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Edgar Watts
New York Times, Tuesday, June 15, 1954
54-Down : Former economic agency.
Author:
Edgar Watts
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J K P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Edgar Watts has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 F | 2 R | 3 A | 4 U | 5 S | 6 H | 7 O | 8 W | 9 E | 10 R | |||||
11 B | R | A | W | N | 12 T | E | L | E | V | I | 13 S | 14 E |
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15 B | R | E | W | E | D | 16 R | A | D | I | A | N | C | E |
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17 R | A | N | 18 D | E | 19 L | I | V | E | R | 20 G | A | R |
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21 U | V | E | 22 A | 23 R | I | V | E | R | 24 E | L | I |
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25 T | E | T | R | 26 A | 27 F | E | N | 28 H | 29 O | R | D | E |
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30 A | L | I | M | E | 31 N | T | S | 32 F | U | R | ||||
33 L | Y | C | I | D | A | S | 34 H | A | R | D | 35 E | 36 S | 37 T |
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38 N | E | T | 39 S | E | N | T | E | N | C | E |
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40 B | 41 R | 42 A | G | S | 43 H | U | R | 44 S | A | T | A | N |
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45 R | O | T | 46 L | E | M | O | 47 N | 48 L | I | N | E |
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49 E | T | O | 50 T | I | R | A | D | E | 51 S | 52 T | N | T |
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53 S | O | M | 54 E | R | S | E | T | 55 W | H | 56 A | L | E | S |
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57 T | R | I | C | O | L | O | R | 58 L | O | V | E | R | ||
59 C | A | T | E | N | A | 60 Y | E | A | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,813
Across
1
Mrs. in Germany. : FRAU
5
Party for the bride. : SHOWER
11
Muscles. : BRAWN
12
Transmit via electronic tube. : TELEVISE
15
Made tea. : BREWED
16
Brightness. : RADIANCE
17
Melted. : RAN
18
Save from evil. : DELIVER
20
___ Wood, motorboat racer. : GAR
21
Part of the eye. : UVEA
23
Wabash. : RIVER
24
Yale man. : ELI
25
Four: Comb. : TETRA
27
Swamp. : FEN
28
Crowd. : HORDE
30
Foodstuffs. : ALIMENTS
32
Symbol of luxury, : FUR
33
Famous elegy by Milton. : LYCIDAS
34
Like diamond. : HARDEST
38
A form of snare. : NET
39
"I will," for instance. : SENTENCE
40
Talks with too much pride. : BRAGS
43
Ben ___. : HUR
44
Mephisto. : SATAN
45
Nonsense! : ROT
46
Lollipop flavor. : LEMON
48
Bridge score division. : LINE
49
1944 theatre. : ETO
50
Harangues. : TIRADES
52
Explosive. : TNT
53
English county. : SOMERSET
55
Bay of ___, in Antarctica. : WHALES
57
Flag of Lt. Genevieve. : TRICOLOR
58
Romeo. : LOVER
59
A chainlike structure. : CATENA
60
Affirmatives. : YEAS
Down
1
Very excited. : FRENETIC
2
Uncooked. : RAW
3
Filled with wonder. : AWED
4
Less than. : UNDER
5
Endeavors. : STRIVES
6
State of great happiness. : HEAVEN
7
More experienced. : OLDER
8
Milldam. : WEIR
9
Little ___. : EVA
10
A person who greatly resembles another. : RINGER
11
Wiith valor. : BRAVELY
13
Blanch, as almonds. : SCALD
14
Hair-raising. : EERIE
15
Savage. : BRUTAL
19
Rides in the direction one is going. : LIFTS
22
Preparing for action. : ARMING
26
Mosquito genus. : AEDES
28
Pains. : HURTS
29
Trying experience. : ORDEAL
31
Man's nickname. : NAT
32
Air circulator. : FAN
34
Salome's stepfather. : HEROD
35
Qualifies one for something. : ENTITLES
36
TV instrument. : SCANNER
37
Doctrines. : TENETS
39
Large island off Malaya. : SUMATRA
40
Chief French naval station. : BREST
41
Revolving part. : ROTOR
42
Power of the Nautilus. : ATOMIC
43
At once. : HEREON
46
Stocking material. : LISLE
47
Recently. : NEWLY
50
Gait. : TROT
51
Auto tire: Colloq. : SHOE
54
Former economic agency. : ECA
56
Girl's name. : AVA
Answer summary:
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