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Henry A. Wolfe
New York Times, Friday, June 10, 1955
55-Down : Merry month.
Author:
Henry A. Wolfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Henry A. Wolfe has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 42-Down entry (PELOTA) is incorrect; the pelota is the ball, and the cesta is the wicker basket used in jai alai.
1 M | 2 I | 3 S | 4 H | 5 A | 6 P | 7 F | 8 I | 9 S | 10 C | 11 A | 12 L | |||
13 C | A | N | T | E | L | L | 14 O | N | E | I | D | A | 15 S |
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16 A | L | D | O | R | A | Y | 17 R | E | A | G | E | N | T |
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18 S | O | I | R | 19 I | M | 20 A | G | E | 21 A | N | Y | A |
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22 C | R | A | M | 23 S | 24 O | R | E | 25 G | R | O | A | T |
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26 A | Y | N | 27 A | 28 B | U | N | D | 29 L | E | 30 I | R | E |
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31 A | B | A | T | E | 32 A | T | 33 O | D | D | S |
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34 F | 35 I | N | I | S | H | 36 U | N | L | E | S | S | |||
37 B | E | N | O | N | I | 38 E | N | D | O | R | ||||
39 A | L | S | 40 E | S | 41 C | A | P | E | S | 42 P | 43 C | 44 S |
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45 R | O | T | 46 O | S | 47 A | D | O | 48 T | 49 R | E | A | T |
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50 U | N | I | V | 51 M | U | S | E | 52 S | 53 A | L | T | O |
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54 C | I | N | E | 55 M | A | S | 56 T | O | 57 R | T | O | N | I |
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58 H | E | C | T | A | R | E | 59 I | D | I | O | T | I | C |
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60 S | T | A | Y | E | D | 61 C | A | T | N | A | P |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,173
Across
1
Bad luck. : MISHAP
7
Financial. : FISCAL
13
"You Never ___."—Shaw. : CANTELL
14
Iroquois. : ONEIDAS
16
One of the stars of "Battle Cry." : ALDORAY
17
Type of chemical used in photography. : REAGENT
18
Evening in Paris. : SOIR
19
Reflection. : IMAGE
21
Novelist Seton. : ANYA
22
Studies for exams. : CRAMS
24
Pitchblende. : ORE
25
Pirate shortstop. : GROAT
26
___ Rand, author of "The Fountainhead." : AYN
27
"___ From Heaven." : ABUNDLE
30
Anger. : IRE
31
Lessen. : ABATE
32
Not in agreement. : ATODDS
34
Termination. : FINISH
36
Except that. : UNLESS
37
City in the Transvaal. : BENONI
38
Home of a Biblical witch. : ENDOR
39
Lopez and Rosen. : ALS
40
Gets away. : ESCAPES
42
Fragments: Abbr. : PCS
45
Picture sections of papers. : ROTOS
47
Pother. : ADO
48
Negotiate. : TREAT
50
Yale, for instance: Abbr. : UNIV
51
Thalia, Clio, etc. : MUSES
53
Voice. : ALTO
54
Movies. : CINEMAS
56
Biscuit ___. : TORTONI
58
Metric measure of surface. : HECTARE
59
Foolish. : IDIOTIC
60
Remained. : STAYED
61
Short snooze. : CATNAP
Down
1
Author of "Morte d'Arthur." : MALORY
2
Early Wynn. : INDIAN
3
Equinoctial event. : STORM
4
Pronoun. : HER
5
Jai ___. : ALAI
6
Scene of historic event of 1620. : PLYMOUTH
7
Shaped metal. : FORGED
8
Arrow poison. : INEE
9
Dead or Red. : SEA
10
Product of Cuba. : CIGAR
11
Part of the throat. : ADENOIDS
12
Sailors' blouse cords. : LANYARDS
13
Conspirator against Caesar. : CASCA
15
Maine and Vermont. : STATES
20
English composer. : ARNE
23
Ancient people of Italy. : SABINES
25
Go away: Slang. : GETLOST
28
Foundation. : BASIS
29
Heath or moor: Fr. : LANDE
31
Upper: Comb. form. : ANO
33
Above: Poetic. : OER
34
Major crimes. : FELONIES
35
Natural aptitude. : INSTINCT
36
Without meter or rhythm. : UNPOETIC
37
Elder statesman. : BARUCH
38
Famous bridge builder. : EADS
41
Effected. : CAUSED
42
Wicker basket used in Spanish game. : PELOTA
43
Mint plant. : CATNIP
44
Impassive one. : STOIC
46
Mrs. Hobby. : OVETA
49
Boca ___. : RATON
51
Paddock occupant. : MARE
52
Pop. : SODA
55
Merry month. : MAY
57
Slow: Mus. abbr. : RIT
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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