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Albert Carroll
Albert Carroll

New York Times, Wednesday, January 13, 1954

21-Across : Assam silkworms.

Author:
Albert Carroll
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { F J K Q U W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Albert Carroll has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,660
Across
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Denomination. : SECT
5
Spaces. : GAPS
9
Spike. : NAIL
13
Morally. : ETHICALLY
15
Composer of "Goodbye." : TOSTI
16
Madame Butterfly. : CHOCHOSAN
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Demolishes. : RASES
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Corded fabric. : REP
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Solo. : ALONE
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Anne ___ McCormick. : OHARE
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Assam silkworms. : ERIAS
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Formerly: Archaic. : ERST
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Rod. : GAT
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Containers. : TINS
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Piece of armor to protect the throat. : GORGET
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Six-legged insect. : ANT
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A doubting Thomas: Var. : SCEPTIC
32
Follower of a certain British statesman. : EDENITE
34
"There ___ any more." : ISNT
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Weed. : TARE
36
Where Mrs. O'Leary lived. : CHICAGO
39
In place of. : INSTEAD
43
"Scenery chewer." : HAM
44
Medieval musical instruments. : REBECS
46
Flat plinth, in architecture. : ORLO
47
Egg: Comb. form. : OVO
48
Riled. : IRED
49
Springtime. : APRIL
50
Cordelia's sister. : REGAN
52
Unbending. : RIGID
55
I love: Latin. : AMO
56
A term in logic. : THEMA
57
Smooth and white. : ALABASTER
59
Hurdler's paths. : LANES
60
Native of Syria or Lebanon. : LEVANTINE
61
Tributary of the Fulda. : EDER
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Weights of Denmark. : ESER
63
Parts of "Strange Interlude." : ACTS
Down
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Things not to be told. : SECRETS
2
Of the upper regions of space. : ETHERIC
3
Platform shoe of 17th and 18th centuries. : CHOPINE
4
Muscular contraction. : TIC
5
Subject of Wilde ballad. : GAOL
6
Too. : ALSO
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Machine tool for cutting. : PLANER
8
Working together. : SYNERGETIC
9
One of the Websters. : NOAH
10
Aftrican spear. : ASSAGAI
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Repeating. : ITERANT
12
Diminutive of Elizabeth. : LISETTE
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Man's name: Abbr. : CHAS
15
Pig's feet. : TROTTERS
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Jelly. : ASPIC
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Portable chairs. : SEDANS
27
Miss Rogers. : GINGER
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Seasonal beverage. : OCTOBERALE
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Catherines I and II. : TSARINAS
33
Indian greeting meaning "friend." : NETOP
36
Gleeful sound, à la Lewis Carroll. : CHORTLE
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Possessed: 2 wds. : HAVEHAD
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Well-known first name on TV. : IMOGENE
40
Departing from the usual course. : ERRATIC
41
Food. : ALIMENT
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Actress Gray. : DOLORES
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Roman magistrates. : EDILES
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Mohammedan call to prayer: Var. : ADAN
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Yankee: Abbr. : AMER
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Presented. : GAVE
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Shaped piece of metal. : IBAR
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Depot: Abbr. : STA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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