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Anthony Morse
New York Times, Thursday, October 13, 1955
Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 29.3
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 L | 3 A | 4 W | 5 S | 6 T | 7 E | 8 A | 9 M | 10 P | 11 L | 12 A | 13 N |
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14 L | A | L | A | 15 C | A | R | P | O | 16 L | I | D | O |
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17 A | D | O | S | 18 H | U | R | R | I | 19 C | A | N | E | S |
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20 T | Y | P | H | 21 O | O | N | S | 22 S | O | I | G | N | E |
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23 T | R | O | T | 24 S | T | U | N | |||||||
25 A | 26 C | 27 T | U | A | L | 28 F | O | U | N | T | 29 A | 30 I | 31 N |
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32 F | L | U | B | S | 33 C | O | U | R | T | 34 N | N | E |
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35 R | U | N | S | 36 H | A | R | T | E | 37 S | N | O | W |
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38 I | N | I | 39 F | O | R | T | H | 40 D | I | A | N | E |
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41 C | Y | C | 42 L | O | N | E | S | 43 H | E | L | L | E | R |
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44 A | X | E | S | 45 C | O | A | L | |||||||
46 A | 47 R | 48 I | S | E | S | 49 T | O | R | N | A | 50 D | 51 O | 52 S |
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53 D | U | S | T | S | T | 54 O | R | M | S | 55 B | I | R | L |
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56 A | B | L | E | 57 L | L | A | M | A | 58 U | L | N | A |
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59 H | E | E | D | 60 Y | E | S | E | S | 61 B | L | E | W |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,298
Across
1
Sudden, brief gust of wind. : FLAW
5
Turbine power. : STEAM
10
Scheme. : PLAN
14
French expression with "oo." : LALA
15
Fruit or seeds: Comb. form. : CARPO
16
Adriatic resort. : LIDO
17
Fusses. : ADOS
18
Atlantic hazards. : HURRICANES
20
China Sea hazards. : TYPHOONS
22
Carefully groomed: Fr. : SOIGNE
23
Gait at the Hambletonian. : TROT
24
Render speechless. : STUN
25
Real. : ACTUAL
28
Feature of Versailles. : FOUNTAIN
32
Makes a botch of: Colloq. : FLUBS
33
Arena for Lew Hoad. : COURT
34
Compass point. : NNE
35
"Ladders." : RUNS
36
Novelist of Westerns. : HARTE
37
Whiteness: Poet. : SNOW
38
Suffix denoting an order of animals. : INI
39
Out and away. : FORTH
40
August sample of 18 Across. : DIANE
41
Relatives of twisters. : CYCLONES
43
Mary Martin's actress daughter. : HELLER
44
Tools. : AXES
45
Anthracite. : COAL
46
Begins. : ARISES
49
Mississippi Valley hazards. : TORNADOS
53
Prairie States hazards. : DUSTSTORMS
55
Spin a floating log by treading. : BIRL
56
Adept. : ABLE
57
Camel's cousin. : LLAMA
58
Arm bone. : ULNA
59
Take notice. : HEED
60
Agreements. : YESES
61
What 40 Across did. : BLEW
Down
1
Insipid. : FLAT
2
Duke's daughter. : LADY
3
Askew. : ALOP
4
Laundry equipment. : WASHTUBS
5
Group of shiners. : SCHOOL
6
Mock. : TAUNT
7
Slips up. : ERRS
8
Calendar abbreviation. : APR
9
Humidity. : MOISTURE
10
Vocal objection. : PLAINT
11
Food fish. : LING
12
Port in Arabia. : ADEN
13
Cyrano's burden. : NOSE
19
Reckoning. : COUNT
21
Old Danish money. : ORAS
24
The antarctic regions. : SOUTH
25
Of a continent: Poet. : AFRIC
26
French lace-making town. : CLUNY
27
Garment. : TUNIC
28
Army posts. : FORTS
29
Record of a year. : ANNAL
30
"___ ear and out the other." : INONE
31
Stranger. : NEWER
33
Minds. : CARES
36
Truly. : HONESTLY
37
Wine and cream beaten to froth. : SILLABUB
39
Sly ones. : FOXES
40
Mr. Acheson. : DEAN
42
Endured. : LASTED
43
Hengist was ___ brother. : HORSAS
45
___ il faut. : COMME
46
Cain's wife, in Byron poem. : ADAH
47
Walker of the Dodgers. : RUBE
48
___ Royale, in Lake Superior. : ISLE
49
Musical symbols. : TRAS
50
Herb for pickles. : DILL
51
Caen's river. : ORNE
52
Shredded cabbage. : SLAW
54
Suffix in chemistry. : OLE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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