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Geraldine W. King
Geraldine W. King

New York Times, Friday, April 11, 1958

37-Down : Most eager.

Author:
Geraldine W. King
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Geraldine W. King has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,209
Across
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Abecedarian's start. : ABC
4
Sheet metal. : PLATE
9
The third baseman's number. : FIVE
13
Gehrig of baseball. : LOU
14
Expose to air. : AERATE
16
Etats ___. : UNIS
17
Westminster Palace assembly. : PARLIAMENT
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Recipe abbreviation. : TSPS
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Important London street. : STRAND
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Sick in bed. : LAIDUP
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Abbreviation for a kind of silver. : STER
25
More dismal. : SORRIER
28
Mystics of the 1st century. : ESSENES
31
Remains stationary with the head to the wind: Naut. : LIESTO
32
Military officer. : MAJOR
33
Gaza ___. : STRIP
35
Eat. : SUP
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Poplar trees: Poet. : ASPS
37
Sacred book in Arabic. : KORAN
38
Fashioned. : MADE
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___ Anne de Beaupré. : STE
40
Kind of car. : SEDAN
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Lavishes great affection (on). : DOTES
42
Placid. : SERENE
44
Clergymen. : DIVINES
46
Before much time: Poet. : ERELONG
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Except. : SAVE
49
Classifies as. : LABELS
51
___ jar, early form of electrical condenser. : LEYDEN
55
Song of praise. : HYMN
57
No ___ than done. : SOONERSAID
59
Interpret. : READ
60
"The birds began ___ ... " : TOSING
61
Once ___ blue moon. : INA
62
One of the Katzenjammers. : HANS
63
Animal of Alaska. : MOOSE
64
Small coin of Albania. : LEK
Down
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Mountain system in Europe. : ALPS
2
Shell. : BOAT
3
Make a cooing sound. : CURR
4
Churchill, for example. : PAINTER
5
Hard to move or lift. : LEADEN
6
Fortify. : ARM
7
Oriental weight. : TAEL
8
Laboratory lamps. : ETNAS
9
The by-and-by. : FUTURE
10
Thicken by evaporation. : INSPISSATE
11
Bigwig. : VIP
12
Letter. : ESS
15
Yellow pigment akin to chlorophyll. : ETIOLIN
18
Ropes. : LASSOS
22
___ grind. : DRIP
24
Put in new turf. : RESOD
26
Musical pieces. : ETUDES
27
Hawsers. : ROPES
28
Spring time. : EASTER
29
Signature of a well-known humorist. : SJPERELMAN
30
Short for a violin. : STRAD
32
Billiard stroke. : MASSE
34
Rajah's wives. : RANIS
37
Most eager. : KEENEST
38
Currencies. : MONEYS
40
Exclusive one. : SNOB
41
Branch off. : DIVERGE
43
African antelopes. : ELANDS
45
East Roman Emperor, 364-78. : VALENS
47
Darkness. : GLOOM
50
Passable. : SOSO
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Lower house of Irish Legislature. : DAIL
53
German article. : EINE
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Bismarck is its capital: Abbr. : NDAK
55
Initials for a queen. : HRH
56
Affirmative. : YEA
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Island of Ios. : NIO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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