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Victor Goldfarb
New York Times, Tuesday, May 31, 1955
Author:
Victor Goldfarb
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 23.3
Grid is asymmetric.
Victor Goldfarb has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 R | 3 A | 4 M | 5 S | 6 A | 7 D | 8 A | 9 M | ||||||
10 A | B | A | L | O | N | 11 E | 12 B | R | A | V | A | 13 D | 14 O |
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15 C | A | R | T | O | O | N | 16 E | N | T | E | R | O | N |
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17 E | R | E | 18 N | O | D | 19 A | L | 20 A | N | K | L | E |
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21 A | S | P | 22 T | O | 23 O | 24 G | O | L | D |
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25 T | 26 A | 27 F | T | 28 S | 29 T | E | W | B | 30 E | E | F | |||
31 A | C | R | I | 32 D | 33 O | O | Z | E | D | 34 C | 35 A | 36 B |
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37 T | R | O | P | I | 38 C | S | 39 E | Y | E | 40 B | A | L | L |
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41 S | E | C | 42 V | I | S | 43 O | R | 44 N | O | I | S | E |
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45 K | 46 L | A | N | 47 R | O | 48 C | 49 S | N | O | W |
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50 F | 51 A | C | E | 52 C | 53 R | Y | 54 A | 55 S | H | |||||
56 R | I | O | T | 57 S | 58 E | X | 59 E | R | T | 60 P | 61 A | 62 U |
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63 E | L | A | T | I | 64 N | G | 65 L | A | R | 66 I | A | T | S |
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67 E | S | T | R | A | Y | S | 68 S | T | A | T | I | O | N |
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69 S | E | M | E | 70 S | W | A | R | M |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,163
Across
1
British conveyances. : TRAMS
6
Representative Powell. : ADAM
10
Type of sea shell. : ABALONE
12
Pretense of courage. : BRAVADO
15
Feature of the editorial page. : CARTOON
16
Begin. : ENTERON
17
Before, for a poet. : ERE
18
Knoblike. : NODAL
20
Joint. : ANKLE
21
Egyptian symbol. : ASP
22
Extremely. : TOO
24
___ digger. : GOLD
25
Benson's middle name. : TAFT
28
Inexpensive cut of meat. : STEWBEEF
31
Having a sharp temper. : ACRID
33
Seeped through slowly. : OOZED
34
Musical Calloway. : CAB
37
Hot countries. : TROPICS
39
Place for a pupil. : EYEBALL
41
Moment: Colloq. : SEC
42
Part of a cap. : VISOR
44
Racket. : NOISE
45
Part of the KKK. : KLAN
47
Sinbad's transportation. : ROC
49
Winter weather. : SNOW
50
Surface of a thing. : FACE
52
Slogan. : CRY
54
Kind of tray. : ASH
56
Tumults. : RIOTS
58
Exercise. : EXERT
60
Resort in French Pyrenees. : PAU
63
Lifting the spirits. : ELATING
65
Ropes. : LARIATS
67
Wanderers from the flock. : ESTRAYS
68
Base of operations. : STATION
69
Dotted with small figures. : SEME
70
Throng. : SWARM
Down
1
Piece of metal in a certain shape. : TBAR
2
Excellent. : RARE
3
Height: Abbr. : ALT
4
Satellites of Saturn. : MOONS
5
Noses around. : SNOOPS
6
Name noted in Kansas. : ARN
7
Statistical information. : DATA
8
Exact an eye for an eye. : AVENGE
9
Biblical expression. : MARKOFCAIN
10
What Wes calls Robinson. : ACE
11
Recipient of a forward pass. : END
12
Weather prediction. : BELOWZERO
13
Toy. : DOLL
14
United. : ONED
19
Polynesian god. : ATEO
21
Tilted. : ATIP
23
Follow instructions. : OBEY
25
Works with a shuttle. : TATS
26
Israeli port. : ACRE
27
Prince Alberts. : FROCKCOATS
29
Do this to a salad. : TOSS
30
Distinguished Briton. : EDEN
32
Opera singer. : DIVA
35
Synonym for 22 Across. : ALSO
36
Puffed. : BLEW
38
Commander in Chief. : CINC
40
Nonsense. : BOSH
43
African antelope. : ORYX
46
___ de cachet (sealed warrant). : LETTRE
48
Weights. : CARATS
50
Independent. : FREE
51
Troubles. : AILS
53
Rules: Abbr. : REGS
55
Hat material. : STRAW
57
Gulf of ___. : SIAM
59
Disappearing railways. : ELS
60
Brace. : PAIR
61
Mighty little thing. : ATOM
62
Part of the armed forces. : USN
64
Aneurin. : NYE
66
Est ___ (so it is): Latin. : ITA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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