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Natalie Hankemeyer
New York Times, Thursday, January 7, 1954
33-Down : Heroine of "Tale of Two Cities."
Author:
Natalie Hankemeyer
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Natalie Hankemeyer has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 O | 3 D | 4 E | 5 E | 6 T | 7 H | 8 O | 9 S | 10 T | 11 R | 12 A | 13 P |
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14 O | D | E | R | 15 T | R | I | A | L | 16 R | I | G | A |
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17 P | O | P | E | 18 H | I | S | T | O | 19 R | I | C | A | L |
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20 T | R | O | C | 21 H | E | E | S | 22 P | I | P | E | R | S |
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23 S | T | A | R | S | 24 R | E | A | L | ||||||
25 T | 26 R | I | S | T | E | 27 M | I | D | T | E | 28 R | 29 M | 30 S |
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31 H | A | T | 32 H | A | 33 L | A | S | 34 A | T | H | O | L |
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35 U | D | O | 36 S | 37 L | U | T | E | 38 S | 39 S | E | R | A |
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40 M | I | R | E | 41 S | 42 C | E | S | A | 43 R | 44 T | O | T |
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45 P | O | S | T | P | 46 A | I | D | 47 L | E | 48 M | O | N | S |
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49 T | R | E | E | 50 S | E | N | O | R | ||||||
51 U | 52 V | 53 U | L | A | R | 54 R | E | S | T | R | I | 55 C | 56 T |
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57 M | I | L | I | T | A | 58 R | I | S | M | 59 A | C | E | R |
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60 P | E | N | N | 61 T | A | N | T | E | 62 L | A | N | E |
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63 S | W | A | G | 64 E | G | G | O | N | 65 S | L | A | Y |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,654
Across
1
Rules of conduct. : CODE
5
National character. : ETHOS
10
Booby ___. : TRAP
14
Frankfurt's river. : ODER
15
Source of annoyance. : TRIAL
16
Baltic gulf. : RIGA
17
Poet famous for heroic couplets. : POPE
18
Popular form of fiction. : HISTORICAL
20
Metrical scheme of "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater." : TROCHEES
22
Makers of martial music. : PIPERS
23
Theatre folk. : STARS
24
Not counterfeit. : REAL
25
"Valse ___." : TRISTE
27
Current college exams. : MIDTERMS
31
Ten-gallon item. : HAT
32
Chicago Bears' owner. : HALAS
34
Massachusetts city. : ATHOL
35
Japanese herbs. : UDOS
37
Musical instruments. : LUTES
39
Antitoxins. : SERA
40
Bogs down. : MIRES
42
Actor Romero. : CESAR
44
Add (with "up"). : TOT
45
Not C. O. D. : POSTPAID
47
Antithesis of peaches. : LEMONS
49
Eucalyptus. : TREE
50
Spanish gentleman. : SENOR
51
Of part of the soft palate. : UVULAR
54
Limit. : RESTRICT
57
Hitler's philosophy. : MILITARISM
59
Tree genus. : ACER
60
Quaker colonist. : PENN
61
Aunt: French. : TANTE
62
Ship's path. : LANE
63
Burglar's loot. : SWAG
64
Urge or incite. : EGGON
65
Destroy. : SLAY
Down
1
Egyptian. : COPT
2
Bouquet. : ODOR
3
People with money in the bank. : DEPOSITORS
4
Constructs. : ERECTS
5
Heavenly. : ETHEREAL
6
Melts with ("out"). : TRIES
7
Radiator's song. : HISS
8
Cereal grain. : OAT
9
Describing a roof. : SLOPED
10
Three of a kind. : TRIPLETS
11
Staple food. : RICE
12
Herbert ___, historian. : AGAR
13
Good friends. : PALS
19
Cowboy's rope. : RIATA
21
"What ___ God wrought." : HATH
24
Ascends. : RISES
25
Whack. : THUMP
26
Wireless. : RADIO
27
Wed. : MATED
28
Describing a question used for effect. : RHETORICAL
29
Member of the "unintelligentsia." : MORON
30
Wood strips. : SLATS
33
Heroine of "Tale of Two Cities." : LUCIE
36
Solving. : SETTLING
38
TV announcers. : SALESMEN
41
Little fish. : SPRAT
43
Rodolfo's problem, "La Boheme," Act 1. : RENT
46
Expose to air. : AERATE
48
Principles of conduct. : MORALS
50
A sixth: Italian. : SESTO
51
Monarchs of baseball. : UMPS
52
Opinion. : VIEW
53
Arm bone. : ULNA
54
Where to toss one's hat. : RING
55
Roman mid-day meal. : CENA
56
Three-spot. : TREY
58
A very old dress. : RAG
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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