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Brice Metcalfe
Brice Metcalfe

New York Times, Friday, June 19, 1959

43-Down : Author Stringfellow ___.

Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,626
Across
1
Formal affair. : BALL
5
Plant with sword-shaped flowers. : FLAG
9
Short gaiters. : SPATS
14
Jai ___. : ALAI
15
A thousand ages. : AEON
16
Jargon. : ARGOT
17
Intertwined. : WOVE
18
Where Randolph and Kelly Fields are. : SANANTONIO
20
Guides. : LEADSTHEWAY
22
Leather for sports goods. : ELK
23
Paris season. : ETE
24
Edible marine fish. : WRASSE
26
Type of latticework. : GRATING
30
___ master. : PAST
31
The Limpopo. : RIVER
32
Desert steed. : ARAB
34
Race track circuits. : LAPS
38
Aural. : OTIC
39
Overwhelms. : STUNS
40
Fail to mention. : OMIT
41
Occident. : WEST
42
Having color. : HUED
43
Alias Paladin. : BOONE
44
Scottish seaside resort. : OBAN
46
Modern "Forty-Niner." : ALASKAN
48
Frightened. : SCARED
51
Occur. : ARE
52
Experiences. : HAS
53
Final part of any undertaking. : HOMESTRETCH
60
Vigilant. : ONTHEWATCH
62
Ballerina Kaye. : NORA
63
Merchandise. : WARES
64
Pout: Fr. : MOUE
65
Facient. : DOER
66
Opinion: Colloq. : SLANT
67
Conjunctions. : ANDS
68
Toboggan. : SLED
Down
1
Shout. : BAWL
2
Century plant. : ALOE
3
Source of obsidian. : LAVA
4
Type of polygraph. : LIEDETECTOR
5
Fix firmly. : FASTEN
6
Jacob's substituted bride. : LEAH
7
First-rate. : AONE
8
Eat away. : GNAW
9
Brown and gray butterflies. : SATYRS
10
In behalf of: Lat. : PRO
11
Saint of Jan. 21. : AGNES
12
Snares or traps. : TOILS
13
What firemen do. : STOKE
19
Moslem princes. : NAWABS
21
Tumult. : STIR
25
In confusion. : ATLOOSEENDS
26
Spring up. : GROW
27
Liturgy. : RITE
28
Bird: Lat. : AVIS
29
Canal Zone dam. : GATUN
30
Raccoon's relative. : PANDA
33
Woody herb. : RUE
35
Berserk, Oriental style. : AMOK
36
Cloth from Spain. : PINA
37
British gun. : STEN
39
Peter Pan's concern. : SHADOW
43
Author Stringfellow ___. : BARR
45
Command. : BEHEST
47
Machine shop equipment. : LATHES
48
Registers. : SHOWS
49
The Manchester is one. : CANAL
50
Per Ardua ad ___, R. A. F. motto. : ASTRA
54
Baby's second word. : MAMA
55
College founded in 1440. : ETON
56
Wind-driven spray. : SCUD
57
Hammer or sickle. : TOOL
58
Fur-trading Indian. : CREE
59
Unsentimental. : HARD
61
Coop dweller. : HEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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