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Kathryn Righter
Kathryn Righter

New York Times, Saturday, December 22, 1962

39-Down : Argot.

Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.26, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Number and clue for 23-Down were missing. 21-Down had two clues stuck together ("Singular traveled in a certain vehicle")—should have been "Singer" (not "Singular" plus the rest) for 21-Down and "Traveled in a certain vehicle" for 23-Down. The latter was the missing clue for 23-Down. 39-Down was misnumbered 38-Down. Number and clue for 38-Down were missing. Added "Irritating." as the clue for 38-Down. Also, added periods to all the clues that were missing them.

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M
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© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,907
Across
1
Defoe heroine. : MOLL
5
Storage places. : CRIBS
10
Drapery fabric. : MOREEN
12
Containing a certain element. : URANOUS
14
Air friction against a moving object. : WINDAGE
15
Flag. : PENNANT
16
Assn. : ORG
17
Made stable. : FIXATED
19
Song syllable. : TRA
20
Name used on Japanese ships. : MARU
22
Barber's gear. : STROP
23
Hit hard. : SMIT
24
Star in Centaurus. : AGENA
26
Make lace. : TAT
27
Indifferent. : BLASE
28
Water lily. : NELUMBO
30
French girls. : HELENE
32
Capital of Shensi province. : SIAN
33
Oklahoma City. : ENID
34
Pampas native. : GAUCHO
36
Parts of creches. : MANGERS
40
___ Lama. : DALAI
41
Numerical prefix. : TRI
43
Old Scratch. : DEVIL
44
European country: Abbr. : ITAL
45
Where to find Vandykes. : CHINS
47
Rue "___" Paix. : DELA
48
Compass points. : NES
49
Praise. : TRIBUTE
51
Shade tree. : LIN
52
Islamic scripture. : ALKORAN
54
Raining hard. : TEEMING
56
Court proceeding. : HEARING
57
Part of London, W of Paddington. : EALING
58
Brownie. : GNOME
59
Unit of force. : DYNE
Down
1
Pound dog. : MONGREL
2
Fort in California. : ORD
3
Table enlarger. : LEAF
4
Law making body: Abbr. : LEGIS
5
Move stealthily. : CREEP
6
Part of a shoe. : RAND
7
Tabard ___. : INN
8
Sculler. : BOATMAN
9
Time of day. : SUNRISE
10
Illusion. : MIRAGE
11
Least consequential. : NEXTTONOTHING
12
With latest innovations. : UPTOTHEMINUTE
13
Pomp. : STATE
14
Little ___. : WOMAN
18
Macaw. : ARA
21
Singular. : UNUSUAL
23
Traveled in a certain vehicle. : SLEDGED
25
Friends: Lat. : AMICI
27
Duck hunter's cover. : BLIND
29
Exclamation of contempt. : BAH
31
Spanish girl's name. : ENA
34
Type of table. : GATELEG
35
Fairbanks man. : ALASKAN
37
Little Eva. : EVELINE
38
Irritating. : RILING
39
Argot. : SLANG
40
Alice in Wonderland's kitten. : DINAH
42
Bone. : RIB
45
Lifting device. : CRANE
46
Suffix with home and farm. : STEAD
49
Decorate. : TRIM
50
Slithery. : EELY
53
Rio de ___. : ORO
55
Opposite of max. : MIN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 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.

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