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Norton Rhoades
Norton Rhoades

New York Times, Wednesday, June 24, 1959

Author:
Norton Rhoades
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 44.5
Norton Rhoades has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,631
Across
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Give tang to. : SALT
5
Gem. : OPAL
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Mechanical man. : ROBOT
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Disputed Chinese island. : AMOY
15
Actor. : MIME
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"It's all ___ me." : ONETO
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Travelers in space. : MICE
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"___ old cowhand ... " : IMAN
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Honeydew. : MELON
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South American vegetable. : OCA
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Glaswegian. : SCOT
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Scoops. : LADLES
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Hopeful prospect. : SILVERLINING
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Beverage. : COCOA
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Leading seaport of ancient Ionia. : EPHESUS
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Part of an atom. : PROTON
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Comme ci, comme ça. : SOSO
34
Famous nickname. : IKE
35
Greek beauty. : HELEN
36
Calendar abbreviation. : JAN
37
Burdened. : LADEN
39
British military decoration: Abbr. : DSO
40
Historic time of 1944. : DDAY
42
Most calamitous. : DIREST
43
Shelled. : STRAFED
45
Counter fare. : SODAS
46
Repeatedly. : TIMEANDAGAIN
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Walked determinedly. : STRODE
53
___ Macbeth. : LADY
54
See 34 Across. : DDE
55
Pitcher's area. : MOUND
56
Just right: Slang. : JAKE
57
River into the Baltic. : ODER
58
Flower cluster. : UMBEL
59
Columbia: Abbr. : AMER
60
European. : SLAV
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Webfeet. : GEESE
62
Lichen. : MOSS
63
Slithering. : EELY
Down
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Aesop's island. : SAMOS
2
Friends: Lat. : AMICI
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Background material. : LOCALCOLOR
4
Nautical chain or rope. : TYE
5
Greek letter. : OMICRON
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Type of olive. : PIMOLA
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Teacher of Stradivari. : AMATI
8
Man's nickname. : LEN
9
Entertainment, from reference in a Byron poem. : ROMANHOLIDAY
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Tense. : ONEDGE
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End of a round. : BELL
12
Indian. : OTOE
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Thousands of pounds. : TONS
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Subordinate position. : SECONDFIDDLE
22
Projecting rims. : LIPS
24
Poll. : VOTE
25
Bright light. : NEON
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How Queen Elizabeth rides. : SIDESADDLE
29
Accompaniment for hulas. : UKES
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Mailed. : SENT
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Men of high degree. : PHDS
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Caesura. : REST
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Right to speak. : SAY
36
Shade of green. : JADE
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One of a Kipling trio. : ARAG
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Greek commune. : DEME
42
Parasitic plants. : DODDERS
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Makes amends. : ATONES
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Ophidians. : SNAKES
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Texas mission. : ALAMO
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Utopian. : IDEAL
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Bold: Colloq. : NERVY
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Self-satisfied. : SMUG
51
Volume. : TOME
52
Hayseed. : RUBE
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Fruit mixture. : JAM
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Chemical suffix. : OSE

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

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