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Herman Keld
Herman Keld

New York Times, Wednesday, June 18, 1958

12-Down : Amuse.

Author:
Herman Keld
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { V }, Scrabble score: 317 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Herman Keld has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,277
Across
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One of two books of the Apocrypha: Abbr. : MACC
5
___ California. : BAJA
9
Yellow pigment. : OCHER
14
Six-shooter, à la the adult Western. : EQUALIZER
16
Wading bird. : CRANE
17
Reach the highest point. : CULMINATE
18
D'Oyly ___. : CARTE
19
Slave in "The Tempest." : CALIBAN
20
Visited run-down areas. : SLUMMED
22
Classify. : ASSORT
23
Mail. : ARMOR
24
Born: Fr. : NEE
25
Gives approval. : CONSENTS
28
Short-lived fancies. : FADS
31
Bifurcation. : FORK
32
Indicator. : DIAL
33
Timberjack's tool. : AXE
34
Sheik's land. : ARABY
35
Part of Meany's organization. : CIO
36
Small bundle. : WISP
38
Receives. : GETS
39
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1928-1942. : LANG
40
Public officers. : NOTARIES
42
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : PSA
44
Track man. : MILER
45
Place. : LOCALE
49
Inevitably. : FATALLY
51
Site of 200-inch telescope. : PALOMAR
52
Piece for practice, in music. : ETUDE
53
A green semiprecious stone. : AMAZONITE
55
Attend, as a meeting. : SITIN
56
Sycophantic. : PARASITIC
57
Fragrance. : SCENT
58
Poses. : SITS
59
Argot. : CANT
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Holy city. : MECCA
2
Shades of blue green. : AQUAS
3
Chooses and gathers. : CULLS
4
Trucks used to carry cannon. : CAMIONS
5
Double, in botany. : BINATE
6
Mohammedan call to prayer. : AZAN
7
Modern passenger plane. : JET
8
God of war. : ARES
9
Happens. : OCCURS
10
Stuffed. : CRAMMED
11
Small wind instrument. : HARMONICA
12
Amuse. : ENTERTAIN
13
Part of 11 Down. : REED
15
Vers ___. : LIBRE
21
Tall and spare. : LANKY
25
Lumberjacks. : COATS
26
Spherical bodies. : ORBS
27
Hard blow. : SLOG
28
A yearling. : FAWN
29
Self-evident. : AXIOMATIC
30
Lacking (with "of"). : DESTITUTE
31
Manumit. : FREE
34
"It's ___!" : AGIRL
37
Richard Boone's TV role. : PALADIN
39
Concise. : LACONIC
41
Become less severe. : RELENT
42
Public squares in a city. : PLAZAS
43
Musical parts. : SOLOS
46
Buddha of a Japanese sect. : AMITA
47
___ America. : LATIN
48
Build. : ERECT
49
Band across an escutcheon. : FESS
50
Canine sound effects. : YAPS
51
Share. : PART
54
Avril, ___, Juin. : MAI

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

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