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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Tuesday, January 6, 1959

38-Down : Piece used in mosaic.

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.33, Missing: { F K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,462
Across
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Platable. : SAPID
6
To the death: Fr. : ALAMORT
13
Tropical fruit. : BANANA
14
River rising in the Catskills. : DELAWARE
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Diminished. : ABATED
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Widespread. : EPIDEMIC
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London art gallery. : TATE
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Consolation. : SOLACE
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Project. : JUT
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Geological term. : STOSS
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Hock. : WINE
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Curtain fabric. : LENO
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Demure: Dial. : MIM
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Landlord's sign. : TOLET
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Papal headdress. : MITER
30
Dyes. : ANILINS
32
Of poetry. : ODIC
34
Early religious creed. : NICENE
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Mountain near Jerusalem. : OLIVET
39
City of the Taj Mahal. : AGRA
41
Former. : OLDTIME
42
Stupifies. : STUNS
45
Dipper. : LADLE
47
Egyptian deity. : BES
48
Deer. : HART
49
Island off Java. : BALI
50
Notifies in advance. : WARNS
52
Common suffixes. : ERS
53
Fur. : ERMINE
55
Commanded. : BADE
56
Photographer's solution. : EMULSION
58
Correspondent. : WRITER
60
Fence of pointed stakes. : PALISADE
61
Novelist Welty. : EUDORA
62
Cavorted. : CAPERED
63
Clairvoyants. : SEERS
Down
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Author of "Scaramouche." : SABATINI
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Dealing with bodily structure. : ANATOMIC
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Tops of heads. : PATES
4
Noun suffix. : INE
5
Fathers. : DADS
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Antarctic land. : ADELIE
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Historic naval battle of 1571. : LEPANTO
8
___ blue. : ALICE
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Contrived. : MADE
10
Be indebted to. : OWE
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Speed engine. : RAMJET
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Three in one. : TRIUNE
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Musial, for one. : BATSMAN
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King Arthur's foster father. : ECTOR
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Night fliers. : OWLS
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Smarts. : STINGS
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Lawful. : LICIT
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Unique person: Slang. : ONER
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Discoloration caused by fungus. : MILDEW
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Stood in slanting position. : LEANT
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Toy store specialty. : DOLL
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Massaging device. : VIBRATOR
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Editors. : EMENDERS
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Piece used in mosaic. : TESSERA
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Style of cooking beef. : ALAMODE
41
Valhalla dweller. : ODIN
42
Merinos. : SHEEP
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Airport runway. : TARMAC
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Canonized Cornish princess. : URSULA
46
Straightened: Var. : ALINED
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Wild rose. : BRIAR
51
Sojourn. : ABIDE
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___ quid (to be thus): Lat. : ESSE
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Members of genus Ovis. : EWES
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Rim. : LIP
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___ de la Paix. : RUE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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