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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Tuesday, May 7, 1957

9-Down : La ___, Wisconsin.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { G J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,870
Across
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Cut cabbage. : SLAW
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Subject of recent budgetary crisis. : MAIL
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Obtuse. : CRASS
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Mata ___. : HARI
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Panelist Chase. : ILKA
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FM. : RADIO
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Egg-shaped. : OVAL
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Playwright, songwriter, actor. : NOELCOWARD
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Cellist, conductor, patriot. : PABLOCASALS
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___ culpa. : MEA
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Infuriated. : IRED
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Ancient Italians. : OSCANS
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Manhattan. : ISLAND
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In the wake of. : ASTERN
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"Oh, give me ___ ... " : AHOME
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Nonsense: Slang. : BLAH
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Onion property. : ODOR
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Man's nickname. : MORT
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Telephonic word. : HELLO
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"If I ___ you ... " : WERE
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Word connected with dry. : BONE
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Sioux. : OTOE
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Basketball teams. : FIVES
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Just about. : ALMOST
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Aboveboard. : HONEST
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Served, as soup. : LADLED
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Cousin of a combo. : BAND
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Semele's sister. : INO
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Short and pithy. : SENTENTIOUS
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Winter gear for the home. : STORMDOORS
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Choir member. : ALTO
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___ Vecchio, across the Arno. : PONTE
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Confident. : SURE
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Redded up. : NEAT
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Show contempt. : SNEER
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Cousin of etc. : ETAL
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West London district. : SOHO
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Patronize the supermarket. : SHOP
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Fuji product. : LAVA
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Waif of the streets. : ARAB
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Rossini hero. : WILLIAMTELL
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Cut up. : MINCED
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Get ___ of (listen to): Slang. : ALOAD
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D. D. E.'s namesakes. : IKES
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Oh ___! (oh dear me!): Fr. : LALA
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La ___, Wisconsin. : CROSSE
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Not trained. : RAW
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Characters in a Biblical tale. : ADAMANDEVE
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Imperative warning. : SIREN
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Ice cream treats. : SODAS
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One of the three Fates. : CLOTHO
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Department of France. : ORNE
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Early Great Plains inhabitants. : CROWINDIANS
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Poetic foot. : IAMB
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Go away! : SHOO
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"A Romance of Exmoor," 1869. : LORNADOONE
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Give to each. : ALLOT
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Business transaction. : SALE
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Wagers. : BETS
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Raw materials. : ORES
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Take it easy. : REST
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Cowled. : HOODED
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Baptismal bowl. : FONT
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Pioneer hypnotist. : MESMER
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Boy in an opera. : HANSEL
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Has "s" trouble. : LISPS
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Composer Dvorak. : ANTON
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Mantle associate. : BERRA
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Facial feature. : NOSE
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___ ensemble. : TOUT
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Butterine. : OLEO
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Where Zion National Park is. : UTAH
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"And ___ bed."—Pepys. : SOTO
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Map abbreviation. : RTE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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