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Fred C. Jaschob
New York Times, Tuesday, July 26, 1955
27-Down : Tributary of the Po.
Author:
Fred C. Jaschob
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Fred C. Jaschob has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 T | 4 A | 5 N | 6 N | 7 A | 8 M | 9 E | 10 A | 11 B | 12 I | 13 T |
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14 A | C | U | T | E | 15 O | W | E | N | 16 C | O | N | E |
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17 T | H | R | E | W | 18 S | A | N | D | 19 S | T | O | N | E |
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20 H | E | N | 21 T | 22 H | I | R | D | 23 C | O | Z | E | N |
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24 A | 25 B | O | A | R | D | 26 O | R | N | E | R | Y |
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27 A | 28 L | B | A | N | Y | 29 T | R | E | E | |||||
30 D | O | O | R | 31 V | 32 O | I | L | A | 33 M | 34 O | 35 B |
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36 D | O | U | B | 37 L | 38 E | I | N | D | E | M | 39 N | I | T | Y |
40 A | P | T | 41 A | L | L | E | Y | 42 O | D | O | R |
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43 J | U | B | E | 44 B | 45 U | D | D | E | D |
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46 T | 47 A | 48 G | O | R | E | 49 P | 50 R | O | P | E | L | |||
51 E | R | A | S | E | 52 I | R | E | N | E | 53 E | 54 R | 55 I |
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56 M | I | S | T | L | 57 E | T | O | E | 58 N | 59 O | M | E | N |
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60 P | E | E | L | 61 S | E | E | K | 62 D | R | A | N | K |
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63 E | L | S | E | 64 A | R | M | Y | 65 S | A | N | D | Y |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,219
Across
1
A Philippine island. : BATAN
6
Mention. : NAME
10
"I don't mind ___." : ABIT
14
Intense. : ACUTE
15
Welsh man's name. : OWEN
16
Ice cream holder. : CONE
17
Pitched. : THREW
18
Rock. : SANDSTONE
20
Biddy. : HEN
21
The "hot corner." : THIRD
23
Cheat. : COZEN
24
Ready to sail. : ABOARD
26
Hard to manage: Dial. : ORNERY
27
State capital. : ALBANY
29
Maple. : TREE
30
Access. : DOOR
31
Behold!: Fr. : VOILA
33
Crowd. : MOB
36
Famous James M. Cain suspense story and movie. : DOUBLEINDEMNITY
40
Likely. : APT
41
Lane on a tennis court. : ALLEY
42
Repute. : ODOR
43
Lozenge, for short. : JUBE
44
Began to blossom. : BUDDED
46
Hindu poet, Nobel Prize winner, 1913. : TAGORE
49
Drive onward. : PROPEL
51
Efface. : ERASE
52
Galsworthy heroine. : IRENE
53
Silkworm. : ERI
56
Christmas décor. : MISTLETOE
58
Name: Latin. : NOMEN
60
Rind. : PEEL
61
Resort to. : SEEK
62
Imbibed. : DRANK
63
In a different manner. : ELSE
64
Secy. Brucker's new post. : ARMY
65
Typical Scotsman. : SANDY
Down
1
English spa. : BATH
2
More than a twinge. : ACHE
3
Reversal of course. : TURNABOUT
4
Companion of 62 Across. : ATE
5
Formulator of law of gravity. : NEWTON
6
Respectful denial. : NOSIR
7
Cup or medal. : AWARD
8
Improve. : MEND
9
Put a stop to. : END
10
Start of a play. : ACTONE
11
Bootlegger's wares. : BOOZE
12
Nearer the center. : INNER
13
Very small. : TEENY
19
Hilariously entertaining person. : SCREAM
22
Fodder. : HAY
25
Sharp projection. : BARB
26
Heraldic fillet. : ORLE
27
Tributary of the Po. : ADDA
28
Chicago business center. : LOOP
29
Rather large, as a sum. : TIDY
31
Wicked. : VILE
32
United. : ONE
33
Go-between. : MIDDLEMAN
34
Nebraskan Indian. : OTOE
35
U. S. Admiral and explorer. : BYRD
37
Bay tree. : LAUREL
38
River to the North Sea. : ELBE
39
Knob. : NODE
43
Shove. : JOSTLE
44
___ ami. : BON
45
Turns over. : UPENDS
46
Vale sacred to Apollo. : TEMPE
47
Prospero's servant. : ARIEL
48
Chemists' concerns. : GASES
49
Preface. : PROEM
50
Smoky. : REEKY
52
Roman road. : ITER
54
Split. : REND
55
Black. : INKY
57
Wage-price agency. : ESA
59
___ pro nobis. : ORA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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