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Brice Metcalfe
New York Times, Saturday, March 3, 1962
41-Down : Money in Paris: Abbr.
Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 320 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 F | 3 G | 4 C | 5 A | 6 R | 7 T | 8 E | 9 J | 10 I | 11 F | 12 F | 13 Y |
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14 A | E | R | 15 O | D | E | O | N | 16 O | C | A | L | A |
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17 G | R | O | 18 U | N | D | H | O | G | 19 C | A | R | E | W |
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20 I | R | O | N | S | 21 E | R | A | 22 K | N | O | W | N |
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23 C | O | M | M | O | 24 N | M | A | R | 25 K | E | T | |||
26 E | M | E | 27 L | O | Y | 28 Z | 29 I | 30 P |
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31 U | 32 N | 33 F | A | M | I | 34 L | 35 I | A | R | 36 D | U | N | E |
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37 S | A | O | N | E | 38 O | W | N | 39 C | A | N | T | O |
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40 E | M | I | T | 41 F | O | O | D | 42 R | A | T | I | O | N |
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43 D | E | L | 44 A | R | K | 45 U | L | E | ||||||
46 U | S | S | S | 47 W | 48 O | R | D | F | 49 I | 50 S | 51 H |
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52 E | 53 G | 54 Y | P | T | 55 O | R | I | 56 R | I | N | K | A |
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57 E | L | O | P | E | 58 V | O | L | 59 G | O | G | R | A | D |
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60 L | E | G | E | R | 61 E | T | E | R | N | 62 E | T | E |
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63 Y | E | A | R | N | 64 R | E | D | D | S | 65 M | E | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,614
Across
1
Type of business: Abbr. : MFG
4
Menu. : CARTE
9
Instant: Colloq. : JIFFY
14
Gas: Prefix. : AER
15
Classic theatre. : ODEON
16
Florida city. : OCALA
17
Apocryphal prophet of Feb. 2. : GROUNDHOG
19
English poet. : CAREW
20
Manacles. : IRONS
21
Period. : ERA
22
Apprehended. : KNOWN
23
European alliance. : COMMONMARKET
26
Uncle: Scot. : EME
27
Myrna of the movies. : LOY
28
Vim: Colloq. : ZIP
31
Strange. : UNFAMILIAR
36
Hill formed by the wind. : DUNE
37
Rhone tributary. : SAONE
38
Acknowledge. : OWN
39
Part of a poem. : CANTO
40
Throw off. : EMIT
41
Wartime groceries. : FOODRATION
43
___ Rio, Texas. : DEL
44
Clumsy boat. : ARK
45
Diminutive suffix. : ULE
46
Atomic submarine. : USSSWORDFISH
52
African country. : EGYPT
55
Mouth: Prefix. : ORI
56
Irish dance like the Virginia reel. : RINKA
57
Slip away. : ELOPE
58
New name for city founded in 1589. : VOLGOGRAD
60
Light: Fr. : LEGER
61
Without end: Archaic. : ETERN
62
French season. : ETE
63
Long (for). : YEARN
64
Tidies (up), old style. : REDDS
65
Middle: Prefix. : MES
Down
1
Sorcery. : MAGIC
2
Iron: Prefix. : FERRO
3
Prepare. : GROOM
4
Soup. : CONSOMME
5
Say further. : ADD
6
Mend, as a shirt. : REHEM
7
"___-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral." : TOORA
8
Wreathe with flowers. : ENGARLAND
9
Rider. : JOCKEY
10
"___ do the sum." : ICANT
11
Card game. : FARO
12
Moved swiftly. : FLEW
13
Show fatigue. : YAWN
18
Not intentional. : UNMEANT
24
Not elsewhere included: Abbr. : NEI
25
Old Hebrew measure. : KOR
28
Pueblo Indian. : ZUNI
29
To the form of. : INTO
30
Latin American laborer. : PEON
31
Accustomed. : USED
32
Appoint. : NAME
33
Frustrate. : FOIL
34
Examines. : LOOKSOVER
35
___ Jima. : IWO
36
Variety of dried tropical fruit. : DATEFIG
39
Large kettles. : CALDRONS
41
Money in Paris: Abbr. : FRS
42
Capek drama. : RUR
44
In the wake. : ASTERN
46
Top. : UPPER
47
Penned. : WROTE
48
Lubricated. : OILED
49
Against a thing: Lat. : INREM
50
Sting ray. : SKATE
51
Pluto's realm. : HADES
52
Wriggling. : EELY
53
Jollity. : GLEE
54
Oriental discipline. : YOGA
59
Guaranteed: Abbr. : GRD
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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