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New York Times, Monday, November 24, 1952
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J M Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 14, Grid flow: 30.8
1 S | 2 C | 3 A | 4 L | 5 P | | 6 P | 7 L | 8 A | 9 N | | 10 B | 11 A | 12 A | 13 S |
14 K | E | N | Y | A | | 15 A | E | R | I | 16 A | L | I | S | T |
17 E | A | G | E | R | | 18 R | A | C | E | H | O | R | S | E |
19 E | S | E | | 20 T | 21 A | S | K | | 22 L | E | A | V | E | N |
23 T | E | R | 24 R | A | C | E | | 25 P | L | A | T | E | R | |
| | | 26 I | K | E | | 27 C | A | I | D | | 28 S | T | 29 S |
30 A | 31 P | 32 P | L | E | | 33 H | O | R | S | | 34 A | S | I | A |
35 G | A | E | L | | 36 D | A | V | I | T | | 37 L | E | V | I |
38 E | R | R | S | | 39 E | V | E | S | | 40 P | O | L | E | D |
41 D | A | S | | 42 C | R | O | Y | | 43 F | A | N | | | |
| 44 C | U | 45 P | R | I | C | | 46 H | U | N | G | 47 A | 48 R | 49 Y |
50 S | H | A | R | E | D | | 51 K | A | N | T | | 52 F | O | E |
53 A | U | D | I | T | I | 54 O | N | S | | 55 I | 56 C | T | U | S |
57 S | T | E | V | E | N | S | O | N | | 58 N | O | O | S | E |
59 H | E | D | Y | | 60 G | O | T | T | | 61 G | E | N | E | S |
© 1952, The New York TimesNo. 1,254
Across
1
Sell for a quick profit. :
SCALP6
10
Master, in South Africa. :
BAAS14
Britain's trouble spot in Africa. :
KENYA15
17
Champing at the bit. :
EAGER18
19
More east than south. :
ESE20
22
23
25
Inferior type of 18 Across. :
PLATER26
He was born in Denison, Texas. :
IKE27
Moorish commander of a stronghold. :
CAID28
30
The tree of knowledge. :
APPLE33
34
From Kamchatka to Aden. :
ASIA35
36
Arm supporting a lifeboat. :
DAVIT37
Noted Italian writer. :
LEVI38
Lapses from grace. :
ERRS39
Hallowe'en and Christmas times. :
EVES40
Propelled a punt. :
POLED41
Attorneys for the people: Abbr. :
DAS42
He wrote "West of the Water Tower." :
CROY43
44
46
50
51
Contemporary of Schiller. :
KANT52
53
55
57
58
Part of a lariat. :
NOOSE59
60
61
Tunney and Tierney. :
GENES
Down
1
Kind of shooting contest. :
SKEET2
3
4
5
6
Analyze grammatically. :
PARSE7
A gap in security enforcement. :
LEAK8
9
Ornamenter of metal with inlays. :
NIELLIST10
11
12
13
Narrow: Comb. form. :
STEN16
21
24
25
Where the Madeleine is. :
PARIS27
29
30
31
32
33
General destruction. :
HAVOC34
36
40
42
Isle of the Labyrinth. :
CRETE43
45
46
Common verbal contraction. :
HASNT47
48
49
50
51
Overhand or figure of eight. :
KNOT54
High mountain in Colorado. :
OSO56
College in Cedar Rapids. :
COE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later.
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