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Thomas J. Varner
New York Times, Tuesday, September 28, 1954
38-Across : Early part of medieval period.
Author:
Thomas J. Varner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V W }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 28.1
Thomas J. Varner has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 Y | 3 R | 4 D | 5 H | 6 I | 7 G | 8 H | 9 H | 10 A | 11 T | ||||
12 R | O | M | E | O | 13 U | N | L | O | A | D | E | 14 D |
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15 R | E | P | A | I | R | 16 S | T | I | P | P | L | E | R |
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17 E | S | S | 18 D | I | 19 C | K | E | N | S | 20 I | T | A |
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21 M | I | T | 22 T | 23 S | A | I | N | T | 24 O | B | E | Y |
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25 I | D | E | A | 26 L | 27 S | E | T | 28 M | U | S | E | S |
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29 N | U | R | T | U | 30 R | E | S | 31 F | A | T | ||||
32 D | E | S | T | R | O | Y | 33 S | E | R | F | 34 A | 35 G | 36 E |
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37 L | I | Z | 38 D | A | R | K | A | G | E | S |
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39 S | 40 T | 41 E | E | D | 42 S | I | N | 43 S | L | A | M | S |
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44 P | O | U | R | 45 P | E | R | D | 46 U | 47 L | I | M | E |
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48 O | U | R | 49 B | I | C | K | E | R | 50 S | 51 N | U | N |
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52 I | C | E | 53 B | O | X | E | S | 54 M | O | 55 R | A | L | E |
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56 L | A | K | E | S | I | D | E | 57 I | N | A | N | E | ||
58 N | A | N | K | E | E | N | 59 A | G | E | D |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,918
Across
1
American explorer and scientist. : BYRD
5
Uppity. : HIGHHAT
12
Shakespearean character. : ROMEO
13
Empty. : UNLOADED
15
Fix. : REPAIR
16
Wall-painter. : STIPPLER
17
Draftsman's curve. : ESS
18
Mild substitute for "devil." : DICKENS
20
Give ___ chance. : ITA
21
Game equipment. : MITT
23
George or James. : SAINT
24
Be guided by. : OBEY
25
High goal. : IDEAL
27
Square-dance group. : SET
28
Nine daughters of Zeus. : MUSES
29
Educates. : NURTURES
31
Cooking adjunct. : FAT
32
Overthrow. : DESTROY
33
Status of many during 38 Across. : SERFAGE
37
Nickname of an English Queen. : LIZ
38
Early part of medieval period. : DARKAGES
39
Lee's Traveler, for instance. : STEED
42
Evil-doing. : SIN
43
Heavy impacts. : SLAMS
44
Heavy rain. : POUR
45
Concealed. : PERDU
47
Soda-pop flavor. : LIME
48
Pronoun. : OUR
49
Quarrels. : BICKERS
51
Sister. : NUN
52
Often-raided repositories. : ICEBOXES
54
Important aspect of military effectiveness. : MORALE
56
Resort town near Sandusky. : LAKESIDE
57
Silly. : INANE
58
Cotton cloth. : NANKEEN
59
Over ninety. : AGED
Down
1
Dizzy Gillespie fans. : BOPSTERS
2
Miss Sumac, Peruvian singer. : YMA
3
Designer of present U. S. flag, 1818. : REID
4
Actress Day. : DORIS
5
Sledge dogs. : HUSKIES
6
Anxiously diligent. : INTENT
7
Flash of light. : GLINT
8
Jumps onto. : HOPS
9
Man's nickname. : HAP
10
Remarks not in script. : ADLIBS
11
Small monkey. : TEETEE
12
Left-over part. : RESIDUE
14
Strong carts. : DRAYS
15
Prompt. : REMIND
19
Famous Mudville slugger. : CASEY
22
Gossip. : TATTLER
24
Mouth of a river. : OUTFALL
26
Sensational. : LURID
28
Brands. : MARKS
30
Actress Russell's nickname. : ROZ
31
Chemin-de-___, game like baccarat. : FER
33
Three-time Kentucky Derby winner. : SANDE
34
___ again. : AGAINAND
35
Little bud. : GEMMULE
36
Ancient brotherhood member. : ESSENE
38
GOP Senator. : DIRKSEN
39
Mar. : SPOIL
40
Long-billed bird. : TOUCAN
41
California's motto. : EUREKA
42
Withdraw. : SECEDE
45
Elf. : PIXIE
46
Salt lake in Iran. : URMIA
49
Clump of trees. : BOSK
50
"Hernando's Hideaway." : SONG
53
Peak, in Scotland. : BEN
55
Girl's name. : RAE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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