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Fletcher Coates
Fletcher Coates

New York Times, Tuesday, August 9, 1955

42-Down : Garnets or topazes.

Author:
Fletcher Coates
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Fletcher Coates has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,233
Across
1
Sotto ___. : VOCE
5
Check. : STOP
9
Flowerless plant seed. : SPORE
14
Sacred picture. : ICON
15
Japanese aborigine. : AINU
16
Equipment for a panzer division. : ARMOR
17
Impression. : DENT
18
Drawbacks. : DETRIMENTS
20
Listens in. : EAVESDROPS
22
Order. : FIAT
23
Less than a couple. : ONE
24
Giant catcher's nickname. : WES
25
Greek mountain. : OSSA
27
Akin. : NEAR
29
Completely loyal person. : TRUEBLUE
33
Foyer. : ENTRY
35
Anthem. : MOTET
36
Moreover. : AND
37
Brace. : PAIR
38
Land ___! : SAKES
39
Surrounded. : AMID
40
Japanese name. : ITO
41
Violin. : STRAD
42
Little Margaret. : GRETA
43
Obstinate. : CONTRARY
45
Rounded hammer head. : PEEN
46
French roast. : ROTI
47
Sea inlet. : ARM
48
Poetic contraction. : TIS
51
Pause. : STAY
54
Kipling's comment on Asia. : EASTISEAST
57
Stateroom occupants. : PASSENGERS
59
Skilled. : ABLE
60
Skips. : OMITS
61
Whitney and Yale. : ELIS
62
Corner of a sail. : CLEW
63
Rag, so to speak. : TEASE
64
Destroy. : SLAY
65
World War II defector. : HESS
Down
1
Broadcasting medium. : VIDEO
2
The Arctic is one. : OCEAN
3
1956 highlight. : CONVENTION
4
Grafted: Heraldry. : ENTE
5
Less gleeful. : SADDER
6
Layers. : TIERS
7
Atop. : ONTO
8
Signified. : PURPORTED
9
An Uncle. : SAM
10
Kind of house. : PREFAB
11
All: Comb. form. : OMNI
12
Roster. : ROTA
13
Formerly: Arch. : ERST
19
Disputed matters. : ISSUES
21
Dance movement. : SWAY
26
Coterie. : SET
28
Wander. : ERR
29
Sweet wine. : TOKAY
30
Deplorable. : LAMENTABLE
31
One. : UNIT
32
Icelandic tales. : EDDA
33
Great book. : EPIC
34
One facet of the Geneva discussions. : NATO
35
Society page news. : MARRIAGES
38
___ Island, part of N. Y. C. : STATEN
39
Live. : ARE
41
Full house sign. : SRO
42
Garnets or topazes. : GEMS
44
Appointments. : TRYSTS
45
Fussy. : PRISSY
47
Roman entrance halls. : ATRIA
49
Alderney, Jersey, Guernsey. : ISLES
50
Muddles. : STEWS
51
Kind of news. : SPOT
52
Insipid. : TAME
53
Laos is part of it. : ASIA
55
Deal in. : SELL
56
Apiece. : EACH
58
Direction. : ESE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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