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Anthony Morse
New York Times, Tuesday, September 16, 1958
9-Down : Gamin's playground.
Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 243 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 59-Across had two underscores ("Give a ___ ___ horse he can ride . . . "; removed one. Same with 48-Down; removed one here, too.
1 S | 2 P | 3 A | 4 R | 5 E | 6 P | 7 A | 8 L | 9 S | 10 V | 11 A | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 L | I | V | E | N | 15 A | B | E | T | 16 A | M | I | R |
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17 A | L | O | N | E | 18 R | E | A | R | 19 L | I | N | E |
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20 M | I | N | A | R | 21 E | T | 22 S | E | 23 C | E | D | E | S |
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24 T | O | G | E | 25 T | H | E | R | N | E | S | S |
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26 G | 27 A | 28 L | A | 29 G | R | O | 30 T | E | C | |||||
31 A | R | A | 32 E | R | N | 33 S | 34 S | I | 35 K | 36 E | 37 S |
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38 S | A | L | 39 E | 40 S | R | E | S | I | 41 S | T | A | N | C | E |
42 P | L | A | N | T | 43 S | I | L | T | 44 E | R | A |
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45 T | O | 46 G | 47 L | E | O | 48 T | E | U | T |
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49 H | 50 I | 51 G | H | P | R | 52 E | S | S | U | 53 R | E | |||
54 E | M | E | R | S | O | N | 55 I | T | A | L | 56 I | 57 A | 58 N |
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59 M | A | N | A | 60 U | R | 61 S | A | 62 S | L | O | P | E |
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63 E | G | I | L | 64 S | O | O | N | 65 P | I | N | E | S |
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66 N | O | E | L | 67 E | L | L | S | 68 S | T | A | R | T |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,367
Across
1
Bowling score. : SPARE
6
Chums. : PALS
10
Extensive. : VAST
14
Become gay. : LIVEN
15
Help. : ABET
16
Moslem ruler. : AMIR
17
Apart from anything else. : ALONE
18
Back. : REAR
19
Border. : LINE
20
Slender tower. : MINARET
22
Withdraws from an organization. : SECEDES
24
Advertiser's word. : TOGETHERNESS
26
Festive. : GALA
29
Twelve dozen: Abbr. : GRO
30
Sleuth. : TEC
31
Macaw. : ARA
32
Fish-eating birds. : ERNS
34
Dickens villain. : SIKES
38
The adman's nightmare. : SALESRESISTANCE
42
Factory. : PLANT
43
Mud. : SILT
44
Noteworthy times. : ERA
45
Dress: Colloq. : TOG
47
Zodiac sign. : LEO
48
German: Abbr. : TEUT
49
Type of salesman. : HIGHPRESSURE
54
19th cen. essayist. : EMERSON
55
Native of Leghorn. : ITALIAN
59
"Give a ___ horse he can ride ... " : MANA
60
Bear in the heavens. : URSA
62
Ski run. : SLOPE
63
Archer of Norse myth. : EGIL
64
Early. : SOON
65
Evergreens. : PINES
66
Christmas. : NOEL
67
Addition to houses. : ELLS
68
Undertake. : START
Down
1
Bridge term. : SLAM
2
Hair: Comb. form. : PILI
3
Rugby's river. : AVON
4
Soprano Tebaldi. : RENATA
5
January: Span. : ENERO
6
Orchestra circles. : PARTERRES
7
Presidential nickname. : ABE
8
Canine equipment. : LEASH
9
Gamin's playground. : STREET
10
Guy Lombardo favorite. : VALENCIA
11
Chemical compound. : AMIDE
12
Mathematical ratios. : SINES
13
Feminine suffix. : TRESS
21
Moth. : EGGER
23
Heraldic device. : CREST
25
Throat tissues. : TONSILS
26
Sound of surprise. : GASP
27
Asian sea. : ARAL
28
French exclamation. : LALA
33
People of Breslau. : SILESIANS
35
Joint. : KNEE
36
Light tan. : ECRU
37
Rumble ___. : SEAT
39
Captivate. : ENTHRALL
40
Blocks. : STOPS
41
Husky. : STOUT
46
Game birds. : GROUSE
48
"___ to the marines." : TELLIT
49
Western heroes. : HEMEN
50
Adult insect. : IMAGO
51
Demon. : GENIE
52
Sign up. : ENROL
53
Files. : RASPS
56
Hebrides island. : IONA
57
Mimic. : APER
58
Brood of birds. : NEST
61
Peruvian coin. : SOL
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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