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Brice Metcalfe
New York Times, Friday, June 22, 1962
12-Down : French mystery writer.
Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q V X }, Scrabble score: 323 (avg 1.68)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 A | 3 R | 4 A | 5 S | 6 H | 7 A | 8 M | 9 F | 10 L | 11 E | 12 S | 13 H |
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14 A | N | U | T | 15 W | A | L | E | 16 A | U | D | I | O |
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17 N | E | M | O | 18 O | L | L | A | 19 T | R | U | M | P |
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20 S | U | M | M | 21 E | R | S | O | L | 22 S | T | I | C | E | |
23 A | R | A | 24 A | N | E | W | 25 P | E | D | A | N | 26 T |
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27 C | I | G | 28 A | R | 29 Y | E | 30 A | R | N | 31 T | O | O |
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32 K | N | E | E | L | 33 S | 34 D | S | O | 35 W | E | N | D |
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36 O | Y | E | 37 Z | 38 H | U | 39 G | H | |||||||
40 O | 41 P | 42 E | N | 43 L | E | 44 G | 45 T | R | I | 46 C | 47 O | 48 T |
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49 F | E | N | 50 C | E | D | A | 51 R | 52 A | Z | U | R | E |
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53 A | R | C | 54 T | I | C | 55 T | I | 56 P | S | 57 R | E | S |
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58 J | O | H | N | T | 59 H | E | B | A | P | 60 T | I | S | T |
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61 M | U | R | A | D | 62 A | W | A | Y | 63 I | O | T | A |
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64 I | R | E | N | E | 65 S | A | L | E | 66 D | U | E | T |
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67 R | Y | D | E | R | 68 H | Y | D | E | 69 E | S | S | E |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,725
Across
1
___ avis. : RARA
5
Pretend. : SHAM
9
Face powder shade. : FLESH
14
Sweet as ___. : ANUT
15
Rib in a fabric. : WALE
16
Of hearing. : AUDIO
17
No one: Lat. : NEMO
18
Spanish stew. : OLLA
19
High suit. : TRUMP
20
June 21 or 22. : SUMMERSOLSTICE
23
Southern constellation. : ARA
24
Over again. : ANEW
25
Finical scholar. : PEDANT
27
Corona. : CIGAR
29
Long. : YEARN
31
Likewise. : TOO
32
Expresses reverence. : KNEELS
34
British decoration: Abbr. : DSO
35
Go: Poet. : WEND
36
Now hear this! : OYEZ
38
Walpole. : HUGH
40
Start. : OPEN
43
Tournament round. : LEG
45
Soft ribbed wool. : TRICOT
49
Swamp. : FEN
50
Juniper. : CEDAR
52
Blue. : AZURE
53
Overshoe. : ARCTIC
55
Pointers. : TIPS
57
In medias ___. : RES
58
His day is Midsummer day. : JOHNTHEBAPTIST
61
Ottoman sultan. : MURAD
62
Hence! : AWAY
63
Jot. : IOTA
64
"The Forsyte Saga" heroine. : IRENE
65
Market. : SALE
66
The "Barcarolle," for one. : DUET
67
Name of a golf cup. : RYDER
68
R. L. S. character. : HYDE
69
To be: Lat. : ESSE
Down
1
Search thoroughly. : RANSACK
2
___ Bevan, late Labour figure. : ANEURIN
3
See 1 Down. : RUMMAGE
4
Particle. : ATOM
5
Under oath. : SWORN
6
American admiral. : HALSEY
7
Permissible. : ALLOWED
8
Lunch. : MEAL
9
Enrich. : FATTEN
10
Ghastly. : LURID
11
School. : EDUCATE
12
French mystery writer. : SIMENON
13
Short plane flight. : HOP
21
In good season. : EARLY
22
Offshoot. : SPROUT
26
Bushy clump. : TOD
28
Eternity. : AEON
30
Hardwood. : ASH
33
Choice. : SELECT
35
Hum. : WHIZ
37
Letter. : ZED
39
Possession. : GRASP
40
One ___ kind. : OFA
41
Courtroom crime. : PERJURY
42
Called back from the wings. : ENCORED
44
Entrance. : GATEWAY
46
Odd. : CURIOUS
47
Electra's brother. : ORESTES
48
Having left a will. : TESTATE
50
Dross. : CINDER
51
Coarse. : RIBALD
54
Baron's ancestor. : THANE
56
Creditor. : PAYEE
59
Mixture. : HASH
60
Help along (with "over"). : TIDE
61
German "me." : MIR
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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