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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

New York Times, Thursday, December 23, 1954

5-Down : Scottish county or gay sock pattern.

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 2,004
Across
1
Hello, amigo! : HOLA
5
Character in a Menotti opera. : AMAHL
10
Concerning. : ASTO
14
In a crowd. : AMID
15
Event at Cheyenne. : RODEO
16
Social success. : LION
17
Be too sentimental. : DOTE
18
Outdoor chef's equipment. : GRILL
19
___ Elizabeth Alice Louise. : ANNE
20
Early American planter. : JOHNNYAPPLESEED
23
Troubles. : AILS
24
Source of butter in Tibet. : YAK
25
Informal. : CASUAL
28
Adjuncts of a square rigger. : TOPSAILS
33
Friends in France. : AMIES
34
Western lake. : TAHOE
35
Hemp fiber. : TOW
36
Whirring sound. : BIRR
37
Lowest deck of a ship. : ORLOP
38
Lassen output. : LAVA
39
Dessert. : ICE
40
Grotto temple of antiquity. : SPEOS
41
Industrial city of Italy. : MILAN
42
___ fifty-five. : NINETEEN
44
Hans Brinker's shoes. : SABOTS
45
Pullman. : CAR
46
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
47
Early American event. : PAULREVERESRIDE
55
City in India. : AGRA
56
Person of great power. : TITAN
57
___ Deucey, sailor's game. : ACEY
58
Pagliacci's "laugh." : RIDI
59
Germanic: Comb. form. : TEUTO
60
Acquire (with "by"). : COME
61
Go on the road. : TOUR
62
Goodbye, amigo. : ADIOS
63
Girl's name. : ENID
Down
1
Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
2
Book by Melville. : OMOO
3
Stone: Comb. form. : LITH
4
Outstanding European. : ADENAUER
5
Scottish county or gay sock pattern. : ARGYLL
6
Units of metrical time. : MORAS
7
Take ___ in the ocean. : ADIP
8
Be useful. : HELP
9
Confection. : LOLLYPOP
10
Where Mt. McKinley is. : ALASKA
11
___ qua non (a necessity). : SINE
12
Modulation. : TONE
13
United. : ONED
21
Island near Sumatra. : NIAS
22
Relaxation. : EASE
25
___ cruiser. : CABIN
26
Friends: Latin. : AMICI
27
Lorelei. : SIREN
28
Claw. : TALON
29
Crowing exclamations. : OHOS
30
Combining form for a country. : ITALO
31
Noted British Commando. : LOVAT
32
Symbols of gracefulness. : SWANS
34
Tupelo. : TREE
37
"Show Boat." : OPERETTA
38
TV star. : LIBERACE
40
Outstanding person. : STAR
41
Household equipment. : MATS
43
Something good to eat. : ECLAIR
44
Key-pounders. : STENOS
46
Muse. : ERATO
47
Duty. : PART
48
Fee for money exchange. : AGIO
49
Language of Pakistan. : URDU
50
Competed. : VIED
51
Small case. : ETUI
52
Religious figure. : ICON
53
Half: Prefix. : DEMI
54
Stared at. : EYED

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

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