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Norton Rhoades
New York Times, Thursday, March 10, 1955
Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 30, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12, Grid flow: 28.3
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 E | 3 L | 4 A | 5 T | 6 I | 7 V | 8 E | 9 I | 10 N | 11 F | 12 A | 13 C | 14 T |
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15 E | R | E | M | I | T | E | S | 16 S | E | I | N | E | R |
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17 S | M | O | O | T | H | E | S | 18 M | A | N | A | N | A |
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19 T | I | N | 20 O | U | R | 21 C | A | T | 22 P | O | D |
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23 E | N | I | 24 D | 25 N | E | 26 L | L | Y | 27 C | E | B | U |
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28 R | E | D | I | 29 G | 30 D | O | E | 31 M | U | S | I | C |
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32 N | E | 33 V | 34 R | A | 35 Q | U | E | T | T | E |
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36 L | 37 A | 38 M | 39 L | I | 40 F | E | N | E | T | 41 S | E | R |
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42 I | R | E | 43 N | I | C | A | L | 44 D | E | 45 Y | ||||
46 B | O | D | E | D | 47 B | E | 48 L | 49 D | A | 50 U | 51 B | 52 S |
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53 E | M | I | T | 54 B | R | I | E | 55 F | 56 K | N | O | T |
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57 R | A | T | 58 P | O | E | 59 S | A | 60 C | 61 M | A | R |
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62 A | T | A | 63 M | A | N | 64 O | S | C | U | 65 L | A | T | E |
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66 L | I | T | T | L | E | 67 T | E | T | R | O | D | E | S |
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68 S | C | E | N | E | S | 69 T | R | O | T | T | E | R | S |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,081
Across
1
Parent. : RELATIVE
9
Really. : INFACT
15
Religious solitaries. : EREMITES
16
Net fisherman. : SEINER
17
Eases. : SMOOTHES
18
Tomorrow, in Mexico. : MANANA
19
The ___ Woodman. : TIN
20
Possessive pronoun. : OUR
21
Persian. : CAT
22
Seed envelope. : POD
23
Geraint's wife. : ENID
25
The traveling ___ Bly. : NELLY
27
Philippine island. : CEBU
28
Spade up again. : REDIG
30
John or Jane ___. : DOE
31
"Say It With ___." : MUSIC
32
Where Mercury is: Abbr. : NEV
34
Resort lake in Adirondacks. : RAQUETTE
36
Precipitate escape: Slang. : LAM
39
Circus safeguard. : LIFENET
41
Indian weight. : SER
42
Peaceful. : IRENICAL
44
African ruler. : DEY
46
Portended. : BODED
47
Babylonian god. : BEL
49
Uses finger paints. : DAUBS
53
Send forth. : EMIT
54
Lawyer's summary. : BRIEF
56
Harness hitch. : KNOT
57
Rodent. : RAT
58
American poet. : POE
59
Indian. : SAC
61
Calendar abbreviation. : MAR
62
Cossack chief. : ATAMAN
64
Kiss. : OSCULATE
66
Famous football coach. : LITTLE
67
Electron tubes. : TETRODES
68
Vistas. : SCENES
69
Racehorses. : TROTTERS
Down
1
One in repose. : RESTER
2
Royal symbol. : ERMINE
3
Meteor visible in November. : LEONID
4
Latin student's first verb. : AMO
5
European President. : TITO
6
Norse goddess. : ITHUN
7
Turned off course. : VEERED
8
Sigmoid shape. : ESS
9
High official in NATO. : ISMAY
10
Adroit. : NEAT
11
Relative of a flipper. : FIN
12
Metric feet of three syllables. : ANAPESTS
13
Convent inhabitant. : CENOBITE
14
Slanderer. : TRADUCER
21
Pure. : CLEAN
24
Clangor. : DIN
26
Heroine of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." : LORELEI
27
Hint. : CUE
29
Very cold. : GELID
31
Partially silenced. : MUTED
33
Old ___. : VIC
35
Which was to be proved: Abbr. : QED
36
Broad-minded ones. : LIBERALS
37
Sweet-smelling. : AROMATIC
38
Think deeply. : MEDITATE
40
French entomologist. : FABRE
43
Curtain material. : NET
45
Long-haired ox. : YAK
48
Smaller. : LESSER
50
Not put in order. : UNMADE
51
Straw hat, in England. : BOATER
52
Strain. : STRESS
54
Tibia and fibia. : BONES
55
De ___ (actual). : FACTO
58
Wan. : PALE
60
Short and impolite. : CURT
63
Peak: Abbr. : MTN
64
Former Giant. : OTT
65
Fate. : LOT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 11 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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