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New York Times, Monday, June 25, 1951
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 31.4
1 C | 2 O | 3 A | 4 S | 5 T | 6 A | 7 L | | 8 D | 9 E | 10 F | 11 E | 12 N | 13 S | 14 E |
15 A | L | L | T | I | M | E | | 16 R | U | I | N | O | U | S |
17 P | E | A | R | S | O | N | | 18 A | G | G | R | E | S | S |
19 P | O | N | E | | 20 E | T | 21 A | P | E | | 22 A | L | A | E |
| | | 23 E | 24 B | B | | 25 R | E | N | 26 E | G | | | |
27 S | 28 A | 29 N | T | I | A | 30 G | O | | 31 I | R | E | 32 N | 33 I | 34 C |
35 A | L | I | E | N | | 36 A | S | 37 T | E | R | | 38 A | D | O |
39 L | E | E | R | | 40 G | L | E | E | S | | 41 R | I | L | L |
42 A | R | C | | 43 C | A | L | M | S | | 44 W | A | V | E | D |
45 S | T | E | 46 W | E | D | | 47 E | S | 48 C | A | P | E | R | S |
| | | 49 H | E | A | 50 R | N | | 51 A | C | T | | | |
52 S | 53 A | 54 R | I | | 55 B | E | A | 56 S | T | | 57 U | 58 T | 59 A | 60 H |
61 U | N | I | T | 62 I | O | N | | 63 A | T | 64 T | R | I | T | E |
65 I | N | G | E | N | U | E | | 66 C | L | I | E | N | T | S |
67 T | A | S | S | E | T | S | | 68 K | E | R | S | E | Y | S |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 736
Across
1
8
Preparedness against attack. :
DEFENSE15
16
17
18
Attack without provocation. :
AGGRESS19
20
Public storehouse. :
ETAPE22
23
25
Welsh on a promise. :
RENEG27
31
35
36
Flower with a yellow disk. :
ASTER38
39
40
41
42
Kind of electric light. :
ARC43
44
45
47
49
American author who took Japanese citizenship. :
HEARN51
52
Outer garment of Hindu woman. :
SARI55
Large four-footed animal. :
BEAST57
Where Rainbow Bridge is. :
UTAH61
63
65
66
67
Overlapping armor plates. :
TASSETS68
Down
1
Brain father of the Shmoo. :
CAPP2
This is sold white in N. Y. :
OLEO3
4
He wrote "Dere Mable" and "Father of the Bride." :
STREETER5
"___ not so deep as a well ... " :
TIS6
Life at its simplest. :
AMOEBA7
8
9
Girls named after a French empress. :
EUGENIES10
Tropical tree bearing fruit. :
FIG11
12
13
Capital of ancient Elam. :
SUSA14
21
24
Storage compartment. :
BIN26
27
28
29
Uncle's little girl. :
NIECE30
Something very bitter. :
GALL32
33
34
37
40
41
43
44
46
Dress wear in the Navy. :
WHITES48
Crux of DiSalle's problem. :
CATTLE50
M. Pleven and M. Lacoste. :
RENES52
53
54
56
58
59
60
Anybody remember Rudolf ___? :
HESS62
64
A shooting match: French. :
TIR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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