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Jo Bodle
New York Times, Tuesday, November 8, 1955
19-Across : The inevitable.
Author:
Jo Bodle
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 44.4
Jo Bodle has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 A | 3 T | 4 G | 5 L | 6 U | 7 T | 8 S | 9 A | 10 B | 11 E | 12 T |
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13 C | U | B | E | 14 L | O | R | R | E | 15 L | A | M | E |
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16 U | N | A | S | 17 S | I | G | N | E | D | 18 I | R | M | A |
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19 D | E | S | T | I | N | Y | 20 M | I | 21 N | E | R | A | L |
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22 A | R | T | 23 R | O | M | A | N | Y | ||||||
24 F | 25 R | 26 A | M | E | 27 J | E | R | E | Z | 28 M | 29 A | 30 B |
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31 R | A | R | E | 32 C | U | B | 33 N | I | 34 V | O | S | E |
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35 O | D | I | N | 36 A | D | A | 37 P | T | 38 A | R | I | A |
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39 S | I | S | T | 40 E | R | 41 S | O | S | 42 R | E | D | S |
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43 H | O | T | 44 C | R | 45 E | T | E | 46 A | S | S | E | T |
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47 O | 48 S | C | I | N | E | 49 A | P | I | ||||||
50 E | 51 S | C | H | E | A | T | 52 K | N | I | T | 53 T | 54 E | 55 R |
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56 H | O | R | A | 57 G | R | 58 A | N | D | N | I | E | C | E |
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59 E | D | A | M | 60 E | A | G | E | R | 61 E | U | R | E |
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62 H | A | T | S | 63 S | P | R | E | E | 64 S | T | U |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,324
Across
1
Punjab native. : JAT
4
Satiates. : GLUTS
9
Countenance an offender. : ABET
13
What 27 is to 3. : CUBE
14
Screen villain. : LORRE
15
Rich, metal-threaded fabric. : LAME
16
Not designated. : UNASSIGNED
18
TV role. : IRMA
19
The inevitable. : DESTINY
20
Category of substances. : MINERAL
22
Eisenhower hobby. : ART
23
Gypsy language. : ROMANY
24
Compose. : FRAME
27
City in Spain. : JEREZ
28
Fairy Queen. : MAB
31
Excellent. : RARE
32
Member of a den. : CUB
33
Snowy month of French Revolutionary Calendar. : NIVOSE
35
Wednesday's god. : ODIN
36
Conform. : ADAPT
38
"Un Bel Di," for instance. : ARIA
39
Familiar term of address. : SISTER
41
Help! : SOS
42
Alizarin and madder. : REDS
43
Excitable. : HOT
44
Mediterranean island. : CRETE
46
Thing of value. : ASSET
47
Singing bird genus. : OSCINE
49
Nepal peak. : API
50
Reversion of property to state. : ESCHEAT
52
Needle worker. : KNITTER
56
Hour: Latin. : HORA
57
Princess Anne to the Duke of Windsor. : GRANDNIECE
59
Dutch town. : EDAM
60
Keen. : EAGER
61
French department in Normandy. : EURE
62
Profile models. : HATS
63
River through Berlin. : SPREE
64
Sen. Symington. : STU
Down
1
Spring time. : JUNE
2
Down with: French. : ABAS
3
A covenant. : TESTAMENT
4
Flash. : GLINT
5
Sluggish: Colloq. : LOGY
6
Coffee pot. : URN
7
Slight earthquake. : TREMOR
8
Gritty residues. : SEDIMENTS
9
Foreign. : ALIEN
10
"The Royal Family." : BARRYMORES
11
Austen character. : EMMA
12
River duck. : TEAL
13
Chew the ___. : CUD
17
Father. : SIRE
21
Fascist. : NAZI
23
Stitch again. : REBASTE
24
Beanie wearer. : FROSH
25
Wireless. : RADIO
26
Nobleman. : ARISTOCRAT
27
"Pore ___ Is Daid," from "Oklahoma!" : JUD
29
Apart. : ASIDE
30
Aesop character. : BEAST
32
Victorias. : CARRIAGES
34
Football teams. : VARSITIES
37
"Goldbug" author. : POE
40
Behold!: Lat. : ECCE
45
Catch. : ENTRAP
46
"See ___, pick it up ... " : APIN
48
Pillow covers. : SHAMS
49
M. Gide. : ANDRE
50
Syllables of inquiry. : EHEH
51
Soft drink. : SODA
52
___-deep. : KNEE
53
German: Abbr. : TEUT
54
Beige. : ECRU
55
Arikara. : REE
58
Husbandry: Abbr. : AGR
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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