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W. E. Jones
New York Times, Monday, March 19, 1962
33-Down : One whose election is challenged.
Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has duplicate clues.
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 I | 4 S | 5 C | 6 H | 7 A | 8 F | 9 E | 10 F | 11 A | 12 T | 13 A |
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14 M | I | C | A | 15 R | O | S | I | N | 16 A | N | E | W |
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17 O | D | E | R | 18 A | P | O | R | T | 19 L | Y | R | E |
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20 G | A | R | D | 21 I | N | E | R | S | I | 22 S | L | A | N | D |
23 I | V | E | S | 24 T | R | E | E | |||||||
25 A | 26 N | 27 A | N | A | S | 28 C | L | E | A | N | 29 E | 30 R | 31 S |
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32 H | E | L | E | N | 33 C | O | A | T | S | 34 L | A | W |
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35 E | R | I | S | 36 C | O | R | D | Y | 37 M | E | T | A |
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38 A | V | A | 39 B | O | N | N | Y | 40 B | O | N | E | R |
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41 D | E | S | 42 C | A | N | T | S | 43 D | O | N | A | L | D |
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44 A | C | T | E | 45 B | A | L | E | |||||||
46 M | 47 A | 48 R | T | H | A | S | 49 V | I | N | E | Y | 50 A | 51 R | 52 D |
53 I | R | O | N | 54 I | T | O | L | D | 55 M | U | I | R |
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56 L | I | M | A | 57 N | E | I | G | E | 58 A | D | D | A |
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59 A | L | E | P | 60 S | E | D | E | R | 61 D | E | E | M |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,630
Across
1
Je ne ___ quoi. : SAIS
5
Fret. : CHAFE
10
___ Morgana, medieval fairy. : FATA
14
Mineral in layers. : MICA
15
Item for a fiddler. : ROSIN
16
Afresh. : ANEW
17
Stettin's river. : ODER
18
Nautical term. : APORT
19
Instrument Erato played. : LYRE
20
Neighbor of Montauk Point. : GARDINERSISLAND
23
Saint ___, Cornwall resort. : IVES
24
Arboretum feature. : TREE
25
Pineapple. : ANANAS
28
Certain clothing workers. : CLEANERS
32
First name in the theatre. : HELEN
33
Checked items. : COATS
34
Order's partner. : LAW
35
She threw the golden apple. : ERIS
36
Of a thready appearance. : CORDY
37
Little Margaret. : META
38
Of all: Scot. : AVA
39
Pretty. : BONNY
40
Error of a sort. : BONER
41
Discourses discursively. : DESCANTS
43
Ducky character. : DONALD
44
Entr'___. : ACTE
45
Bundle. : BALE
46
Former headquarters of whaling industry. : MARTHASVINEYARD
53
Symbol of strength. : IRON
54
"___ you so." : ITOLD
55
Alaskan glacier. : MUIR
56
City founded by Pizarro. : LIMA
57
Snow: Fr. : NEIGE
58
River into the Po. : ADDA
59
Syrian city, dating to 2000 B.C. : ALEP
60
Feast in Judaism. : SEDER
61
Believe. : DEEM
Down
1
Haze. : SMOG
2
Opera role. : AIDA
3
Wine cooler. : ICER
4
Young herring. : SARDINES
5
Derricks. : CRANES
6
Desires. : HOPES
7
Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
8
White House hostess. : FIRSTLADY
9
Sum total. : ENTIRETY
10
" ... how are the mighty ___." : FALLEN
11
Character in "The Cherry Orchard." : ANYA
12
Sea bird. : TERN
13
Reverential. : AWED
21
A Karamazov. : IVAN
22
Red and Black. : SEAS
25
In the van. : AHEAD
26
Courage. : NERVE
27
Otherwise called. : ALIAS
28
Cures by salting. : CORNS
29
Italian girl's name. : ELENA
30
Badgerlike mammal. : RATEL
31
Turf. : SWARD
33
One whose election is challenged. : CONTESTEE
36
Holds. : CONTAINS
37
Very avaricious. : MONEYMAD
39
Name in music. : BACH
40
Tree trunk. : BOLE
42
Forty winks. : CATNAP
43
Anger: Colloq. : DANDER
45
Nautical term. : BILGE
46
"___ 18." : MILA
47
Seed appendage. : ARIL
48
City on the Mohawk. : ROME
49
Null's partner. : VOID
50
Carcassonne's river. : AUDE
51
Seem to float. : RIDE
52
60 grains. : DRAM
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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