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Victor Goldfarb
New York Times, Tuesday, May 24, 1955
26-Down : Held in.
Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 E | 6 R | 7 I | 8 L | 9 L | 10 A | 11 S | 12 W | 13 E |
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14 A | L | L | O | R | 15 A | B | O | U | 16 B | L | E | W |
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17 S | T | A | R | G | 18 A | Z | I | N | G | 19 N | I | N | E |
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20 H | O | P | S | 21 M | O | D | E | 22 L | E | N | D | S |
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23 S | O | 24 B | E | R | 25 S | 26 P | A | R | K | Y | ||||
27 B | 28 I | T | 29 U | N | S | 30 A | T | E | D | |||||
31 A | V | I | 32 O | N | 33 L | A | N | D | 34 L | 35 A | 36 D | 37 Y |
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38 R | A | C | K | 39 F | 40 L | I | R | T | 41 A | L | I | A |
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42 I | N | K | S | 43 T | A | I | N | 44 A | B | L | E | R |
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45 A | R | S | E | 46 N | 47 A | L | 48 A | T | E |
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49 M | 50 O | 51 T | M | O | T | 52 E | N | T | 53 E | R | ||||
54 C | R | O | R | E | 55 L | 56 A | C | K | 57 B | O | 58 B | 59 O |
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60 O | B | O | E | 61 T | E | N | T | H | 62 R | O | U | N | D |
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63 L | I | O | N | 64 A | S | T | A | 65 U | L | N | A | E |
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66 A | G | O | D | 67 T | S | A | R | 68 S | I | D | I | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,156
Across
1
What people marry in. : HASTE
6
Stream. : RILL
10
"___ were marching through Georgia." : ASWE
14
___ nothing. : ALLOR
15
Ben Adhem. : ABOU
16
Melted, as a fuse. : BLEW
17
Working at Mt. Palomar. : STARGAZING
19
Shoe size. : NINE
20
Jumps over. : HOPS
21
Method. : MODE
22
Imparts. : LENDS
23
Not garish. : SOBER
25
Fire Prevention dog. : SPARKY
27
Twelve and a half cents. : BIT
29
Not surfeited. : UNSATED
31
Par ___. : AVION
33
Queen of the apartment house. : LANDLADY
38
Book display stand. : RACK
39
Trifle. : FLIRT
41
Inter ___. : ALIA
42
Desk blemish. : INKSTAIN
44
More competent. : ABLER
45
Munitions depot. : ARSENAL
48
Consumed. : ATE
49
Jaylike bird. : MOTMOT
52
Join. : ENTER
54
Ten millions of rupees. : CRORE
55
Shortage. : LACK
57
Fighter Olson. : BOBO
60
Wood-wind instrument. : OBOE
61
End of a non-title main event. : TENTHROUND
63
British symbol. : LION
64
Dog in a Hammett mystery. : ASTA
65
Forearm bones. : ULNAE
66
"In apprehension how like ___!"—Hamlet. : AGOD
67
Peter the Great. : TSAR
68
Titled Africans. : SIDIS
Down
1
Dinner dish. : HASH
2
Kind of saxophone. : ALTO
3
Crude comedy. : SLAPSTICK
4
Trunk. : TORSO
5
Term in physics. : ERG
6
Safety and electric. : RAZORS
7
Footnote abbreviation. : IBID
8
Emblem on a state flag. : LONESTAR
9
Carry (something heavy). : LUG
10
Biblical name. : ABNER
11
Move like a panther. : SLINK
12
Role in "Peter Pan." : WENDY
13
Sheep. : EWES
18
Hymn's end. : AMEN
22
Portrayer of Shane. : LADD
24
Small roll. : BUN
26
Held in. : PENT
27
Italian port. : BARI
28
Foe of Abdul, the Bulbul Ameer. : IVAN
30
"Drop me ___." : ALINE
32
Approves: Colloq. : OKS
34
College building: Colloq. : LAB
35
Versatile. : ALLAROUND
36
Count calories. : DIET
37
Responding to the helm, as a ship. : YARE
39
Game. : FARO
40
Feeling indifference. : LISTLESS
43
Unexciting. : TAME
44
Height: Abbr. : ALT
46
Ambrosia. : NECTAR
47
Ancient Egyptian emblem. : ANKH
49
The boss: Slang. : MRBIG
50
Fifth inning score. : OOOOO
51
Tendency. : TREND
53
Italian town. : EBOLI
54
African nut tree. : COLA
56
Theatrical group. : ANTA
58
___ B'rith, Jewish fraternity. : BNAI
59
Poems. : ODES
61
Make lace. : TAT
62
Where the Volga flows: Abbr. : RUS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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