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Phyllis Taub
New York Times, Saturday, May 19, 1962
22-Down : Heavy hammers.
Author:
Phyllis Taub
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Phyllis Taub has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 L | 2 E | 3 T | 4 O | 5 B | 6 O | 7 O | 8 T | 9 S | 10 O | 11 M | 12 S | 13 K |
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14 A | T | O | P | 15 E | F | L | A | T | 16 R | A | N | I |
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17 V | A | N | I | 18 T | Y | F | A | I | R | 19 V | I | A | L |
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20 A | T | O | N | A | L | 21 F | L | A | 22 M | I | N | G | O |
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23 I | R | E | 24 S | 25 O | P | A | L | S | ||||||
26 D | 27 A | 28 M | O | N | 29 O | 30 A | R | 31 U | L | T | 32 R | 33 A |
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34 I | V | A | N | 35 S | O | N | 36 C | L | E | R | I | C |
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37 E | A | R | 38 Z | I | N | N | 39 I | A | S | 40 E | A | T |
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41 T | I | T | 42 L | E | S | 43 O | D | D | 44 V | E | T | O |
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45 S | L | I | E | R | 46 N | Y | E | 47 T | A | T | A | R |
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48 N | O | O | 49 N | E | 50 A | 51 Z | U | L | ||||||
52 S | 53 T | E | P | S | O | U | 54 T | 55 O | R | E | 56 G | 57 O | 58 N |
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59 C | O | D | A | 60 E | T | H | 61 A | N | F | R | O | M | E |
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62 O | B | E | R | 63 N | E | R | V | E | 64 I | O | N | S |
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65 T | E | N | D | 66 D | R | U | G | S | 67 E | D | I | T |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,691
Across
1
Apollo's mother. : LETO
5
Kipling poem. : BOOTS
10
Siberian city. : OMSK
14
On the crest. : ATOP
15
Key of Beethoven's Third. : EFLAT
16
Raja's wife. : RANI
17
Miss Sharp's setting. : VANITYFAIR
19
Small bottle. : VIAL
20
Term in music. : ATONAL
21
Aquatic bird. : FLAMINGO
23
Makes angry. : IRES
25
Iridescent stones. : OPALS
26
Mr. Runyan. : DAMON
29
Row. : OAR
31
Beyond: Prefix. : ULTRA
34
Turgenev. : IVAN
35
Child. : SON
36
Minister. : CLERIC
37
Nubbin. : EAR
38
Garden flowers. : ZINNIAS
40
Have tea. : EAT
41
17 Across and others. : TITLES
43
Unpaired. : ODD
44
I forbid: Lat. : VETO
45
More crafty. : SLIER
46
Humorist Bill ___. : NYE
47
Mongolian. : TATAR
48
Nobody. : NOONE
50
Blue: Sp. : AZUL
52
Goes on date: Colloq. : STEPSOUT
55
Parkman's "The ___ Trail." : OREGON
59
Musical passage. : CODA
60
Wharton farmer. : ETHANFROME
62
Upper: Ger. : OBER
63
Courage. : NERVE
64
Charged atoms. : IONS
65
Be apt. : TEND
66
Medicines. : DRUGS
67
Work on MSS. : EDIT
Down
1
Pumice. : LAVA
2
State: Fr. : ETAT
3
Up ___ good. : TONO
4
Judgment. : OPINION
5
Stendhal's real name. : BEYLE
6
Gone away. : OFF
7
Norse name. : OLAF
8
Make a suit. : TAILOR
9
Handhold. : STRAP
10
Pioneer Wright. : ORVILLE
11
Novel of 1920. : MAINSTREET
12
Obstacle. : SNAG
13
Metric measure. : KILO
18
Mountain pool. : TARN
22
Heavy hammers. : MAULS
24
Quickly. : SOON
26
Food regimens. : DIETS
27
Be of use. : AVAIL
28
London seafarer. : MARTINEDEN
30
Harass. : ANNOY
32
Lariat. : RIATA
33
Player. : ACTOR
35
Girl: Colloq. : SIS
36
Bounder. : CAD
38
Ciphers. : ZEROS
39
Concept. : IDEA
42
Di Lampedusa novel (with "The"). : LEOPARD
44
Dancer Bettis. : VALERIE
46
Gender. : NEUTER
47
Sward. : TURF
49
A great deal: Colloq. : NOEND
51
Temperate and frigid. : ZONES
52
Roderick Dhu. : SCOT
53
Basic infinitive. : TOBE
54
During: Var. : THRU
56
Competent. : GOOD
57
All: Prefix. : OMNI
58
Shelter. : NEST
61
Mean: Abbr. : AVG
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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