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Melville P. Liverance
Melville P. Liverance

New York Times, Tuesday, May 5, 1959

56-Down : ___ d'oeuvres.

Author:
Melville P. Liverance
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Melville P. Liverance has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,581
Across
1
After alphas. : BETAS
6
Hollywood romance, journalistically speaking. : ITEM
10
Puff of an engine. : PANT
14
Ward off. : AVERT
15
Equipment for games of chance. : DICE
16
Aroma. : ODOR
17
Electrical device. : RELAY
18
Complex. : INTRICATE
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A certain Rabbit. : BRER
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Bosh! : ROT
22
Small mythical cave dwellers. : GNOMES
23
Last obstacles to 35 Down. : SAFETYMEN
26
Science degrees. : SDS
27
Obtained from milk. : LACTIC
29
Is filtered, as coffee: Colloq. : PERKS
31
One, to Cicero. : UNO
32
Lined. : RULED
34
One kind of beaver: Slang. : EAGER
38
Quick return thrust. : RIPOSTE
40
Vinegary. : ACETOSE
42
Choose. : ELECT
43
Resort town on Long Island. : ISLIP
45
Man's name meaning physician. : ASA
46
The world, to Shakespeare. : STAGE
48
Tradesman. : DEALER
50
Broadway notice. : SRO
53
Short-lived. : EPHEMERAL
55
Accident. : MISHAP
57
Mohammedan saint. : PIR
58
Social reformer, circa 1900. : RIIS
61
N. Y.-N. J. controversy. : INCOMETAX
63
French maidservant. : BONNE
64
Peter the Great, for example. : TSAR
65
Box. : LOGE
66
Bay, arm of the White Sea. : ONEGA
67
Not his. : HERS
68
Prophet. : SEER
69
Cash, for example. : ASSET
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1
Arrow projection. : BARB
2
By any chance. : EVER
3
Mount Wilson appurtenance. : TELESCOPE
4
Biblical mountain. : ARARAT
5
Pen. : STY
6
Goose. : IDIOT
7
Grandpa's photo. : TINTYPE
8
Outside: Prefix. : ECT
9
Financial arrangement between corporations. : MERGER
10
Little: Span. : POCO
11
Distinguished American family. : ADAMS
12
Eminent. : NOTED
13
Curl. : TRESS
19
Boniface. : INNKEEPER
21
Make again, as a record. : RECUT
24
Varsity. : FIRSTTEAM
25
Spingarn award, for instance. : MEDAL
27
Decoy. : LURE
28
Indigo. : ANIL
30
Posed. : SAT
33
Actress Vivien. : LEIGH
35
Objectives of fullbacks. : GOALLINES
36
Being. : ESSE
37
Construct. : REAR
39
Army training outfit. : OCS
41
Beverage. : CIDER
44
Ooze. : SEEPAGE
47
Taps of the foot, in fencing. : APPELS
49
___ rod, the goldenrod. : AARONS
50
"A mighty man is he." : SMITH
51
Cleanse. : RINSE
52
What "Gigi" won. : OSCAR
54
Kitchen apparatus. : MIXER
56
___ d'oeuvres. : HORS
59
Contemporary dramatist. : INGE
60
Ottoman. : SEAT
62
Digit. : TOE
63
Neck scarf. : BOA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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