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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Thursday, August 22, 1957

12-Down : A continent: Fr.

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,977
Across
1
Fiction. : TALE
5
Shade of red. : CORAL
10
Army group of 1942. : WAAC
14
The "Old Sod." : ERIN
15
Girl's name. : ADELA
16
Moreover. : ALSO
17
Excited. : AGOG
18
Swearing-off phrase. : NEVERAGAIN
20
Checks on radio or TV transmitters. : MONITORS
22
Washes out. : RINSES
23
Koko's weapon. : SNEE
24
Unit of force. : DYNE
25
Swiss canton. : BASEL
27
Wine cup. : AMA
29
Very small quantity. : TRACE
33
Early Governor of North Carolina. : ASHE
34
Divisions of a game, in bowling. : FRAMES
36
Samovar. : URN
37
Shadowbox. : SPAR
38
Revere. : HONOR
39
Crochet. : KNIT
40
Noun suffix. : IER
41
Old-time hit song. : RAMONA
42
Roman road. : ITER
43
Fabric. : CREPE
45
"___ you there?" : ARE
46
Tricky: Slang. : SNIDE
47
Feed. : OATS
49
Weekly mite. : WAGE
50
Entirely. : INTOTO
53
Charon, for one. : BOATSMAN
57
Bissell book. : SAYDARLING
59
Nimbus. : HALO
60
Rotate. : BIRL
61
___ Domingo. : SANTO
62
"___ old cowhand ... " : IMAN
63
Tar's term. : ALEE
64
Thespian Welles. : ORSON
65
Father of a jeune fille. : PERE
Down
1
Burns and Allen. : TEAM
2
Jason's ship. : ARGO
3
Bosley Crowther's book. : LIONSSHARE
4
Casey Jones' job. : ENGINEER
5
Dugout. : CANOE
6
Tributary of the Neisse. : ODER
7
Rpm's: Colloq. : REVS
8
Stout drink. : ALE
9
Buster Crabbe. : LARRY
10
Great name in music. : WAGNER
11
Oh, dear! : ALAS
12
A continent: Fr. : ASIE
13
Studies. : CONS
19
Grammatical misdemeanors. : AINTS
21
___ Aviv. : TEL
24
TV and movie singer. : DAMONE
25
Essential. : BASIC
26
Former coin of Turkey. : ASPER
27
Kitchen bouquets. : AROMAS
28
Country house. : MANOR
30
Character in comedy. : AUNTIEMAME
31
Exclaimed. : CRIED
32
___ nous. : ENTRE
34
Housing agency. : FHA
35
Epoch. : ERA
39
What George VI had. : KINGSHIP
41
Vaquero's rope. : REATA
44
Popular pet. : POODLE
46
Posed. : SAT
48
Human trunk. : TORSO
49
Conestoga. : WAGON
50
Russian hut. : ISBA
51
___ file. : NAIL
52
English pneumatic. : TYRE
53
Receptacles. : BINS
54
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
55
Winglike. : ALAR
56
___ the less. : NONE
58
Household god. : LAR

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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