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Martin W. Frey
New York Times, Thursday, July 8, 1954
Author:
Martin W. Frey
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { H J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 85, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Martin W. Frey has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 M | 4 B | 5 R | 6 I | 7 D | 8 G | 9 E | 10 M | 11 A | 12 L | 13 A | 14 N |
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15 E | M | U | L | A | T | I | O | N | 16 A | L | I | N | E |
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17 R | O | S | E | M | A | R | I | E | 18 R | E | N | E | W |
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19 T | U | T | U | 20 L | I | N | 21 S | C | R | E | W | S |
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22 S | R | S | 23 G | I | G | 24 S | O | O | T | |||||
25 T | A | C | I | 26 T | U | R | N | 27 P | 28 O | 29 E |
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30 F | 31 A | 32 Y | A | L | 33 B | O | B | B | I | 34 N | E | T | S |
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35 A | R | A | B | 36 G | L | A | S | S | 37 O | D | I | N |
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38 C | O | L | U | 39 M | N | I | S | T | 40 A | R | I | S | E |
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41 T | A | U | 42 E | A | S | T | I | 43 N | G | S | ||||
44 L | E | T | T | 45 T | E | E | 46 M | 47 I | 48 B |
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49 S | 50 T | 51 O | U | T | S | 52 P | U | G | 53 S | E | R | E |
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54 L | O | T | T | E | 55 C | A | T | A | 56 M | A | R | A | N |
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57 A | L | T | E | R | 58 P | R | E | T | E | R | I | T | E |
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59 G | L | O | S | S | 60 A | R | S | E | N | A | T | E | S |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,836
Across
1
College town. : CAMBRIDGE
10
British Empire Prime Minister. : MALAN
15
Rivalry. : EMULATION
16
Actress MacMahon. : ALINE
17
Current Technicolor musical. : ROSEMARIE
18
Refresh. : RENEW
19
Ballerina's skirt. : TUTU
20
Tree. : LIN
21
Ship's propellers. : SCREWS
22
Recent graduates: Abbr. : SRS
23
Light ship's boat. : GIG
24
Chimney lining. : SOOT
25
Uncommunicative. : TACITURN
27
He wrote "Ulalume." : POE
30
One of the Azores. : FAYAL
33
Hexagonal-meshed laces. : BOBBINETS
35
Breed of steed. : ARAB
36
Virginia's famous Senator. : GLASS
37
Norse god. : ODIN
38
Newspaper writer. : COLUMNIST
40
Come into notice. : ARISE
41
Greek letter. : TAU
42
Directional departures: Naut. : EASTINGS
44
Northern European. : LETT
45
See 41 Across. : TEE
46
Marble. : MIB
49
Suit sizes. : STOUTS
52
Canine breed. : PUG
53
Dry. : SERE
54
Singer Lehmann. : LOTTE
55
Twin-hulled. : CATAMARAN
57
Modify. : ALTER
58
In grammar, the past tense. : PRETERITE
59
Luster. : GLOSS
60
Certain salts or esters. : ARSENATES
Down
1
Important papers: Abbr. : CERTS
2
French cupid. : AMOUR
3
Necessities. : MUSTS
4
Petit ___, express letter in Paris. : BLEU
5
Sign of the Zodiac. : RAM
6
Type of type. : ITALIC
7
Hugo Eckener was one. : DIRIGIBLIST
8
"___ Home," from Dvorak largo. : GOIN
9
Compass point. : ENE
10
Famous physicist. : MARCONI
11
On the job. : ALERT
12
Succession. : LINE
13
De novo. : ANEW
14
Current events. : NEWS
21
Natives of Saxony. : SORBS
23
Liquid measure: Abbr. : GAL
24
Benchwarmers. : SUBSTITUTES
25
Unacceptable by tradition. : TABU
26
Banquet tribute. : TOAST
27
Foot: Comb. form. : PEDI
28
Famous lawyer and colonial orator. : OTIS
29
Old English slave. : ESNE
30
Reality. : FACT
31
Mining town in Venezuela. : AROA
32
Asian river. : YALU
34
Correlatives of neithers. : NORS
36
Small insects. : GNATS
39
Gladhanders. : MEETERS
40
21 plus. : AGE
43
Veto. : NEGATE
44
Stringed instruments. : LUTES
46
Scout's badge. : MERIT
47
Ready for a rhubarb. : IRATE
48
Symbol of Czech independence. : BENES
49
Cinder. : SLAG
50
Motorist's bugaboo. : TOLL
51
___ von Bismarck. : OTTO
52
Young salmon. : PARR
53
One of the Delanos. : SARA
55
Auditor. : CPA
56
Ship's complement. : MEN
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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