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Martha Brownlee
Martha Brownlee

New York Times, Monday, October 11, 1954

30-Down : Reddish-brown hue.

Author:
Martha Brownlee
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { B Q Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Martha Brownlee has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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J
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A
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N
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M
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W
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H
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N
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N
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D
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,931
Across
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Asian archipelago. : JAPAN
6
V.I.P. in Iran. : SHAH
10
Raconteur of the book world. : CERF
14
With mouth wide open. : AGAPE
15
Down. : PILE
16
Angle between twig and stem. : AXIL
17
Significant events. : MILESTONES
19
Diminutive of Margaret. : META
20
Mr. Yale. : ELI
21
Not slack. : TAUT
22
Polar phenomenon. : ICECAP
24
Transmitters. : SENDERS
26
Military insigne. : STAR
27
Excavate. : DIG
28
Designating a clause in present-day contracts. : ESCALATOR
33
Scold. : VIRAGO
36
Place for a toupee. : PATE
37
Ratite bird. : EMU
38
Graven image. : IDOL
39
Weld. : UNITE
41
Wire mesh in an electron tube. : GRID
42
Shade tree. : ELM
43
Bustle. : STIR
44
Pseudo-humorous person. : SMARTY
46
Where Burr and Hamilton fought. : WEEHAWKEN
49
Miss Dodo. : IMA
50
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
51
Enfolded. : ENLACED
55
Old fellow. : CODGER
58
Lime tree. : TEIL
59
Eggs. : OVA
60
Eager. : AGOG
61
Any law no longer enforced. : DEADLETTER
64
He loves Lucy. : DESI
65
Ancestor of the harp. : LYRE
66
___ Dame. : NOTRE
67
Gets the idea. : SEES
68
Four seasons. : YEAR
69
Carts. : DRAYS
Down
1
River in Virginia. : JAMES
2
Nimble. : AGILE
3
"Madam" is one. : PALINDROME
4
Imitator. : APE
5
A reserve. : NESTEGG
6
Husband or wife. : SPOUSE
7
Imply. : HINT
8
Nut-brown beverage. : ALE
9
Falters. : HESITATES
10
Judge's chamber. : CAMERA
11
Ship's officer: Navy term. : EXEC
12
Name akin to Margaret. : RITA
13
Move up and down. : FLAP
18
Seaman. : TAR
23
Cabbage: Var. : CALE
25
Face of a compass. : DIAL
26
Shoo! : SCAT
29
Pointed tower. : SPIRE
30
Reddish-brown hue. : TERRACOTTA
31
Leave undone. : OMIT
32
Man's nickname. : RUDY
33
Survey. : VIEW
34
Unoccupied. : IDLE
35
Externally. : OUTWARDLY
40
Army's guided missile. : NIKE
41
Vasco da ___. : GAMA
43
Business deal. : SALE
45
Remnant of cloth. : MILLEND
47
Well-known Scottish pudding. : HAGGIS
48
Exigent one. : NEEDER
52
Nothing. : NIL
53
All. : EVERY
54
Acts of defiance. : DARES
55
No gentlemen. : CADS
56
Pointed arch. : OGEE
57
Definite quantity. : DOSE
58
Scarlett's home. : TARA
62
Calm center of a hurricane. : EYE
63
Rocky pinnacle. : TOR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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