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

New York Times, Monday, November 11, 1963

5-Down : ___ for (be in great need of).

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,216
Across
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River of Asia. : AMUR
5
Food fish. : SMELT
10
Mark. : SCAR
14
Eminence. : NOTE
15
Proscribed. : TABOO
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Name in the headlines. : HOME
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Container for certain adhesives. : STAMPALBUM
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Arabic letter. : ALIF
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Basically. : ATHEART
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Arctic item. : DOGSLED
23
Singer. : DIVA
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Sound of surf. : ROTE
25
Complain. : REPINE
28
Sea animal. : BARNACLE
32
Yearnings. : ACHES
33
Famous London statue. : MAGOG
34
Reception. : TEA
35
Ineffective. : VOID
36
On earth. : BELOW
37
Spanish aunts. : TIAS
38
House part. : ELL
39
Figure in Greek legend. : HELEN
40
Answered the alarm. : AROSE
41
Where the United States stops. : SEAPORTS
43
Straightened. : ALINED
44
Region: Abbr. : TERR
45
To ___ (precisely). : ATEE
46
"Those were ___." : THEDAYS
49
Subdue. : CHASTEN
53
Occupy. : HOLD
54
Children's game. : POSTOFFICE
56
Indigo. : ANIL
57
Manner of speaking. : IDIOM
58
Scent. : ODOR
59
Fastidious. : NICE
60
Tidal bore. : EAGRE
61
City on the Truckee. : RENO
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Handle: Lat. : ANSA
2
American feminist. : MOTT
3
Where Ogden is. : UTAH
4
Corrected. : REMEDIED
5
___ for (be in great need of). : STARVE
6
Gozo's neighbor. : MALTA
7
Recede. : EBB
8
Clamorous. : LOUD
9
Time for doing things. : TOMORROW
10
Cascades peak. : SHASTA
11
Contents of 17 Across. : COLLECTION
12
French friend. : AMIE
13
Assigned (to): Abbr. : REFD
18
Great care. : PAINS
22
Dinner bell. : GONG
25
Certain reviews. : RAVES
26
___ des Beaux-Arts. : ECOLE
27
Of the contents of 17 Across. : PHILATELIC
28
Bundles. : BALES
29
Dramatic conflict, from the Greek. : AGON
30
Contract. : LEASE
31
Let up. : EASED
33
Disappear. : MELT
36
Dessert. : BERRYPIE
37
Attempts to get. : TRIESFOR
39
Latin hour. : HORA
40
"And we all do fade as ___." : ALEAF
42
Sell. : PEDDLE
43
Type of party. : ATHOME
45
Member of Equity. : ACTOR
46
Particle of comparison. : THAN
47
"___ soit ... " : HONI
48
Mixer. : SODA
50
Time's partner. : TIDE
51
Course of study: Abbr. : ECON
52
Blackness: It. : NERO
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Written name: Abbr. : SIG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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