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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Wednesday, July 23, 1958

9-Down : Surveyor's instrument.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { F J K Q U V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 50-Down had "stertoriously"; corrected it to "stertorously."

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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,312
Across
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Prevent from action. : DETER
6
Appetizer. : CANAPE
12
Repeat. : ITERATE
14
Character in "Othello." : EMILIA
15
Subject for a contemporary scientist. : THERMODYNAMICS
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Kind of rolled tea. : CHA
18
Small harpsichords. : SPINETS
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Case in grammar: Abbr. : DAT
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Entrance room of a building. : HALL
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Town in S France, near Nimes. : ALES
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Ghostly apparition. : SHADE
25
The bounding main. : OCEAN
27
This: Span. : ESTO
29
Scent. : ODOR
30
Preacher. : PARSON
32
Colonizers. : SETTLERS
34
___ cantabile. : ARIA
36
New York City park. : RIIS
37
Barren, eroded regions. : BADLANDS
41
Bristly. : SETOSE
45
Masculine form of 14 Across. : EMIL
46
Old-time herb. : ANET
48
Artifact, for instance. : RELIC
49
Hard centers. : CORES
51
Course for a future M.D.: Abbr. : ANAT
53
Part of the overhead. : RENT
54
Output of Mesabi Range. : ORE
55
Name for a child born on Christmas. : NATALIE
58
Long, long ___. : AGO
59
One hazard of space travel. : MICROMETEORITE
62
Whole. : ENTIRE
63
Diesels, for example. : ENGINES
64
Member of the family. : SISTER
65
Small table. : STAND
Down
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River of Wales and England. : DEE
2
Goes astray. : ERRS
3
Bay on W Florida coast. : TAMPA
4
Star: Fr. : ETOILE
5
Rubescence. : REDNESS
6
Coin. : CENT
7
Accumulate in quantity. : AMASS
8
Steal, filch: Archaic. : NIM
9
Surveyor's instrument. : ALIDADE
10
Mounted bullfighter. : PICADOR
11
Religious festivals. : EASTERS
12
Odysseus' homeland. : ITHACA
13
Former German dollar. : THALER
16
___ year. : YESTER
17
Tennis stroke. : CHOP
21
Famous Chicago street. : LASALLE
24
Item for Arness. : HOLSTER
26
Singer Bayes of vaudeville days. : NORA
28
Inventor of elevators' safety brakes. : OTIS
31
Historic caravel. : NINA
33
Arrange in layers. : TIER
35
Grown together: Bot. : ADNATE
37
Is suitable to. : BECOMES
38
Cupids in Italian art. : AMORINI
39
Governs. : DIRECTS
40
Legislative bodies. : SENATES
42
A salt of a fatty acid. : OLEATE
43
Scorches. : SINGES
44
External: Comb. form. : ECTO
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Money unit of many ancient peoples. : TALENT
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Breathe stertorously. : SNORE
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County in S New York. : TIOGA
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Continent: Abbr. : AMER
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Land of the Giant's Causeway. : ERIN
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Decreasing tempo: Mus. abbr. : RIT
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Poetic name for Asiatic country. : IND

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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