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Jo Bodle
New York Times, Monday, August 13, 1956
Author:
Jo Bodle
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.7
Jo Bodle has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 N | 2 A | 3 V | 4 E | 5 S | 6 D | 7 A | 8 S | 9 H | 10 E | 11 R | ||||
12 A | G | I | L | E | 13 I | N | T | E | R | A | 14 C | 15 T |
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16 S | T | R | E | E | T | 17 S | T | E | I | N | W | A | Y |
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18 H | U | E | 19 C | A | 20 T | C | H | E | R | 21 H | E | L |
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22 E | R | E | 23 C | T | 24 R | E | E | D | 25 R | I | S | E |
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26 B | A | R | E | 27 T | E | R | M | 28 R | A | D | A | R |
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29 A | L | S | A | 30 T | I | A | N | 31 C | O | V | E | R | S |
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32 S | E | N | D | 33 S | A | T | E | |||||||
34 S | 35 P | 36 R | I | N | T | 37 R | E | R | E | N | 38 T | 39 A | 40 L |
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41 T | R | E | N | T | 42 P | E | D | E | 43 N | O | S | E |
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44 R | I | N | G | 45 K | U | R | A | 46 S | A | N | T | A |
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47 A | N | D | 48 C | O | R | O | N | 49 E | T | 50 T | U | N |
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51 S | C | E | 52 N | A | R | I | O | 53 R | E | 54 F | I | T | S |
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55 S | E | R | E | N | E | S | T | 56 I | R | E | N | E | ||
57 S | W | E | A | T | S | 58 S | N | E | E | R |
© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,603
Across
1
Church parts. : NAVES
6
One of Santa's reindeer. : DASHER
12
Nimble. : AGILE
13
Produce an effect upon each other. : INTERACT
16
Downing ___. : STREET
17
Piano man. : STEINWAY
18
Shade. : HUE
19
Member of a battery. : CATCHER
21
Old Norse goddess. : HEL
22
Build. : ERECT
24
Walter ___, bacteriologist and surgeon. : REED
25
Upward change of key. : RISE
26
Plain. : BARE
27
Tenure. : TERM
28
Radiolocator. : RADAR
29
European native. : ALSATIAN
31
Spreads. : COVERS
32
Remit. : SEND
33
Satisfy. : SATE
34
Dave Sime's specialty. : SPRINT
37
Realtor's word. : RERENTAL
41
Church Council site, 1545–63. : TRENT
42
Suffix meaning feet. : PEDE
43
Durante's trademark. : NOSE
44
Wagnerian tetralogy (with "The"). : RING
45
River into the Caspian. : KURA
46
"___ Lucia." : SANTA
47
Also. : AND
48
Crown of lesser nobility. : CORONET
50
Wine cask. : TUN
51
Movie manuscript. : SCENARIO
53
Refurbishes. : REFITS
55
Calmest. : SERENEST
56
Goddess of peace. : IRENE
57
Drudges: Colloq. : SWEATS
58
Scornful look. : SNEER
Down
1
Not synthetic. : NATURAL
2
Yesmen. : AGREERS
3
Contend. : VIE
4
Chose by vote. : ELECT
5
"___ thief to catch a thief." : SETA
6
Perceive. : DISCERN
7
"The Star Spangled Banner." : ANTHEM
8
Charger. : STEED
9
___ apparent. : HEIR
10
Sea bird. : ERN
11
Untanned cattle skin. : RAWHIDE
14
Any autocrat. : CAESAR
15
Presidential family of 1841. : TYLERS
16
Biblical country. : SHEBA
20
Step. : TREAD
23
Leaving off. : CEASING
25
City of N. Italy. : RAVENNA
27
Color gradation. : TINT
28
Fixed course. : ROTE
30
___ caterpillar. : TENT
31
Concern. : CARE
33
Family car. : SEDAN
34
Silk refuse. : STRASS
35
One of highest rank. : PRINCE
36
Extracts by melting. : RENDERS
37
Grows again. : REROOTS
38
Form of insurance, with shared annuity. : TONTINE
39
Shrewder. : ASTUTER
40
Inclines. : LEANS
42
One solicitous about use of words. : PURIST
45
Part of Asia. : KOREA
46
Forbidding. : STERN
48
Wickerwork rattan. : CANE
49
Discord goddess. : ERIS
52
Unaccustomed. : NEW
54
Charge. : FEE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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