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Margaret P. Farrar
Margaret P. Farrar

New York Times, Saturday, September 16, 1950

47-Down : British version of chum.

Author:
Margaret P. Farrar
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F H Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15
Margaret P. Farrar has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In original 24-Down clue, "But" appears on a new line; inserted slash to indicate that.

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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 454
Across
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Nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. : WORDS
6
Distribute. : ALLOT
11
Velvet-like fabrics. : VELURES
13
Level treeless tract of land. : PRAIRIE
15
Article belonging to a broken or incomplete set. : ODDMENT
16
Conquerer of the Forty Thieves. : ALIBABA
17
Dentist's degree. : DDS
18
Firmly twisted yarn. : WORSTED
20
Sheep in its second year. : TEG
21
Sets of tools. : KITS
23
Ceremonies. : RITES
24
Memo. : NOTE
25
Concerning. : ANENT
27
Covered vehicle. : VAN
28
Perceived by hearing. : AURAL
29
Enlarge; increase. : GREATEN
31
Skill. : ART
32
Peninsula of Canada, Halifax its capital: Abbr. : NS
33
The gift of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for. : SERENDIPITY
36
College degree, Master of Science. : SM
38
Author Stout or Actor Harrison. : REX
39
Red giant star of first magnitude in Scorpio. : ANTARES
41
Narrow strips of cloth. : TAPES
43
One of N. Y.'s subways. : BRT
44
Common Turkish name. : SELIM
46
Open, as a door. : AJAR
47
Poser for an artist. : MODEL
49
Miss Cinders. : ELLA
50
Device for cleaning floors. : MOP
51
Large whitish edible root. : PARSNIP
53
Egg: Comb. form. : OVI
54
Church dignitary; bishop. : PRELATE
56
Scattered; sprinkled. : STREWED
58
Device for smoothing roads. : SCRAPER
59
Blackboard cleaners. : ERASERS
60
Analyze a metal. : ASSAY
61
Corundum used for grinding and polishing. : EMERY
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Marriage. : WEDDING
2
Persons getting along in years. : OLDSTERS
3
Spirit distilled from molasses. : RUM
4
Sketched. : DREW
5
Spanish gentleman. : SENOR
6
City on the Rhone River, France. : ARLES
7
Placed; located. : LAID
8
Where books are kept: Abbr. : LIB
9
Eloquent speaker. : ORATOR
10
Native of the land of lamas and yaks. : TIBETAN
11
Russian distilled liquor, from word meaning water. : VODKA
12
Tried hard. : STRIVEN
13
Plate used in churches. : PATEN
14
Jean ___, Miss Sadie Thompson of "Rain." : EAGELS
19
Accepted rules or models. : STANDARDS
22
One who shows contempt. : SNEERER
24
" ... nothing would it bear/But a silver nutmeg and a golden pear." : NUTTREE
26
Biblical weeds. : TARES
28
Operatic solos. : ARIAS
30
___ and Jinx. : TEX
31
Likely. : APT
34
High-strung. : INTENSE
35
More jaundiced. : YELLOWER
36
What philatelists collect. : STAMPS
37
Spanish island in Mediterranean, largest of the Balearic Islands. : MAJORCA
40
"By the light of the ___ moon." : SILVERY
42
Documents. : PAPERS
43
Insect that burrows in trees, fruits, etc. : BORER
45
Household servants. : MAIDS
47
British version of chum. : MATEY
48
Metric unit of capacity, 1.0567 qts.: British sp. : LITRE
51
Father. : PAPA
52
Baby carriage. : PRAM
55
___ Vegas. : LAS
57
Compass point. : ESE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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