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Ralph Anderson
Ralph Anderson

New York Times, Tuesday, February 16, 1954

42-Down : Mrs. Spewack.

Author:
Ralph Anderson
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Ralph Anderson has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,694
Across
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Hot Springs, Mineral Wells, etc. : SPAS
5
Island near Java. : BALI
9
Coffee houses. : CAFES
14
Imaginary finishing line. : WIRE
15
Gulf between Arabia and Africa. : ADEN
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Opposed to cathode. : ANODE
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Sea bird, order of tube-nosed swimmers. : ALBATROSS
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Latakia is its seaport. : SYRIA
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Migratory workman: Slang. : BOOMER
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New York and San Francisco. : SEAPORTS
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Naval cadets wear gold ones. : STRIPES
25
Trigon. : TRINE
26
The United States. : LINER
28
Traveler by galley to Britain, 55 B.C. : CAESAR
31
Enjoyed. : LIKED
34
Species of hickory. : PECAN
36
Part of a musical phrase. : TRA
37
Singles. : ONES
38
Book of Hours. : HORAE
39
Levantine ketch. : SAIC
40
Pray: Latin. : ORA
41
True and faithful. : LOYAL
42
Make fast: Naut. : BELAY
43
Fabled marine creature. : MERMAN
45
Where Hercules killed the lion. : NEMEA
47
Beaches. : SANDS
49
8½-mi.-long harbor in Northern Ireland. : BELFAST
53
B. S. A. member. : SEASCOUT
56
Ship of 1850. : SLAVER
57
Money bag. : PURSE
58
Adm. Rickover's concern. : SUBMARINE
60
Goader. : URGER
61
Nautical term. : ALEE
62
Royal Italian name. : ESTE
63
Gary Cooper's "pixilated" role. : DEEDS
64
Narrow. : NEAR
65
Course. : ROAD
Down
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Lubbers. : SWABS
2
King of the harbor. : PILOT
3
Where grapes grow. : ARBOR
4
Lengths of minutes of the earth's great circle. : SEAMILES
5
Unproductive. : BARREN
6
Fuss. : ADO
7
Not so much. : LESS
8
Small map within a larger one. : INSET
9
Sea, 92 ft. below ocean level. : CASPIAN
10
You or I. : ANYONE
11
Carrier under construction. : FORRESTAL
12
Correct manuscript. : EDIT
13
Freedom of the ___. : SEAS
18
Lukewarm. : TEPID
22
Alms boxes. : ARCAE
24
Former native soldier of India. : SEPOY
27
Published again. : RERAN
29
Part of an opera. : ARIA
30
Spirited. : RACY
31
Appear as on the horizon. : LOOM
32
Concerning: Latin. : INRE
33
She sank the Alabama in 1864. : KEARSARGE
35
Chief spy in Canaan. : CALEB
38
John Wayne movie. : HONDO
39
McGinty, for instance. : SEAFARER
41
Light cavalry soldiers. : LANCERS
42
Mrs. Spewack. : BELLA
44
Assembled. : MASSED
46
Famous name in hypnotism. : MESMER
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Girl's name. : SUSAN
50
Dispatch boat. : AVISO
51
Maiden in Wagner's "Flying Dutchman." : SENTA
52
Cornered, as a raccoon. : TREED
53
Weeding tool. : SPUD
54
River into the Seine. : EURE
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Bulrush. : TULE
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Girl's nickname. : BEA

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

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