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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Saturday, July 5, 1958

5-Down : Diamonds.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,294
Across
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Diet. : FARE
5
Relative of an angle iron. : LBAR
9
Food fish. : SMELT
14
Tutor of Alexander the Great. : ARISTOTLE
16
Shinto temple gateway. : TORII
17
Great Aztec ruler. : MONTEZUMA
18
Inert gas. : ARGON
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Mystic of Biblical days. : ESSENE
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Act one, ___. : SCENEONE
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Scottish river. : DEE
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Antique: Abbr. : ANC
25
Fuss: Colloq. : TODO
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Cherub. : ANGEL
28
Cherished. : NURSED
32
Wasted (with "away"). : FRITTERED
36
Tutor of 14 Across. : PLATO
37
Jot. : IOTA
38
Latin "mister." : SENOR
40
Social science: Abbr. : ECON
41
Undersized. : SMALL
43
Attractive but dangerous lure. : SIRENSONG
45
Square dance emcee. : CALLER
47
Evenings, on the billboards. : NITES
48
Garment. : CAPE
50
Constellation. : ARA
51
Foursome's meeting place. : TEE
54
Type of puzzle. : ACROSTIC
58
Noun suffixes. : ATIONS
60
Cloth for toweling. : CRASH
61
His motto: Cogito, ergo sum. : DESCARTES
63
Short tale. : CONTE
64
Large Arctic island. : ELLESMERE
65
Dotted ___. : SWISS
66
Shines. : RAYS
67
Egyptian sun god. : AMON
Down
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Well-known. : FAMED
2
Originated. : AROSE
3
Wash out. : RINSE
4
Town near Padua. : ESTE
5
Diamonds. : LOZENGES
6
252 calories: Abbr. : BTU
7
Charity. : ALMS
8
Respond. : REACT
9
Prove valid. : STANDUP
10
Approximately. : MOREORLESS
11
Hence: Lat. : ERGO
12
Leo. : LION
13
Tooth of a fork. : TINE
15
Occupant. : TENANT
21
Many, many years. : EON
24
Roman goddess. : CERES
26
In any case. : ATALLCOSTS
27
V. I. Ulyanov. : LENIN
29
City in Maine. : SACO
30
Jacket. : ETON
31
Ringing sound. : DONG
32
Exchequer. : FISC
33
City in Italia. : ROMA
34
Printer's abbreviation. : ITAL
35
Andrea of Italy. : DORIA
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Reverses one's path. : RETRACES
42
Restraints. : LEASHES
44
___ a pin. : NEATAS
46
Statement: Abbr. : RPT
49
___ down. : EIDER
51
Clan symbol. : TOTEM
52
January in Madrid. : ENERO
53
Ruhr city. : ESSEN
54
Money statements: Abbr. : ACCS
55
Baby's sound of contentment. : CROW
56
Eastern princess. : RANI
57
That: Fr. : CELA
59
Girl's name. : IRMA
62
Roguish. : SLY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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