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Brice Metcalfe
Brice Metcalfe

New York Times, Thursday, February 14, 1963

38-Down : TV necessity.

Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.73, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 16
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,953
Across
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Swamp. : MORASS
7
American novelist. : BASSO
12
Encounter. : RUNINTO
13
Tizzy. : DITHER
14
Legal term akin to promisor. : PLEDGOR
15
Damaging the surface of. : DENTING
16
Acad. : SCH
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Scheduled. : ONTHEAGENDA
19
Where Wiesbaden is. : HESSE
21
Old old times. : ELD
22
Confound. : STUN
23
Wild pansy. : HEARTSEASE
25
Highest in quality: Colloq. : TOPS
26
Chilean pianist. : ARRAU
27
Wagons. : DRAYS
29
German verb. : IST
30
Sacred plant of ancient pilgrims. : RAGTREE
32
Chiefs: Abbr. : HDS
35
On the sinister side. : ALEFT
36
Devoured. : ATEUP
38
African republic, as of 1960. : CHAD
42
Valentine. : SWEETHEART
44
Ibsen role: Var. : AASE
45
Very small unit of length. : MIL
46
Laughs loudly. : ROARS
47
Famous "visitor" to Atlanta. : MRSWHISTLER
50
Large shot pellets. : TTS
52
Rival. : EMULATE
53
"Meet Me ___ Louis." : INSAINT
55
Fix over again, as potatoes. : REMASH
56
Electronic devices. : STEREOS
57
Expert. : ADEPT
58
Maintain. : ASSERT
Down
1
Implements for spreading straw, leaves, etc. : MULCHERS
2
Bridge bid. : ONEHEART
3
Relieve. : RID
4
Bitter bark. : ANGOSTURA
5
Gems. : STONES
6
Species. : SORT
7
Kind of cherry. : BING
8
Bear witness. : ATTEST
9
Oriental religion. : SHINTO
10
Cause to rise. : SENDUP
11
Harmoniums. : ORGANS
12
Engine speed: Abbr. : RPS
13
Nautical Dick. : DEADEYE
15
System of calisthenics. : DELSARTE
18
Sincere. : HEARTFELT
20
Mrs.: Sp. : SRA
23
"Bali ___." : HAI
24
One way to "get a word in." : EDGEWISE
28
Small semi-tropical fish. : SEAHORSES
31
N.Y. governor. : ALSMITH
32
More jovial. : HEARTIER
33
Was afraid to: Archaic. : DURSTNOT
34
Harbor: Abbr. : SPT
37
Drink. : TEA
38
TV necessity. : CAMERA
39
Hurt. : HARMED
40
Suppose. : ASSUME
41
Part of a bovine neck. : DEWLAP
43
"___ Last Case." : TRENTS
48
Biblical verb. : HAST
49
Subject of "La Gioconda." : LISA
51
Mailing abbreviations. : STS
54
Equal in meaning. : ARE

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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