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Herman Keld
Herman Keld

New York Times, Saturday, June 14, 1958

24-Down : Frolic.

Author:
Herman Keld
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 331 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Herman Keld has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,273
Across
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___ Society. : CAFE
5
Was ahead. : LED
8
Competitors in the Mille Miglia. : RACERS
14
Associate. : ALLY
15
Outside: Prefix. : EXO
16
Flowering shrub. : AZALEA
17
Top quality: Slang. : BLUECHIP
19
English gentlewoman. : MILADY
20
Inventor of a wind instrument. : SAX
21
Compelled to go along. : HALED
23
Minotaur's owner. : MINOS
24
Father: Fr. : PERE
25
Cooked mixture of flour and butter for sauces. : ROUX
27
Accumulate. : STORE
30
Long-legged bird. : STILT
32
Chinese name. : MAO
35
British actor-playwright. : COWARD
37
Subjects of famed Sherlock Holmes story. : REDHEADS
39
Wagon train animals. : OXEN
40
Ignore. : ELIDE
42
Exclamation of sorrow. : ALAS
43
Employment termination notice: Colloq. : PINKSLIP
45
Havoc. : RAVAGE
47
Being, in the most abstract sense. : ENS
48
Vary. : ALTER
50
Small Old World mammal. : GENET
51
Hillside: Dial. : BRAE
52
College town in Iowa. : AMES
54
Port of Iraq. : BASRA
57
Boca ___, Florida. : RATON
59
Chemin de ___ (railroad): Fr. : FER
62
Ardent. : ABLAZE
64
Fib. : WHITELIE
66
Broadening experience. : TRAVEL
67
Poetic "ever." : EER
68
Latin-American measure, 32 to 43 inches. : VARA
69
Traffic in that which is sacred. : SIMONY
70
Señora: Abbr. : SRA
71
Author Munthe. : AXEL
Down
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Means of transportation. : CABS
2
___ breve, in music. : ALLA
3
Stream. : FLUX
4
Observe. : EYE
5
Hungarian composer. : LEHAR
6
Expatriates. : EXILES
7
Inside information: Colloq. : DOPE
8
Zodiac sign, Aries. : RAM
9
Arc of the horizon, in astronomy. : AZIMUTH
10
Cup or chalice. : CALIX
11
Spirit: Fr. : ELAN
12
Fix again. : REDO
13
Recites. : SAYS
18
Enliven. : CHEER
22
Dehydrated. : DRIED
24
Frolic. : PRANK
26
Not so young. : OLDER
27
Extent. : SCOPE
28
Poison. : TOXIN
29
Hero of 1936 Olympics. : OWENS
31
Rubbish: Slang. : TRIPE
32
South-African Premier, 1948-1954. : MALAN
33
Maxim. : ADAGE
34
Native of Central Caucasus. : OSSET
36
___ Street. : DELLA
38
Edges of a roof. : EAVES
41
Unit of capacity in metric system. : LITER
44
Gene of double-eagle fame. : SARAZEN
46
Representative. : AGENT
49
To the contrary. : RATHER
51
A daring villain. : BRAVO
53
Shearer of the ballet. : MOIRA
54
Cave dwellers. : BATS
55
Shelter, as a dugout: Fr. : ABRI
56
Heavy impact. : SLAM
58
Fills with reverence. : AWES
59
Source of linen. : FLAX
60
Name on Irish stamps. : EIRE
61
Having actuality. : REAL
63
City in E. England. : ELY
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Little ___. : EVA

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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