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Alice H. Cook
Alice H. Cook

New York Times, Thursday, June 18, 1953

45-Down : Traveler with Dulles.

Author:
Alice H. Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q V Y }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Alice H. Cook has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,460
Across
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Recent Oscar winner. : BOOTH
6
Notion: French. : IDEE
10
Porterhouse. : BEEF
14
Above and beyond the usual. : EXTRA
15
Seance sounds. : RAPS
16
This divides Manchuria from U. S. S. R. : AMUR
17
Every fable has one. : MORAL
18
Allowance on money exchange. : AGIO
19
Opera box. : LOGE
20
Actress Munson. : ONA
21
Stone: Comb. form. : LITH
23
Forerunner of the Aztec. : TOLTEC
25
"It ___ Necessarily So." : AINT
27
Inertly heavy. : LEADEN
29
Cephalopods' defense. : INK
30
Town 16 miles from Boston. : NATICK
32
Pool or pond: Fr. : MARE
33
Product of Texas. : OIL
34
Sound of sleep. : SNORE
35
Impending danger. : IMMINENCE
37
Delighted. : ENTRANCED
39
Emulated Niobe. : SHEDTEARS
42
Giant, jumbo, colossal, etc. : SIZES
46
Increase. : WAX
47
Short pieces of cloth. : ENDS
48
Rising grade. : ASCENT
49
Headdress ornament of ancient Egypt. : ASP
50
Emitted fumes. : REEKED
52
Historic hill in Ireland. : TARA
53
Belief in one God. : THEISM
55
Carved treasure from the Far East. : JADE
57
___ Altos, California. : LOS
58
A variety of sight. : HIND
59
Series of heroic events. : EPOS
61
German man's name. : CLAUS
63
First word of North Carolina's motto. : ESSE
64
Where the shadoof is used for irrigation. : NILE
65
French relative. : TANTE
66
"The Liner ___ a lady ... " : SHES
67
Scatters new-mown grass, for drying. : TEDS
68
City laid out by Brigham Young, on the Weber River. : OGDEN
Down
1
Laments. : BEMOANS
2
Graduate of Magdalen or Balliol. : OXONIAN
3
Strait between Albania and Italy. : OTRANTO
4
Syllable used in singing. : TRA
5
Chairman of G.O.P. National Committee. : HALL
6
Choleric. : IRATE
7
New V. I. P. at First Avenue and 42nd Street. : DAGHAMMARSKJOLD
8
Upon: Prefix. : EPI
9
Belonging to the select few. : ESOTERIC
10
High and outside. : BALL
11
Love or hate. : EMOTION
12
Having good inherited characteristics. : EUGENIC
13
Sun spot. : FRECKLE
22
Class. : ILK
24
Concord. : ONENESS
26
Out of patience. : TIRED
28
Criticizes adversely. : DAMNS
31
Tall basketball players. : CENTERS
35
Decree of the Sultan. : IRADE
36
Decree of any sovereign authority. : EDICT
38
Backdrop for "Street Scene." : TENEMENT
39
Wraps. : SWATHES
40
Origin of the word "assassin." : HASHISH
41
Senator Byrd's great worry. : EXPENSE
43
Where Copenhagen is. : ZEALAND
44
On the way. : ENROUTE
45
Traveler with Dulles. : STASSEN
48
"Put down six and carry two ... " : ADD
51
Reduces the strain. : EASES
54
March date. : IDES
56
Outside: Comb. form. : ECTO
60
New England breakfast dish. : PIE
62
Retardation. : LAG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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