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Alice H. Cook
Alice H. Cook

New York Times, Friday, August 6, 1954

Author:
Alice Cook
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 19.3
Alice H. Cook has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Alice Cook is an alias for Alice H. Cook.
Jim Horne notes:

At 50-Down, SPAM means SP. AM., that is, Spanish America, referring to the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America.

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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,865
Across
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Gaily gambol. : SKIP
5
Fish. : SHAD
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Bird of ill omen. : RAVEN
14
Margaret Langdon's heroine. : ANNA
15
Infinitive of action. : TOGO
16
At a speedy gait. : APACE
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Obstinate. : PIGHEADED
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A very short time. : TRICE
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Sainte: Abbr. : STE
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Put aside and ignored. : PIGEONHOLED
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Had on. : WORE
24
A very long time. : EON
25
Traditional living quarters for artists. : ATTICS
28
Command to a dog. : HEEL
30
Fifty-six. : LVI
33
Bed for a traveler. : BERTH
34
Having very keen sight. : EAGLEEYED
36
Auricular. : OTIC
37
Pick-up job for the S. P. C. A. : STRAY
38
Erudition. : LORE
39
Old-style and worn out. : MOTHEATEN
41
A feather. : PINNA
42
Chemical suffix. : ANE
43
Calendar abbr. : TUES
44
Kisses of olden days. : BUSSES
45
Thus. : SIC
46
Deceitful trick. : RUSE
47
Clownish trick. : MONKEYSHINE
52
Greek letter. : PSI
55
Word on an Air Letter. : AVION
56
Avoid making one's position clear. : PUSSYFOOT
58
Opera center in Europe. : MILAN
59
Away from the wind. : ALEE
60
Otherwise. : ELSE
61
Girl's name meaning noble. : ADELE
62
American educator. : MANN
63
Displays of fauna. : ZOOS
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Vital fluids. : SAPS
2
Interlock. : KNIT
3
Prize-winning playwright. : INGE
4
Bosh! : PAH
5
Flights. : STAIRS
6
Half of a jumbled mixture. : HODGE
7
Awry. : AGEE
8
Symbol of extinction. : DODO
9
Symbolic place for wasted money. : RATHOLE
10
Paved area around hangars. : APRON
11
Inventor in the telephone field. : VAIL
12
Behold! : ECCE
13
Want. : NEED
18
Period of time. : EPOCH
22
Senator from West Virginia. : NEELY
23
Cat fancier. : WITCH
25
Large snake of the tropics. : ABOMA
26
Scenic range near Yellowstone. : TETON
27
Hackneyed. : TRITE
28
Speedy runners. : HARES
29
American writer. : EGAN
30
Where Ampère was born. : LYONS
31
Pioneer of science fiction. : VERNE
32
Cerebration products. : IDEAS
34
Feminine suffix. : ETTE
35
Girl's name. : ELISE
37
Pert. : SAUCY
40
French man's name. : ETIENNE
41
Head man at Harvard. : PUSEY
44
Laboratory burner. : BUNSEN
45
To your health! : SKOAL
46
Up. : RISEN
47
She had a fictitious bank account. : MAMA
48
Poet of the year one. : OVID
49
Cheops' river. : NILE
50
Countries south of the border: Abbr. : SPAM
51
A pantomime dance. : HULA
52
A ball and mallet game. : POLO
53
Indifferent. : SOSO
54
Common suffixes. : ITES
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Tarboosh. : FEZ

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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