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J. F. Kelly
J. F. Kelly

New York Times, Saturday, April 18, 1959

39-Down : Colony granted equality by De Gaulle.

Author:
J. F. Kelly
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
J. F. Kelly has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

31-Down originally had "Ukranian"; corrected it to "Ukrainian."

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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,564
Across
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It means "snowfall" in Spanish. : NEVADA
7
Cameline feature. : HUMPS
12
City of the cotton carnival. : MEMPHIS
13
Golden. : AUREATE
15
Moving round. : AMBIENT
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Descriptive of a Venetian blind. : SLATTED
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The Blue Hen State: Abbr. : DEL
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Federal officer in Westerns. : MARSHAL
20
Carmine. : RED
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Type of car lot. : USED
23
Celestial adornment. : HALO
24
Tropical headgear. : TOPI
25
Frosty. : RIMED
27
Placid, for example. : LAKE
29
Pit. : HOLE
30
Analyses. : ASSAYS
32
Edged. : MARGINED
34
Mustachioed painter. : DALI
36
Popular accordion piece. : NOLA
37
Gruening, Bartlett, Egan. : ALASKANS
41
Chinese skiff. : SAMPAN
45
Enameled metalware. : TOLE
46
September 2, 1945. : VDAY
48
Vacuum tube rectifier. : DIODE
49
Caesar's robe. : TOGA
50
Element No. 26. : IRON
52
River draining Lake Ladoga. : NEVA
53
Gettysburg resident. : IKE
54
Compatriot of Evangeline: Fr. : ACADIEN
57
Shooting: Fr. : TIR
58
Foundry worker. : COREMAN
60
Shirt. : CHEMISE
62
Prince of Arragon, Prince of Morocco, Bassanio. : SUITORS
63
Old German copper coin. : KREUZER
64
Dowdy: Colloq. : TACKY
65
Billowed. : SURGED
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Goddess of retribution. : NEMESIS
2
Doves, flags, stars, etc. : EMBLEMS
3
School at Blacksburg, Va.: Abbr. : VPI
4
Pause-filling sound. : AHEM
5
Famous first name on TV. : DINAH
6
Starry. : ASTRAL
7
That hoop. : HULA
8
Mountain range of Eurasia. : URAL
9
Setting of the Diamond Horseshoe. : MET
10
Landholder under Peter Minuet. : PATROON
11
Spire. : STEEPLE
12
Island NE of Java. : MADURA
13
Reservoir near Kingston, N. Y. : ASHOKAN
14
Whirled. : EDDIED
19
Door sound. : SLAM
22
___ Scrolls. : DEADSEA
24
Bread fortifier. : THIAMIN
26
Head hunter of Borneo. : DYAK
28
Grecian Cupid. : EROS
31
Ukrainian. : SLAV
33
Cheerful. : GLAD
35
Baseball team. : INDIANS
37
Lofts. : ATTICS
38
Crow's nest. : LOOKOUT
39
Colony granted equality by De Gaulle. : ALGERIA
40
Variety of carnelian. : SARD
42
Compose verse. : POETIZE
43
Recommended. : ADVISED
44
First word of well-known hymn. : NEARER
47
Fox-hunting cry. : YOICKS
51
Prime Minister, Republic of India. : NEHRU
54
Berserk. : AMOK
55
Novelist Joyce ___. : CARY
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At no time: Poet. : NEER
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And so forth. : ETC
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Child's cup. : MUG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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