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Thomas J. Varner
Thomas J. Varner

New York Times, Saturday, July 31, 1954

43-Down : Loud, silly laugh.

Author:
Thomas J. Varner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
Thomas J. Varner has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,859
Across
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Companion of a staple. : HASP
5
River-mouth land deposit. : DELTA
10
Piece of scenery. : FLAT
14
Depose. : AVER
15
Predecessor of the picture window. : ORIEL
16
River in France. : OISE
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Lake north of Milan. : COMO
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Third longest river of England. : TRENT
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___ arms. : UPIN
20
Vagabond. : KNIGHTOFTHEROAD
23
Small wading bird. : RAIL
24
Former Giant manager. : OTT
25
Ragweed sound effect. : SNEEZE
28
Full of pathos. : TOUCHING
33
Analyze grammatically. : PARSE
34
"Erin Go ___." : BRAGH
35
Conjunction. : NOR
36
Slaughter of baseball. : ENOS
37
Novelist Baldwin. : FAITH
38
Remedy. : CURE
39
Football lineman. : END
40
Outlays. : COSTS
41
Forward motion. : SURGE
42
Silk-finishing establishment. : DYEHOUSE
44
New York's financial district (with "the"). : STREET
45
Musical appreciation. : EAR
46
Be washed out. : FAIL
47
Relative of a pot-boiler expert. : FREELANCEWRITER
55
Of luxuriant growth. : LUSH
56
Bring with it. : CARRY
57
Nursery rhyme oldster. : COLE
58
Girl's nickname. : ETTA
59
Style of lyric poem. : EPODE
60
Major or Minor. : URSA
61
Heated exclamation. : WHEW
62
Seamstress. : SEWER
63
Observed. : EYED
Down
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A carriage for hire. : HACK
2
English river. : AVON
3
Half: Prefix. : SEMI
4
Moral improvement. : PROGRESS
5
Bing and Bob's "Road" companion. : DOTTIE
6
Actor Flynn. : ERROL
7
Willingly. : LIEF
8
Pup ___. : TENT
9
Notwithstanding. : ALTHOUGH
10
Holiday. : FOURTH
11
Great Chinese poet. : LIPO
12
U. N. problem. : ASIA
13
Cultivate. : TEND
21
Slight confusion. : HAZE
22
Practice an art. : ETCH
25
Landy's forte. : SPEED
26
Pram pusher. : NANNY
27
Wear down. : ERODE
28
Commonplace. : TRITE
29
Feed. : OATS
30
Habituate. : INURE
31
Name on a stamp from Oslo. : NORGE
32
Address. : GREET
34
Having a low musical pitch. : BASS
37
High poker hand. : FOURACES
38
Penmanship flourish. : CURLICUE
40
Fuel. : COAL
41
Kitchen activity. : STIR
43
Loud, silly laugh. : HEEHAW
44
Member of Truman Cabinet. : SAWYER
46
Composer Grofé. : FERDE
47
Moved swiftly. : FLEW
48
Book of the Old Testament. : RUTH
49
This: Spanish. : ESTE
50
Part of the neck. : NAPE
51
Exult. : CROW
52
Whig's rival. : TORY
53
Other. : ELSE
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Study. : READ

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2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later.

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