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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Monday, October 6, 1958

8-Down : Humor of a sort.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,387
Across
1
Teeth on a wheel. : COGS
5
Grates. : RASPS
10
Fade away. : MELT
14
Amerind. : OTOE
15
Approximately. : ABOUT
16
Needle case. : ETUI
17
Composer Bartók. : BELA
18
Courting ploy. : DINNERDATE
20
South Dakota region. : BADLANDS
22
Act insincerely. : PALTER
23
Poetic signature. : EAPOE
24
Play, in chess. : MOVE
25
Cozzens hero. : WINNER
27
Cash receptacle. : MONEYBAG
31
Sharp. : EDGED
32
Indian antelope. : SASIN
33
Observe. : EYE
34
Poetic meadows. : LEAS
35
Swagger. : STRUT
36
"The Man." : STAN
37
Old language: Abbr. : LAT
38
In the least. : ATALL
39
Flexible twig. : WITHE
40
Certain huskies. : SLEDDOGS
42
Most comprehensive. : WIDEST
43
Hungarian name. : IMRE
44
Vessel. : LINER
45
Farthest point. : APOGEE
48
Lay-off notice. : PINKSLIP
51
Inferior. : SECONDRATE
53
Fictional Southern plantation. : TARA
54
Pearl Harbor's island. : OAHU
55
Complete. : UTTER
56
English school. : ETON
57
Story line. : PLOT
58
Famous Arctic explorer. : PEARY
59
Confined. : PENT
Down
1
The "Georgia Peach." : COBB
2
Great Barrier Island of N. Z. : OTEA
3
Strait of the Pacific. : GOLDENGATE
4
Atlantic routes. : SEALANES
5
County or forest in Wales. : RADNOR
6
Stay. : ABIDE
7
Offspring. : SONS
8
Humor of a sort. : PUN
9
"Get moving." : STEPONIT
10
Potpourri. : MEDLEY
11
State: Fr. : ETAT
12
Stringed instrument. : LUTE
13
Rank. : TIER
19
Omen for 23 Across. : RAVEN
21
Imitated. : APED
24
City on the Tigris. : MOSUL
25
Elevator shafts. : WELLS
26
Without flaw. : IDEAL
27
Crumbly soils. : MARLS
28
___ than never. : BETTERLATE
29
Ladies' maids in India. : AYAHS
30
Civet's relative. : GENET
32
Phase. : STAGE
35
In reserve. : STOREDUP
36
Dodge. : SIDESTEP
38
Madison Ave. workers. : ADMEN
39
Twinkle. : WINK
41
Unearth. : DIGOUT
42
Where port is made. : WINERY
44
Metric measure. : LITER
45
Dripping wet. : ASOP
46
Carillon. : PEAL
47
Eight: Span. : OCHO
48
___-cake. : PATA
49
Golf club. : IRON
50
Gasp. : PANT
52
Way: Abbr. : RTE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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