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Melville P. Liverance
Melville P. Liverance

New York Times, Tuesday, June 30, 1959

54-Down : Developer of first passenger elevator.

Author:
Melville P. Liverance
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Melville P. Liverance has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,637
Across
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One of the Ungulata. : TAPIR
6
Window dressing. : TRIM
10
Word of dismissal. : SCAT
14
Arabian. : OMANI
15
"___ soit qui mal y pense." : HONI
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Hence: Lat. : ERGO
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Sum of one's experience. : BACKGROUND
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College student. : COED
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Verb suffix. : IZE
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Damage. : HURT
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Half asleep. : DROWSY
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Round and tapering. : TERETE
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Designs. : PLANS
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Hues. : REDS
29
Asians: Var. : HINDOOS
32
Malodorous. : FETID
35
Leather strap. : THONG
37
___ media (middle way). : VIA
38
Word for poor Yorick. : ALAS
39
Sell for. : BRING
40
Tiller. : HELM
41
Sharp prong. : NIB
42
Degree. : GRADE
43
Bluish-green silicate. : BERYL
44
Quick witticisms. : SALLIES
46
Mountain range. : SPUR
48
Roof overhang. : EAVES
49
Prince ___ (frock coat). : ALBERT
53
Designating some plants. : POTTED
55
American inventor, partner of Morse. : VAIL
57
Double: Comb. form. : DUO
58
Where Bountiful is. : UTAH
59
Final result of changes. : ENDPRODUCT
62
Twenty-minute walk. : MILE
63
Set up. : REAR
64
Hiding place. : CACHE
65
Inquires. : ASKS
66
Bean. : SOYA
67
Carpal joints. : KNEES
Down
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Book of the Apocrypha. : TOBIT
2
Flabbergast. : AMAZE
3
Racing horse. : PACER
4
Printer's ___. : INK
5
Adjusted. : RIGHTED
6
One of the missiles. : THOR
7
Confused retreat. : ROUT
8
Lodging house. : INN
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Ordinary. : MIDDLING
10
Assistant. : SECOND
11
Boasts in triumph. : CROWSOVER
12
"A thousand ___ in Thy sight ... " : AGES
13
West Indian bird, green with red throat. : TODY
18
Was sorry. : RUED
23
Sounded resonantly. : RANG
25
Greek goddess. : ERIS
26
Calls up. : PHONES
28
Lustrous glass in costume jewelry. : STRASS
30
Unctuous. : OILY
31
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : SAML
32
Bleacherites. : FANS
33
Relative of Boz, Saki, etc. : ELIA
34
Chitchat. : TABLETALK
36
Kept secret. : HID
39
Experts in animal husbandry. : BREEDERS
40
Tarragon, for one. : HERB
42
Yield. : GIVE
43
Draft animal. : BULLOCK
45
Machine tools. : LATHES
47
Brace. : PAIR
50
Draw out. : EDUCE
51
Frilling or pleating. : RUCHE
52
Lugs. : TOTES
53
Mountain lion. : PUMA
54
Developer of first passenger elevator. : OTIS
55
Historic time of 1945. : VDAY
56
Port of Guam. : APRA
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Recent: Comb. form. : NEO
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City of ancient Palestine. : DAN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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