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Lois Hillis
Lois Hillis

New York Times, Tuesday, January 14, 1964

Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 24.0
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,280
Across
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Roman rooms. : ATRIA
6
Ward off. : AVERT
11
Christmas symbol. : SCROOGE
13
Equivocation. : EVASION
15
Time when day and night are the same length. : EQUINOX
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Heal. : RESTORE
17
With: Lat. : CUM
18
"___ of Days." : ANCIENT
20
Shell filling: Abbr. : TNT
21
Parts of asparagus. : TIPS
23
New Mexico's floral symbol. : YUCCA
24
Laban's daughter. : LEAH
25
Echo, for one. : OREAD
27
Pass below the horizon. : SET
28
Wandering tribe. : HORDE
29
Went over again. : RETRACED
31
Overseer of conduct. : CENSOR
32
One of the Lincolns. : TAD
33
Slangy exclamation. : MAN
34
Colored quartz. : JASPER
38
Private meeting. : CONCLAVE
43
Superior. : UPPER
44
Below standard. : BAD
45
Consumed. : EATEN
46
Bird of Paradise constellation. : APUS
47
Processes meat. : CURES
49
Proceeded. : WENT
50
Nonsense! : ROT
51
Where Asmara is. : ERITREA
53
Washington and ___. : LEE
54
Of summer. : ESTIVAL
56
Trimmer: Colloq. : NATTIER
58
Dutch province. : ZEELAND
59
Dutch coins. : STIVERS
60
The ocean (with "the"). : DRINK
61
Marks. : SCARS
Down
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Gain. : ACQUIRE
2
Elephant's cry. : TRUMPET
3
Dauphin's father. : ROI
4
Hebrides isle. : IONA
5
___ column. : AGONY
6
Genus of oats. : AVENA
7
Very great in range. : VAST
8
Fixed: Abbr. : EST
9
Trouble-makers. : RIOTERS
10
Weather phenomenon. : TORNADO
11
Mathematical instrument. : SECTOR
12
Absolved. : EXCUSED
13
Upright. : ERECT
14
Situated below. : NETHER
19
Frosted. : ICED
22
Patriotic group. : SAR
24
Relative of lat. : LON
26
Post office machine. : DATER
28
From this source. : HENCE
30
Status symbol. : CAR
31
Half a dance. : CAN
33
Up-to-the-minute men. : MODERNS
34
City in Mexico. : JUAREZ
35
Put side by side. : APPOSED
36
Speak hastily. : SPUTTER
37
Footlike part. : PES
38
Supermarket necessity. : CART
39
International ___. : LAW
40
Studio. : ATELIER
41
Superficial glosses. : VENEERS
42
Comes on the scene. : ENTERS
44
Construct. : BUILD
47
Standard auto equipment, circa 1900. : CRANK
48
Two on the aisle. : SEATS
51
Meredith hero. : EVAN
52
Adjective suffix. : ATIC
55
River of Asia. : ILI
57
Government agency. : TVA

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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