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

New York Times, Thursday, August 1, 1957

9-Down : Disperse.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,956
Across
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Great Spanish painter. : GOYA
5
Orient. : EAST
9
Malice. : SPITE
14
Winged. : ALAR
15
Creator of the Doolittles. : SHAW
16
Weight unit. : CARAT
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Beautify the grounds. : LANDSCAPE
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Spicy odor. : AROMA
20
Its capital is Luanda. : ANGOLA
21
Watcher. : SENTINEL
23
Line. : ROPE
25
Kiddies. : TOTS
26
Hammett's detective. : SAMSPADE
30
Mug. : SEIDEL
34
Commotion. : ADO
35
One of the Sitwells. : EDITH
37
Collect. : RAISE
38
Vein of ore. : LODE
40
Upper space. : ETHER
42
Famed cartoonist. : NAST
43
Common verbal contraction. : ARENT
45
Corporate department. : SALES
47
Openwork. : NET
48
River mouths. : DELTAS
50
Certain Westerners. : NEVADANS
52
Lined up. : AROW
54
Nothing: Span. : NADA
55
Qualifies (one) for. : ENTITLES
59
Blend. : MINGLE
63
Part of a Yale refrain. : BOOLA
64
Fall guy. : SCAPEGOAT
66
Fluff. : BONER
67
Basic infinitive. : TOBE
68
Pianist Petri. : EGON
69
Sideslips. : SKIDS
70
Hied. : SPED
71
Girl's name. : ROSA
Down
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Celebration. : GALA
2
"Good Earth" heroine. : OLAN
3
Cry of a wild goose. : YANG
4
Passions. : ARDORS
5
Reckless prank. : ESCAPADE
6
So! : AHA
7
Undermines. : SAPS
8
Birdlike sound. : TWEET
9
Disperse. : SCATTER
10
Dweller on the banks of the Seine. : PARISIAN
11
Firm strength. : IRON
12
Unexciting. : TAME
13
And elsewhere. : ETAL
18
Incline. : SLOPE
22
French pronoun. : NOS
24
Cuts and pastes. : EDITS
26
___ dressing. : SALAD
27
Just love. : ADORE
28
Paragon. : MODEL
29
Revolutionist Allen. : ETHAN
31
A Barrymore. : DIANA
32
German city. : ESSEN
33
Europeans. : LETTS
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Artist Hokinson. : HELEN
39
Necessitated. : ENTAILED
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Renovated. : REVAMPED
44
Intractable ones. : TARTARS
46
Miss Hawkins. : SADIE
49
Coin of Peru. : SOL
51
Word on many a sign. : DANGER
53
Authors Nathaniel and Rebecca. : WESTS
55
Wanes. : EBBS
56
Space formed by an angle. : NOOK
57
Modern girl's name. : TONI
58
Bard. : SCOP
60
Term for a hustling team. : GOGO
61
Indo-Chinese state. : LAOS
62
Sicilian sight. : ETNA
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Robert Sherwood hero. : ABE

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