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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Friday, April 20, 1962
8-Down : Proven.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, 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.
1 H | 2 A | 3 N | 4 G | 5 A | 6 B | 7 E | 8 T | 9 C | 10 O | 11 I | 12 F |
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13 A | H | O | R | 14 A | 15 R | A | C | E | 16 H | O | R | S | E |
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17 T | I | T | A | N | 18 A | B | U | S | I | M | B | E | L |
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19 S | T | A | N | D | 20 S | B | Y | 21 T | A | S | S | E | L |
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22 D | R | A | Y | 23 G | E | T | ||||||||
24 S | 25 T | 26 R | E | E | T | 27 S | E | D | U | 28 L | 29 O | 30 U | 31 S |
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32 T | O | I | 33 W | Y | 34 T | H | E | 35 S | A | C | R | A |
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36 E | N | D | 37 S | 38 R | O | A | S | 39 T | 40 W | A | G | S |
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41 P | I | E | T | 42 A | 43 T | R | E | A | 44 D | 45 L | E | S |
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46 S | C | R | U | B | 47 B | E | D | 48 B | I | 49 N | A | R | Y |
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50 R | I | M | 51 B | O | N | E | ||||||||
52 A | 53 S | 54 H | 55 C | A | N | 56 S | O | O | N | E | 57 R | 58 O | 59 R |
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60 S | T | O | O | D | D | 61 O | W | N | 62 E | D | U | C | E |
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63 E | A | G | L | E | E | Y | E | D | 64 R | E | N | T | E |
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65 A | R | G | O | 66 R | E | D | S | 67 D | E | A | L |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,662
Across
1
Do a gallery job. : HANG
5
Incite. : ABET
9
Skullcap. : COIF
13
Now, in Spain. : AHORA
15
Pimlico entry. : RACEHORSE
17
Giant. : TITAN
18
Egyptian temple in the news. : ABUSIMBEL
19
Is ready to help. : STANDSBY
21
Part of a mortarboard. : TASSEL
22
Cart. : DRAY
23
Bring. : GET
24
Arab's place. : STREET
27
Assiduous. : SEDULOUS
32
Thou: Fr. : TOI
33
Signer of the Declaration. : WYTHE
35
Spinal bones. : SACRA
36
Completes. : ENDS
38
Barbecue. : ROAST
40
Jokers. : WAGS
41
Michelangelo masterpiece. : PIETA
43
Tire essential. : TREAD
45
"___ Misérables." : LES
46
Cleaned (up). : SCRUBBED
48
Twofold. : BINARY
50
Edge. : RIM
51
Type of meal. : BONE
52
Alley item. : ASHCAN
56
___ later. : SOONEROR
60
Left the witness stand. : STOODDOWN
62
Evolve. : EDUCE
63
Missing nothing in sight. : EAGLEEYED
64
French income. : RENTE
65
Jason's ship. : ARGO
66
Corals. : REDS
67
Indefinite amount. : DEAL
Down
1
Sailors. : HATS
2
Make ___ (succeed). : AHIT
3
Part of N. B. : NOTA
4
___ dame. : GRANDE
5
Sheik's home. : ARABY
6
Coddle. : BABY
7
Old French coin. : ECU
8
Proven. : TESTED
9
Punctuation marks: Abbr. : COMS
10
Globes. : ORBS
11
What "video" means. : ISEE
12
Cut down trees. : FELL
14
Young prince. : ANDREW
16
Blank space. : HIATUS
20
Woodland deity. : SATYR
23
Honkers. : GEESE
24
Dancer's concern. : STEPS
25
Spring item. : TONIC
26
Jockey. : RIDER
27
Potsherd. : SHARD
28
Commandment. : LAW
29
Florida city. : OCALA
30
Advocate. : URGER
31
Forward. : SASSY
34
Clan symbol. : TOTEM
37
Man's nickname. : STU
39
Prohibited. : TABOO
42
Rub off. : ABRADE
44
Soup to nuts. : DINNER
47
Harvesting machine. : BINDER
49
Required. : NEEDED
51
Uniting forces. : BONDS
52
On the deep. : ASEA
53
Rigel or Spica. : STAR
54
Scottish poet. : HOGG
55
Okla.'s neighbor. : COLO
56
European nation: Abbr. : SWED
57
Magical mark : RUNE
58
Eight: Prefix. : OCTA
59
Dance. : REEL
61
Scottish grandchild. : OYE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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