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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Thursday, March 20, 1958

44-Down : Kind of play.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,187
Across
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Flower stalks, as of tulips. : SCAPES
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Represent. : ACTFOR
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Human being of the Stone Age. : CAVEMAN
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Bullfighters. : TOREROS
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Vespucci. : AMERIGO
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Continuously. : ONANDON
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Man's nickname. : LEN
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Novel of Spanish-Indian life, 1885. : RAMONA
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Palm fruit. : DATE
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Venetian magistrate. : DOGE
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Alias Phileas Fogg. : NIVEN
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___ de France. : ILE
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Shoe material. : SUEDE
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Old uncle of song. : NED
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More rational. : SANER
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In better order. : TRIMMER
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Full of turns. : TWISTY
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Housewife's delight. : TIMESAVER
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Addison's partner. : STEELE
40
Buying and selling. : TRADING
43
Rooney role. : HARDY
44
Eccentric wheel. : CAM
45
January, in Span. : ENERO
47
Chemical suffix. : ANE
48
Repeated figure in a design. : MOTIF
50
Prospered. : GREW
51
Greer Garson role. : MAME
53
Eggs for breakfast. : OMELET
55
Italian city: Abbr. : VEN
56
Fluster. : AGITATE
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Noble, regal. : LEONINE
60
Vexed. : NETTLED
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Distributor of charity. : ALMONER
62
Business of selling houses. : REALTY
63
Divides. : SEVERS
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Blanches, in cookery. : SCALDS
2
Was disclosed. : CAMEOUT
3
Wrong righter. : AVENGER
4
For each. : PER
5
Arab prince. : EMIR
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French novelist. : SAGAN
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Made amends. : ATONED
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Doyle's middle name. : CONAN
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Part of a refrain. : TRA
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Parry. : FEND
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Establishes. : ORDAINS
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Radicel. : ROOTLET
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Convention choice. : NOMINEE
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Derisive. : SNEERY
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Exaggerate. : OVERSTATE
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Compiled. : EDITED
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One of the Brontës. : EMILY
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Man from Upsala. : SWEDE
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Outdoor walk. : AIRING
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Lady of Paris: Abbr. : MME
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U. S. power project. : TVA
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Bracelet: Lat. : ARMILLA
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Buddist monk. : SHAMAN
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Songbird. : TANAGER
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Recluse. : EREMITE
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Tonic for the jumpy. : NERVINE
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What the grass on the other side of the fence always is. : GREENER
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Kind of play. : COMEDY
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Proprietors. : OWNERS
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Choral work. : MOTET
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Senses. : FEELS
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Little girl's name. : ETTA
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Volume. : TOME
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Every bit. : ALL
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Calendar abbreviation. : NOV

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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