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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Wednesday, February 20, 1957
31-Down : Ancient Troy.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 A | 3 F | 4 S | 5 D | 6 E | 7 L | 8 F | 9 T | 10 A | 11 R | 12 G | 13 O |
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14 A | M | A | H | 15 I | N | A | I | R | 16 B | O | R | A |
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17 L | O | C | O | 18 M | O | T | I | V | E | 19 S | U | I | T |
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20 T | R | E | P | A | N | 21 D | E | S | 22 C | E | N | D | S |
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23 P | I | N | 24 T | 25 S | T | A | N | D | ||||||
26 E | 27 N | 28 G | I | N | E | E | 29 R | 30 L | I | T | H | 31 I | 32 C |
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33 B | O | O | N | E | 34 N | O | 35 M | E | N | 36 O | L | A |
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37 B | O | N | G | 38 C | O | V | E | S | 39 R | U | I | N |
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40 E | N | D | 41 C | A | R | E | T | 42 P | E | S | O | S |
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43 D | E | O | 44 D | A | R | 45 R | E | 46 M | A | N | E | N | T |
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47 L | I | S | T | 48 S | 49 R | I | T | E | ||||||
50 B | 51 L | A | N | K | E | T | 52 S | 53 T | I | G | 54 E | 55 R | 56 S |
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57 R | O | C | K | 58 R | A | I | 59 L | R | O | A | D | E | R |
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60 A | L | A | E | 61 E | L | A | T | E | 62 D | I | N | T |
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63 N | A | R | Y | 64 T | E | N | D | S | 65 E | T | T | A |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,794
Across
1
Airwomen. : WAFS
5
Blue glazed pottery. : DELFT
10
Jason sailed it. : ARGO
14
Oriental babysitter. : AMAH
15
"Bombs bursting ___ ... " : INAIR
16
Cold wind of the Adriatic. : BORA
17
Where to find Casey Jones. : LOCOMOTIVE
19
Hearts, for one. : SUIT
20
Heavy boring tool for sinking shafts. : TREPAN
21
___ upon (attacks suddenly). : DESCENDS
23
Measure of capacity. : PINT
25
Position; view. : STAND
26
Casey Jones. : ENGINEER
30
Of stone. : LITHIC
33
Wilderness Road man. : BOONE
34
Name: Lat. : NOMEN
36
Wave: Span. : OLA
37
Big Ben sound. : BONG
38
Small bays. : COVES
39
Devastate. : RUIN
40
Limit. : END
41
Proofreader's mark. : CARET
42
Silver coins in Oaxaca. : PESOS
43
Himalayan tree. : DEODAR
45
Left over. : REMANENT
47
Tournament area. : LISTS
49
Solemn act. : RITE
50
Covers, as with snow. : BLANKETS
53
Palmer Stadium players. : TIGERS
57
A kind of hard candy. : ROCK
58
Casey Jones. : RAILROADER
60
Wings, in anatomy. : ALAE
61
Raise the spirits of. : ELATE
62
Exertion. : DINT
63
Colloquial negative. : NARY
64
Leans toward. : TENDS
65
Feminine name. : ETTA
Down
1
First name of well-known poet. : WALT
2
Love, in Spain. : AMOR
3
Side of a playing card. : FACE
4
___ center. : SHOPPING
5
Famous name in Ontario. : DIONNE
6
Noun or adjective suffix. : ENT
7
Caused to subside. : LAID
8
English game like handball. : FIVES
9
Bridge supports. : TRESTLES
10
Not attentive. : ABSENT
11
Home for 17 across. : ROUNDHOUSE
12
Electrode of wire mesh. : GRID
13
Crop. : OATS
18
Where Mt. Katahdin is. : MAINE
22
Biblical name. : CAIN
24
Purport. : TENOR
26
Slackened. : EBBED
27
Not a soul. : NOONE
28
Often found behind 17 Across. : GONDOLACAR
29
Name for a setter. : ROVER
31
Ancient Troy. : ILION
32
"Thou ___ not then be false ... " : CANST
35
Rhythm in music. : METER
38
New Jersey's first governor. : CARTERET
39
Turncoat. : RENEGADE
41
Barrelful. : CASK
42
Where to use a rotisserie. : PATIO
44
Small example of 17 Across. : DINKEY
46
Joints. : MITRES
48
Banal. : STALE
50
Grain husks. : BRAN
51
"Damn Yankees" role. : LOLA
52
City on the Yellow River. : SIAN
54
Revise mss. : EDIT
55
Split. : RENT
56
Portuguese Miss. : SRTA
59
Inc., in England. : LTD
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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