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

New York Times, Tuesday, May 14, 1957

39-Down : Surplus.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,877
Across
1
Newest U.N. member. : GHANA
6
Jerked upward. : TOSSED
12
Hadrian's predecessor. : TRAJAN
13
Dominions. : EMPIRES
15
Early European duchy. : BRABANT
16
Friendship, in Baltimore, for example. : AIRPORT
17
Odin, Balder, etc. : AESIR
18
Rash. : HASTY
20
___ Paulo, Brazil. : SAO
21
Protestant denomination: Abbr. : BAPT
22
Blends. : MELDS
23
Huck ___. : FINN
24
Season, French style. : ETE
25
Before delta. : GAMMA
26
Eulogy. : ELOGE
27
Capital of New South Wales. : SYDNEY
29
People of Ljubljana. : SLOVENES
31
Forest ox. : ANOA
33
Sword. : EPEE
34
The opposite. : CONVERSE
38
Speak monotonously. : INTONE
42
Milanov specialties. : ARIAS
43
Limit. : STINT
45
Before: Ger. : VOR
46
Chime. : BELL
47
What "shalom" means. : PEACE
48
After: Prefix. : META
49
Past. : AGO
50
Outlook. : VISTA
51
Colorful Indian attire. : SARIS
52
Triangular sails. : LATEENS
54
Go back over. : RETRACE
56
Lively musical direction. : ANIMATO
57
Grain lost through spilling. : ULLAGE
58
By eyesight. : OCULAR
59
Struck down. : SMOTE
Down
1
Understood. : GRASPED
2
Practice. : HABIT
3
Slightly open. : AJAR
4
Girl's nickname. : NAN
5
National song. : ANTHEM
6
Poetess Sara. : TEASDALE
7
Does not mention. : OMITS
8
Frisky. : SPRY
9
Drink slowly. : SIP
10
Eastern Colorado problem. : EROSION
11
Disorder. : DERANGE
12
Formal end of a war. : TREATY
14
Rubies and diamonds. : STONES
15
Helpless ones. : BABES
19
Something for the needy. : ALMS
22
Municipal official. : MAYOR
23
London's newspaper street. : FLEET
25
Raymond and Kelly. : GENES
26
Mark of a red-letter day. : EVENT
28
Speaking of ships. : NAVAL
30
Suppose. : OPINE
32
City official. : ASSESSOR
34
Mystical doctrine. : CABALA
35
Spanish herb. : OREGANO
36
Of a great river. : NILOTIC
37
State: Fr. : ETAT
39
Surplus. : OVERAGE
40
Warning. : NOTICE
41
Wipe out. : ERASE
44
Mythical birdman. : ICARUS
47
One of Columbus' three. : PINTA
48
Danton's colleague. : MARAT
50
Meat. : VEAL
51
Normandy town. : STLO
53
Bird. : EMU
55
Tree. : ELM

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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