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John M. Holmes, Jr.
John M. Holmes, Jr.

New York Times, Monday, July 25, 1955

2-Down : Crowd of busy people.

Author:
John M. Holmes, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 12
John M. Holmes, Jr. has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,218
Across
1
Double exclamation. : AHAH
5
Jazz term. : BOP
8
Nip with a gripping instrument. : PINCER
14
Strong metal cord. : WIREROPE
16
Authoress Atkinson. : ORIANA
17
Give ear unwittingly. : OVERHEAR
18
Oyster-lover, in Lewis Carroll. : WALRUS
19
Pennsylvania's Governor. : LEADER
20
Crazes. : FADS
22
Before: Prefix. : PRE
23
Undertake. : ASSUME
25
Reward: Poet. : MEED
26
Strays, of Whiffenpoof fame. : LAMBS
30
American philosopher. : EMERSON
32
On the deep: Poet. : ASEA
33
Title of respect. : MME
34
Out of ___(not in proper order). : KILTER
37
Man's hat style. : PORKPIE
39
Exhaust, as of energy. : DEPLETE
40
Snoopers. : PRIERS
41
Symbol of greed. : HOG
42
Where to spend a rial. : IRAN
43
Had a rendezvous. : TRYSTED
45
Painter's plaster. : GESSO
46
"The wonderful one-hoss ___." : SHAY
48
Oscar winner, 1953. : HOLDEN
50
Jersey. : COW
51
Erskine or Furillo. : CARL
52
Having spokes. : RADIAL
57
Like a bump ___. : ONALOG
59
Princess Margaret's problem. : MARRIAGE
61
Procession. : PARADE
62
Justification. : APOLOGIA
63
Mr. Bones. : ENDMAN
64
Connective. : NOR
65
"Cat on a Hot Tin ___." : ROOF
Down
1
GI in a jam. : AWOL
2
Crowd of busy people. : HIVE
3
Region. : AREA
4
Farmer's cows. : HERD
5
Afrikanders. : BOERS
6
Ration book agency. : OPA
7
Scent. : PERFUME
8
Symbol of a highly explosive situation. : POWDERKEG
9
Character in "Antony and Cleopatra." : IRAS
10
___ nisi bonum (nothing but good). : NIL
11
One of these was a pal of 18 Across. : CARPENTERS
12
Accustom. : ENURE
13
Demolished. : RASED
15
Ostriches. : RHEAS
21
Soul: Fr. : AME
24
Dotted, as with stars. : SEME
25
Girl's name. : MOLLIE
26
European. : LAPP
27
Hebrew lyre. : ASOR
28
Citation. : MERITAWARD
29
Where to buy napoleons. : BAKERY
31
Taste. : SIP
33
Uta. : MISSHAGEN
35
Greek letters. : ETAS
36
City N of Carson City. : RENO
38
Crowbar. : PRY
39
Our envoy in Berlin during Hitler's rise. : DODD
41
Author of "The Little Foxes." : HELLMAN
44
Rocky hill. : TOR
45
Tree protuberance. : GNARL
46
Opportunity. : SCOPE
47
Chinese province. : HONAN
49
"Margin for ___." : ERROR
51
Musical finale. : CODA
53
French stylist. : DIOR
54
Villain in 1604 drama. : IAGO
55
Anagram of 54 Down. : AGIO
56
Author of "Ferdinand the Bull." : LEAF
58
Escape: Slang. : LAM
60
GI mailing center. : APO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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