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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
New York Times, Thursday, August 28, 1958
6-Down : Fort in California.
Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 H | 6 O | 7 R | 8 S | 9 E | 10 M | 11 U | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 O | M | E | I | 15 O | R | I | O | N | 16 O | P | U | S |
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17 D | O | W | N | 18 A | N | D | O | U | T | 19 V | A | R | A |
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20 S | I | N | G | L | E | 21 S | T | R | 22 A | I | N | E | R |
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23 S | O | S | 24 O | 25 H | E | X | E | D | ||||||
26 S | 27 P | 28 R | O | U | T | E | 29 D | 30 A | L | S | A | 31 C | 32 E |
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33 P | R | O | U | D | 34 S | E | 35 T | T | E | 36 B | A | V |
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37 R | O | U | T | 38 C | E | N | I | S | 39 G | O | R | E |
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40 I | N | N | 41 M | O | L | E | S | 42 B | R | U | N | N |
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43 T | E | D | 44 I | U | M | 45 S | O | 46 C | R | A | T | E | S |
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47 A | N | N | E | 48 S | 49 F | A | U | N | ||||||
50 R | 51 U | B | S | I | T | I | 52 N | 53 B | I | D | 54 D | 55 L | 56 E |
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57 A | L | O | E | 58 O | V | E | 59 R | A | N | D | O | U | T |
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60 T | A | U | T | 61 N | A | V | A | L | 62 A | L | L | Y |
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63 A | N | T | S | 64 O | N | E | G | A | 65 D | E | U | M |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,348
Across
1
Come to an end. : PASS
5
Mount. : HORSE
10
Obligatory item. : MUST
14
Peak in China, sacred to Buddhists. : OMEI
15
Belted hunter of the skies. : ORION
16
A work. : OPUS
17
Boxing finale. : DOWNANDOUT
19
Spanish measure. : VARA
20
Make a base hit. : SINGLE
21
Kitchen tool. : STRAINER
23
Just fair. : SOSO
25
Bewitched: Colloq. : HEXED
26
Grew rapidly. : SPROUTED
30
Part of France. : ALSACE
33
Splendid. : PROUD
34
Seven: Ital. : SETTE
36
Where Munich is: Abbr. : BAV
37
Noisy mob. : ROUT
38
Mont ___, Alpine pass. : CENIS
39
Tapering piece of cloth. : GORE
40
Hostelry. : INN
41
Jetties. : MOLES
42
German name for Czech city. : BRUNN
43
Monotony. : TEDIUM
45
Plato's teacher. : SOCRATES
47
Queen ___ lace. : ANNES
49
Goat-man. : FAUN
50
Harps upon another's failures: Slang. : RUBSITIN
53
Famous Philadelphia name. : BIDDLE
57
Lily plant. : ALOE
58
Pilot's sign-off. : OVERANDOUT
60
Tense. : TAUT
61
Of a sea arm. : NAVAL
62
One with a common cause. : ALLY
63
Pismires. : ANTS
64
Finnish lake. : ONEGA
65
Te ___, old Christian hymn. : DEUM
Down
1
Shells. : PODS
2
To me: Fr. : AMOI
3
Hemmed. : SEWN
4
Shouts: Colloq. : SINGSOUT
5
Frank and open. : HONEST
6
Fort in California. : ORD
7
Spanish rivers. : RIOS
8
Direction. : SOUTH
9
Pleads. : ENTREATS
10
TV fare. : MOVIES
11
On the move. : UPANDABOUT
12
Certain. : SURE
13
Ex-ruler. : TSAR
18
So as to be heard. : ALOUD
22
Rod between the wheels. : AXLE
24
Island in the Gulf of Riga. : OESEL
26
Spar. : SPRIT
27
Disposed (to). : PRONE
28
Indirect. : ROUNDABOUT
29
Sand mounds: Brit. : DENES
31
Chili con ___. : CARNE
32
Levels off. : EVENS
35
"My country ___ thee ... " : TISOF
38
___ good (end in failure). : COMETONO
39
Pop's pop. : GRANDDAD
41
Noted Broadway name. : MUNI
42
Brown bear. : BRUIN
44
Puts in things. : INSETS
46
Secret doctrine. : CABALA
48
Jewish month. : SIVAN
50
Pro ___. : RATA
51
Old German lancer: Var. : ULAN
52
Granular snow. : NEVE
54
Handout. : DOLE
55
Cartoon girl. : LULU
56
History of a word: Abbr. : ETYM
59
Type of paper. : RAG
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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