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Jo Bodle
New York Times, Monday, January 30, 1956
50-Down : Opposite of sew.
Author:
Jo Bodle
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jo Bodle has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 L | 3 U | 4 B | 5 P | 6 A | 7 M | 8 I | 9 R | 10 A | 11 H | 12 O | 13 Y |
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14 P | I | C | A | 15 A | B | I | D | E | 16 H | E | R | E |
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17 A | M | U | R | 18 M | E | L | O | D | 19 R | A | M | A | S |
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20 S | A | T | R | 21 A | P | 22 E | L | S | A | 23 A | T | E |
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24 E | M | E | 25 E | R | 26 A | T | 27 O | N | E | S |
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28 P | 29 O | 30 S | T | E | R | S | 31 S | I | T | E | ||||
32 O | M | I | T | S | 33 S | 34 A | L | L | Y | R | 35 A | 36 N | 37 D |
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38 R | A | G | 39 S | A | L | E | S | 40 C | U | E |
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41 E | R | N | 42 I | 43 E | P | Y | L | E | 44 A | 45 P | R | I | L |
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46 A | L | A | S | 47 P | 48 A | P | E | E | T | E |
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49 S | 50 U | 51 N | L | I | T | 52 T | Y | R | O | L | ||||
53 I | N | E | 54 A | U | 55 T | O | 56 I | D | I | 57 O | 58 T | 59 S |
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60 G | R | A | 61 S | S | L | A | N | 62 D | S | 63 C | L | O | P |
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64 H | I | L | O | 65 A | L | G | A | E | 66 A | L | M | A |
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67 S | P | E | W | 68 S | E | A | M | S | 69 N | A | B | S |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,407
Across
1
Black trefoil on a card. : CLUB
5
High plateau in Asia. : PAMIR
10
Nautical term. : AHOY
14
Type size. : PICA
15
Remain. : ABIDE
16
The present. : HERE
17
River in Asia. : AMUR
18
Theater-goers' fare. : MELODRAMAS
20
Persian governor. : SATRAP
22
Operatic role. : ELSA
23
Used up. : ATE
24
Turkish ruler. : EMEER
26
Makes amends. : ATONES
28
Advance announcements. : POSTERS
31
Scene. : SITE
32
Leaves out. : OMITS
33
Well-known name in dancing. : SALLYRAND
38
Piece of music. : RAG
39
Box office business. : SALES
40
Signal. : CUE
41
Author of "Brave Men." : ERNIEPYLE
44
"___ in Paris." : APRIL
46
Where Anchorage is: Abbr. : ALAS
47
South Seas port. : PAPEETE
49
Bright. : SUNLIT
52
Austrian province. : TYROL
53
Feminine suffix. : INE
54
Beach wagon. : AUTO
56
"___ Delight," by Robert Sherwood. : IDIOTS
60
Pastures. : GRASSLANDS
63
Sound of a hoofbeat. : CLOP
64
Chief city of Hawaii. : HILO
65
Seaweeds. : ALGAE
66
Soprano Gluck. : ALMA
67
Eject. : SPEW
68
Strata of ore. : SEAMS
69
Captures. : NABS
Down
1
Auditors. : CPAS
2
South American capital. : LIMA
3
Shaped like a patch pocket. : UCUT
4
Mrs. Browning's maiden name. : BARRETT
5
Coddle. : PAMPER
6
"Honest ___." : ABE
7
Runner. : MILER
8
Much-admired one. : IDOL
9
"___ in the Sunset." : REDSAILS
10
Villain's opening word. : AHA
11
Stalwart hero. : HEMAN
12
Declaim. : ORATE
13
Expressions of agreement. : YESES
19
Rodent-infested. : RATTY
21
Iowa town. : AMES
25
George Orwell's forte. : ESSAYS
27
Over: Poet. : OER
28
Read carefully (with "over"). : PORE
29
Bread-and-wine poet. : OMAR
30
Engage by written contract. : SIGN
31
One of Snow White's friends. : SLEEPY
34
Entirety. : ALL
35
Land measure. : ACRE
36
Opposite of jour. : NUIT
37
Cancel. : DELE
39
Kitchen implements. : SPATULAS
42
Adjective-forming suffix. : IAL
43
Greek form of Elijah. : ELIAS
44
Like two peas in ___. : APOD
45
Louisiana symbol. : PELICAN
48
Comes up. : ARISES
49
Bridge of ___, in Venice. : SIGHS
50
Opposite of sew. : UNRIP
51
English hymn writer. : NEALE
52
Queen Salota's land. : TONGA
55
Story. : TALE
57
Spanish jug. : OLLA
58
Sepulcher. : TOMB
59
Warm Springs and others. : SPAS
61
Spread abroad. : SOW
62
Roosevelt or Hoover. : DAM
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.