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Samuel K. Fliegner
New York Times, Thursday, May 26, 1955
65-Across : Metropolitan.
Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Original 36-Down clue had no accent over "a" in "Pâté"; added it.
1 S | 2 L | 3 O | 4 T | 5 L | 6 O | 7 A | 8 M | 9 P | 10 A | 11 R | 12 C | 13 H |
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14 P | E | R | U | 15 A | R | G | O | 16 A | G | O | R | A |
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17 A | N | D | R | 18 O | C | L | E | S | 19 R | A | D | A | R |
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20 R | A | I | N | S | 21 E | N | A | 22 T | E | 23 I | N | K |
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24 N | E | S | 25 S | 26 D | I | O | G | 27 E | N | E | S |
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28 C | 29 H | A | R | 30 T | 31 R | A | C | T | O | R | ||||
32 H | U | N | 33 S | U | E | 34 R | I | 35 D | 36 G | 37 E |
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38 I | N | C | 39 L | U | D | E | 40 U | 41 N | I | C | O | R | N |
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42 S | T | E | E | P | 43 D | U | C | 44 M | A | D |
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45 S | E | 46 S | 47 S | 48 I | O | N | 49 M | I | S | S |
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50 S | 51 I | 52 D | E | R | E | A | L | 53 S | 54 H | U | N | |||
55 I | N | A | 56 V | E | I | L | 57 S | 58 U | R | I | 59 A | 60 H |
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61 T | E | R | 62 S | E | 63 G | U | I | 64 D | E | R | O | P | E |
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65 U | R | B | A | N | 66 O | M | R | I | 67 A | N | S | A |
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68 S | T | Y | L | E | 69 N | E | E | D | 70 Y | S | E | R |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,158
Across
1
Coin machine part. : SLOT
5
Rich soil. : LOAM
9
Dry up. : PARCH
14
O. A. S. member. : PERU
15
Jason's conveyance. : ARGO
16
Where ancient Greeks traded. : AGORA
17
Roman lion tamer. : ANDROCLES
19
Relative of sonar. : RADAR
20
What udometers measure. : RAINS
21
Maternally related. : ENATE
23
Blacken. : INK
24
Cape. : NESS
26
Lantern-toting Greek cynic. : DIOGENES
28
Burn up. : CHAR
30
Hauling vehicle. : TRACTOR
32
Vandal. : HUN
33
Mrs. Alan Ladd. : SUE
34
Hogback. : RIDGE
38
Comprise. : INCLUDE
40
Monoceros. : UNICORN
42
Saturate. : STEEP
43
French nobleman. : DUC
44
Hilarious. : MAD
45
Meeting. : SESSION
49
Where Hattiesburg is: Abbr. : MISS
50
Of the stars. : SIDEREAL
53
Avoid. : SHUN
55
___ spot. : INA
56
Conceals. : VEILS
58
Bathsheba's husband. : URIAH
61
Laconic. : TERSE
63
Device controlling balloon's altitude. : GUIDEROPE
65
Metropolitan. : URBAN
66
Ahab's father. : OMRI
67
Handle. : ANSA
68
Variety. : STYLE
69
Requirement. : NEED
70
Belgian river. : YSER
Down
1
Mast. : SPAR
2
Siberia's longest river. : LENA
3
Local law. : ORDINANCE
4
English landscape painter. : TURNER
5
Resinous substance. : LAC
6
Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
7
Items for consideration. : AGENDA
8
Art medium. : MOSAIC
9
Tincture of opium. : PAREGORIC
10
Turkish title. : AGA
11
Sculptor of Hugo, Shaw, Balzac. : RODIN
12
Washington Irving character. : CRANE
13
Listens carefully: Poet. : HARKS
18
World War II agency. : OSS
22
Youngster. : TOT
25
Ornamental button. : STUD
27
Early Swedish King. : ERIC
28
Greek letters. : CHIS
29
Actress Marsha. : HUNT
31
Female ruff. : REE
33
Occur unexpectedly. : SUPERVENE
35
New Zealand and Australia. : DOMINIONS
36
Pâté de foie ___. : GRAS
37
Intentions. : ENDS
39
___ majesté. : LESE
40
Japanese herb. : UDO
41
Conventuals. : NUNS
46
Experience. : SEE
47
City in the headlines. : SAIGON
48
Light up: Poet. : ILLUME
49
Walter Reuther's predecessor. : MURRAY
50
Relative position. : SITUS
51
Slow. : INERT
52
Joan's spouse. : DARBY
54
Tinge. : HUE
57
"Your Majesty." : SIRE
59
Semicircular recess. : APSE
60
Learn. : HEAR
62
Sodium chloride. : SAL
64
Worked out. : DID
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.