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Annamarie Lobb
New York Times, Saturday, May 5, 1962
20-Down : Planet.
Author:
Annamarie Lobb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Annamarie Lobb has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 A | 3 Y | 4 B | 5 E | 6 D | 7 O | 8 P | 9 E | 10 R | 11 A | 12 S | |||
13 R | E | V | O | L | V | E | 14 N | U | M | E | R | A | 15 L |
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16 A | V | E | N | U | E | S | 17 E | R | U | D | I | T | E |
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18 C | O | R | 19 E | N | E | 20 M | I | E | S | 21 Z | I | G |
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22 E | T | A | 23 T | 24 T | R | A | D | E | 25 T | O | R | I |
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26 R | E | G | A | 27 L | 28 T | R | A | 29 T | U | N | E | S |
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30 S | E | E | P | A | 31 G | E | S | 32 B | R | E | A | S | T |
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33 L | I | A | R | 34 D | U | E | S | |||||||
35 A | 36 D | 37 M | I | T | S | 38 F | A | R | A | D | 39 A | 40 Y | 41 S |
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42 R | A | I | N | Y | 43 N | A | Y | 44 T | A | R | O | T |
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45 R | I | R | E | 46 C | E | L | T | 47 S | 48 Y | O | R | E |
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49 A | L | A | 50 P | H | I | L | I | P | 51 S | 52 U | K | R |
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53 N | I | C | 54 O | L | A | S | 55 M | E | I | 56 S | S | E | N |
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57 T | E | L | L | E | R | S | 58 E | N | D | E | A | R | S |
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59 S | E | D | A | T | E | 60 S | T | E | A | L | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,677
Across
1
Chaise lounge. : DAYBED
7
Musical works. : OPERAS
13
Circle. : REVOLVE
14
Roman ___. : NUMERAL
16
Passageways. : AVENUES
17
Learned. : ERUDITE
18
N. T. book: Abbr. : COR
19
Adversaries. : ENEMIES
21
Sharp turn in a course. : ZIG
22
Coup d'___. : ETAT
24
Vocation. : TRADE
25
Convex moldings. : TORI
26
Splendid. : REGAL
28
Refrain syllable. : TRA
29
Airs. : TUNES
30
Percolations. : SEEPAGES
32
Make a clean ___ of (confess). : BREAST
33
Double-dealer. : LIAR
34
Fees. : DUES
35
Acknowledges. : ADMITS
38
Units of electricity. : FARADAYS
42
Showery. : RAINY
43
Word of negation. : NAY
44
Old playing card. : TAROT
45
To laugh: Fr. : RIRE
46
Irish. : CELTS
48
Of ___ (formerly). : YORE
49
___ king. : ALA
50
Duke of Edinburgh and others. : PHILIPS
52
Where Kiev is: Abbr. : UKR
53
Biblical name. : NICOLAS
55
German city famous for "Dresden" china. : MEISSEN
57
Vote counters. : TELLERS
58
Makes beloved. : ENDEARS
59
Dignified. : SEDATE
60
Pilfers. : STEALS
Down
1
Ardent partisan. : DEVOTEE
2
The common run. : AVERAGE
3
Distant, old style. : YON
4
Indigo. : BLUE
5
Occurrence. : EVENT
6
Renegade. : DESERTER
7
New York lake. : ONEIDA
8
Thick soup. : PUREE
9
Large birds. : EMUS
10
Carmine. : RED
11
Where the Painted Desert is. : ARIZONA
12
Certain writings. : SATIRES
13
Sports cars. : RACERS
15
Expert on law. : LEGIST
20
Planet. : MARS
23
Industrial railroad. : TAPLINE
25
Feb. 20, 1962. : TUESDAY
27
Nonprofessionals. : LAITY
29
Negotiate. : TREAT
31
Fuel. : GAS
32
Prickly seedcase. : BUR
34
Morning and noon. : DAYTIMES
35
Unmitigated. : ARRANT
36
Newspapers. : DAILIES
37
A marvel. : MIRACLE
38
Tumble. : FALL
39
Awakening. : AROUSAL
40
Bowled balls, in cricket. : YORKERS
41
Where poops are. : STERNS
43
German river. : NEISSE
46
Map. : CHART
47
Worn out. : SPENT
50
Appeal. : PLEA
51
Faction. : SIDE
54
Experienced. : OLD
56
The Red or the Black. : SEA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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