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Brice Metcalfe
New York Times, Wednesday, May 30, 1962
3-Down : Ad astra per ___.
Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 C | 3 A | 4 D | 5 E | 6 D | 7 O | 8 M | 9 A | 10 V | 11 A | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 T | O | R | A | 15 A | R | N | E | 16 S | A | W | E | R |
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17 R | U | D | Y | 18 R | I | E | M | 19 P | L | A | C | E |
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20 A | C | U | S | 21 P | R | O | 22 S | E | L | Y | T | E |
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23 W | H | A | T | 24 I | 25 S | S | O | R | A | R | E | |||
26 A | S | A | D | A | Y | I | N | J | 27 U | 28 N | 29 E |
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30 H | 31 A | 32 I | R | B | I | R | D | 33 O | R | E | L |
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34 A | A | R | 35 A | L | Y | 36 B | 37 A | 38 S | 39 G | R | O |
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40 D | R | A | 41 H | 42 M | E | L | O | 43 D | E | O | N |
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44 J | U | N | I | 45 O | 46 R | 47 L | E | A | G | U | E | |||
48 J | U | N | E | A | U | A | L | A | 49 S | 50 K | 51 A |
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52 S | 53 U | 54 M | A | T | R | A | N | S | 55 R | U | H | R |
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56 A | P | A | C | E | 57 S | T | I | 58 R | 59 E | G | A | N |
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60 S | T | U | K | A | 61 E | T | R | E | 62 S | A | K | I |
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63 H | O | I | S | T | 64 D | O | E | S | 65 T | R | I | M |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,702
Across
1
Salt-water food fish. : SCAD
5
Biblical land. : EDOM
9
Boatswain's command. : AVAST
14
The Pentateuch. : TORA
15
English composer. : ARNE
16
Cutter. : SAWER
17
Vallee. : RUDY
18
Oxhide strip or thong, in Africa. : RIEM
19
Spot. : PLACE
20
Needle: Lat. : ACUS
21
Convert. : PROSELYTE
23
With 26 Across, well-known rhetorical question. : WHATISSORARE
26
See 23 Across. : ASADAYINJUNE
30
Chipping sparrow. : HAIRBIRD
33
City S of Moscow. : OREL
34
Swiss river. : AAR
35
___ Khan. : ALY
36
College degrees. : BAS
39
Wholesale lot: Abbr. : GRO
40
Ancient measure, about 26 in. : DRAH
42
Keyboard instrument. : MELODEON
44
Service organization. : JUNIORLEAGUE
48
Northern capital. : JUNEAUALASKA
52
Neighbors of the Javanese. : SUMATRANS
55
Where Dortmund is. : RUHR
56
Quickly. : APACE
57
Activity. : STIR
59
Governor at 48 Across. : EGAN
60
German plane. : STUKA
61
To be: Fr. : ETRE
62
English pen name. : SAKI
63
Raise aloft. : HOIST
64
Solves. : DOES
65
Exterior woodwork. : TRIM
Down
1
Hat material. : STRAW
2
Article of furniture. : COUCH
3
Ad astra per ___. : ARDUA
4
The sun: Poet. : DAYSTAR
5
Auricle. : EAR
6
Needs little or no ironing. : DRIPSDRY
7
"___ leads to London ... "—Masefield. : ONEROAD
8
Commemoration. : MEMORY
9
Henry James' "The ___ Papers." : ASPERN
10
City opposite Mare Island. : VALLEJO
11
Absent. : AWAY
12
Party. : SECT
13
Willow. : TREE
22
South American monkey. : SAI
24
Log hut on the steppes. : ISBA
25
Spanker. : SAIL
27
Drive. : URGE
28
Stout detective. : NERO
29
North Carolina college. : ELON
30
Pilgrimage to Mecca. : HADJ
31
Abode of the dead, in ancient Egypt. : AARU
32
Where Meshed is. : IRAN
36
Fair sir: old French title. : BEAUSIRE
37
Seaweed. : ALGA
38
Person. : SOUL
41
Steals, gangster style. : HIJACKS
42
Intended. : MEANTTO
43
Affectionate salutation. : DEAREST
45
Win the trencherman honors. : OUTEAT
46
British defense group: Abbr. : RNR
47
Rented. : LEASED
49
Honeyed words. : SUGAR
50
Dull yellowish brown. : KHAKI
51
Count von ___, Bismarck's opponent. : ARNIM
52
Decorative ribbon. : SASH
53
Occupied with: Colloq. : UPTO
54
Hawaiian island. : MAUI
58
Domicile: Abbr. : RES
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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