ALLOVER
47
16½ feet. : ROD
49
Mental views. : VISTAS
51
Material for a rolling mill. : STEEL
53
Where the Rainbow Bridge is. : UTAH
54
Game played in chukkers. : POLO
55
Shipshape. : TRIM
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Napoleon's "Empire," 1814-15. : ELBA
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Extensive. : WIDE
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Lab burner. : ETNA
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Couple or pair. : DYAD
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Branch. : ARM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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