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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Saturday, September 12, 1953

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 56-Across clue had comma after "song"; removed it.

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© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,546
Across
1
Broken pieces of pottery. : SHARDS
7
U. S. High Commissioner for Germany. : CONANT
13
Sets of jeweled ornaments. : PARURES
15
Ecclesiastical stole of Eastern church. : ORARIUM
17
Shower bath for city kids. : HYDRANT
18
Former papal province of Italy. : ROMAGNA
19
Before. : ERE
20
Foolish. : GOOSY
22
Illinois city famous for watch making. : ELGIN
23
Parasol parts. : RIBS
25
Pillow fight, for instance. : ROMP
26
Red seaweed used as food in Iceland. : DULSE
27
Official in ancient Rome. : EDILE
29
He starred in "Two on the Aisle." : LAHR
31
Ice: German. : EIS
32
She wrote "The Awakening of Helena Richie." : DELAND
34
Heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore." : LEONORA
37
Robot bomb. : DOODLEBUG
39
Here. : PRESENT
41
Rows of three or more stamps: Philately. : STRIPS
45
So: Scot. : SAE
46
Silver coin of Persia. : RIAL
48
Rest house in the East. : SERAI
49
Formed a band of sparks, in electricity. : ARCED
52
Founder of a Biblical tribe. : ELON
54
Short-billed rail. : SORA
55
Sedgman-Kramer exchange. : RALLY
56
Berlin's song "Blue ___." : SKIES
58
Viet ___. : NAM
59
Wealthy. : OPULENT
61
Arpeggio. : ROULADE
63
Novel by Annemarie Selinko. : DESIREE
64
Maddens. : ENRAGES
65
More high-strung. : TENSER
66
Withdraw formally from membership. : SECEDE
Down
1
Made globular. : SPHERED
2
Form of rural recreation. : HAYRIDE
3
City of NW Iran, near the Caspian Sea. : ARDEBIL
4
Capek's play about robots. : RUR
5
Pass too slowly. : DRAG
6
Caballero. : SENOR
7
Ballet dancer, especially one who leads a ballet. : CORYPHEE
8
___ y Plata (gold and silver): Montana's motto. : ORO
9
Designated. : NAMED
10
Abode of the dead: Babylonian myth. : ARALU
11
Pottering person. : NIGGLER
12
French protectorate in North Africa. : TUNISIA
14
Hassock. : STOOL
16
Long neck hairs. : MANES
21
Chitchat. : SMALLTALK
24
Spade used in peat bogs. : SLADE
28
Son of Seth. : ENOS
30
Burglarizes. : ROBS
33
Energetic person. : DOER
35
Gen. McAuliffe's historic reply to the enemy. : NUTS
36
Fairy tale characters. : OGRES
38
800-mile river into the Black Sea. : DNIESTER
39
Top of a rampart. : PARAPET
40
Hermit. : RECLUSE
42
From about 1000 B. C. to 100 A. D. : IRONAGE
43
Showed off. : PARADED
44
Native of Bangkok. : SIAMESE
45
Stringed instrument of India. : SAROD
47
River into the Bay of Biscay. : LOIRE
50
Mrs. Irving Berlin. : ELLIN
51
Easter egg colorers. : DYERS
53
Tubular lights. : NEONS
57
Junior's affirmative answer. : SURE
60
Born. : NEE
62
Fond du ___, Wisconsin. : LAC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 13 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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