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A. H. Drummond Jr.
A. H. Drummond Jr.

Well-Chosen Words

New York Times, Sunday, October 27, 1963

103-Across : Baseball great.

Author:
A. H. Drummond Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 136, Blocks: 66, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 562 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 15, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 48.0
A. H. Drummond Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,201
Across
1
Progress. : MARCH
6
Offspring. : SCION
11
Did a police job. : RAIDED
17
Heat unit. : CALORY
18
Was restless. : TOSSED
20
Now ___. : ORNEVER
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Blame. : ANIMADVERSION
24
Expect. : BELIEVE
25
Business assn. : NAM
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Fervent. : ZEALOUS
27
Socratic ___. : IRONY
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Rifle. : ROB
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Past, in the past. : AGONE
32
Picket. : PALE
33
Treaty group. : SEATO
34
Cell: Suffix. : CYTE
35
Finnish poem. : RUNE
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Biblical prophet. : JOEL
37
Amazon Indian. : TUPI
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Tool. : TROWEL
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Venus. : DAYSTAR
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Means of support. : ALIMENT
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Intensified exclamation. : AAH
46
Example of 4 Down. : TWIST
48
Fine. : AMERCE
49
"___ not night ... " : ITIS
51
Kick back. : RECOIL
54
Linger close by. : HOVER
56
Literary gleanings. : ANALECTA
59
___ from (besides). : APART
60
Basso Jerome. : HINES
61
Abbreviation on maps. : MTNS
62
Red Sea boat. : DHOW
63
Gratuity. : TIP
64
School subject. : SHORTDIVISION
68
Acquired. : WON
69
Galatea's beloved. : ACIS
71
"Come ___ me ... " : UNTO
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Festivals. : GALAS
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Proverb. : ADAGE
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Unfastener. : LATCHKEY
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Baseball's Cap. : ANSON
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Restrained. : STAYED
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Gull genus. : LARI
80
Part of a Latin hymn title. : STABAT
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Fond hope. : DREAM
84
Tennis call. : LET
85
Woven diagonally. : TWILLED
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City in the news, Sept. 2, 1864. : ATLANTA
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___ a person than ... : NOLESS
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Cheers. : OLES
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City on the Dvina. : RIGA
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Before siete. : SEIS
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Like certain beverages. : ICED
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Gantry. : ELMER
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"___ throw bouquets at me ... " : DONT
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Hides. : SKINS
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Baseball great. : OTT
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Knock down. : FLOOR
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Frayed end of a rope. : COWTAIL
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Ring decision. : TKO
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Combatant. : BATTLER
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Woods Hole scientist. : OCEANOGRAPHER
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For ___ ... : EVERAND
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Prefab hut. : NISSEN
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Add. : INSERT
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Performs a July 4 duty. : ORATES
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Notwithstanding. : ASIDE
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Moves strongly. : STIRS
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C. American lake. : MANAGUA
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Means of living. : ALIMONY
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Gypsy. : ROM
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Thing of the moment. : CRAZE
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___ Park. : HYDE
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Carved slabs. : STELAE
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Flower part. : COROLLA
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Put out. : ISSUE
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Condition: Suffix. : OSIS
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Latest: Prefix. : NEO
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Kind of pilot. : ROBOT
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"Men ___ angels." : ARENOT
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Deeply, to the poet. : INLY
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___ gratia. : DEI
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Helter-skelter. : EVERYWHICHWAY
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Consecrate. : DEVOTE
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Lie. : CANARD
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Kiev's river. : DNIEPER
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Defiant. : REBEL
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Grandma's hypochrondria (with "the"). : VAPORS
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___ dogs. : RAINCATSAND
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Sage. : NESTOR
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"___ Is Icumen In." : SUMER
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Type of paper, in printing. : COATED
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Incarcerate. : JAIL
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What to set the clocks by. : TIMESIGNALS
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Fence. : RAIL
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Upbraids. : TWITS
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Flowed along. : LAVED
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McKinley's forte. : TENNIS
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Page size. : THIRTYTWOMO
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Straight man. : STOOGE
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Amount of tax. : RATAL
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Heroic. : EPICAL
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A to Z. : CAPITALLETTER
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Aboard. : ONTO
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Volcano of Kyushu : ASO
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Bearded. : AWNED
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Seemly. : HONEST
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Sorghum. : MILO
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Filipino of W. W. II. : HUK
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Wide: Fr. : VASTE
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Of one's birth. : NATAL
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Harangue. : SCREED
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Rose. : DAMASK
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Certain songs. : HITS
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More talented. : ABLER
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___ precedent. : SETA
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Wing part. : AILERON
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Rabble. : RAGTAG
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Got rid of. : DROWNED
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First word of P. O. motto. : NEITHER
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Putters about. : TINKERS
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Classify. : ASSORT
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Weeper of myth. : NIOBE
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Another page size. : OCTAVO
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Moon goddess. : SELENE
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Chant. : INTONE
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Noted House. : LORDS
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"___ say ... " : DOASI
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Way of looking at things. : SLANT
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Piece of scenery. : FLAT
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Irish tax. : CESS
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Flag. : IRIS
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Between: It. : TRA
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McCone's outfit. : CIA
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After chi. : PSI

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7 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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