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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Tuesday, August 2, 1955

29-Down : Suez or Panama.

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,226
Across
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American inventor. : MORSE
6
Where Canton is. : OHIO
10
Dickens girl. : DORA
14
Northern constellation. : ORION
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Rajah's lady. : RANI
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Armadillo. : APAR
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Piquancy. : SAVOR
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Stormy. : INCLEMENT
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Greek letter. : ETA
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Symbol of false friendship. : IAGO
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Fire-prevention canine. : SPARKY
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Based on choice. : SELECTIVE
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Once ___ while. : INA
28
Of speech sounds. : PHONETIC
30
Twitch. : TIC
33
Volcano of the Sierra Nevadas. : LASSEN
36
Legal term. : RES
37
Mineral in thin layers. : MICA
38
Uncover. : EXPOSE
39
Anglo-Saxon freeman. : THANES
41
Lindbergh's nickname. : SLIM
42
Disencumber. : RID
45
Argue about terms: Var. : HIGGLE
46
Government official: Abbr. : SEC
47
Highly regarded. : ESTEEMED
49
Yellow bugle. : IVA
51
Soaks. : SATURATES
55
Actor Truex. : ERNEST
58
Oriental deer. : RUSA
59
French island. : ILE
60
Came on stage again. : REENTERED
62
Thrush. : ROBIN
64
The present month: Abbr. : INST
65
Stratagem. : RUSE
66
Belief. : CREDO
67
Common suffix. : NESS
68
Fish traps. : NETS
69
Vindictive person. : HATER
Down
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Lawgiver. : MOSES
2
Declaim. : ORATE
3
Antagonist. : RIVAL
4
Variant of Sault, in Sault Sainte Marie. : SOO
5
Adorns. : ENRICHES
6
Derivation. : ORIGIN
7
Where Dartmouth is. : HANOVER
8
Made a legal entity: Abbr. : INC
9
Paintings. : OILS
10
Rock rabbit or hyrax. : DAMAN
11
In working order. : OPERATING
12
Opposite of file. : RANK
13
Overdecorated. : ARTY
19
Saga. : EPIC
22
Penance seekers. : ATONERS
25
English town, site of racecourse. : EPSOM
26
Parisian summer. : ETE
29
Suez or Panama. : ISTHMUS
31
North Atlantic island: Abbr. : ICEL
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Name of two Senators. : CASE
33
Minus. : LESS
34
Bar connecting wheels. : AXLE
35
Piquancy. : SPICINESS
37
One of the Gabors. : MAGDA
40
Religious group leader. : HIERARCH
43
Pronoun. : ITS
44
Start of a love letter. : DEAREST
47
Direction. : EAST
48
Musical studies. : ETUDES
50
Gives expression to, as feelings. : VENTS
52
Lhasa is its capital. : TIBET
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Omit. : ELIDE
54
Mexican male. : SENOR
55
Land of the "Minstrel Boy." : ERIN
56
Friend of Henri and Pierre. : RENE
57
Sea bird. : TERN
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Bemoan. : RUE
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___ et labora (pray and work): Lat. : ORA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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