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Henry A. Wolfe
New York Times, Saturday, October 24, 1953
6-Down : Imagined.
Author:
Henry A. Wolfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.76, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 41.3
Henry A. Wolfe has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 T | 4 A | 5 R | 6 I | 7 S | 8 L | 9 A | 10 S | |||||
11 A | 12 S | T | A | I | R | E | 13 D | E | A | R | T | 14 H | 15 S |
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16 L | A | T | I | N | I | C | 17 E | S | C | A | P | E | E |
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18 A | L | E | R | T | S | 19 F | A | S | T | B | A | L | L |
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20 N | U | N | 21 T | 22 H | A | T | I | 23 Y | U | L | E |
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24 D | D | T | 25 P | A | R | N | E | L | 26 L | 27 L | O | N |
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28 S | O | I | 29 R | E | E | S | 30 D | E | A | 31 D | S | E | A |
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32 S | O | O | T | 33 K | I | E | V | |||||||
34 M | A | N | D | A | 35 T | 36 E | 37 S | 38 T | E | P | P | E | 39 D |
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40 E | M | P | 41 L | I | Q | 42 U | E | U | R | 43 I | R | A |
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44 N | I | L | 45 E | 46 T | U | L | E | S | 47 S | Y | M |
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48 A | G | E | L | 49 I | M | I | T | 50 C | 51 A | 52 R | T | O | N |
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53 C | O | A | L | B | I | N | 54 A | A | M | I | L | N | E |
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55 E | S | S | E | N | C | E | 56 A | N | I | S | E | E | D |
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57 E | S | S | E | S | 58 A | Y | R | E | S |
© 1953, The New York TimesNo. 1,588
Across
1
Center of the chancel. : ALTAR
6
Islands: Span. : ISLAS
11
Star of "The Band Wagon." : ASTAIRE
13
Scarcities. : DEARTHS
16
Of an ancient language. : LATINIC
17
Jail breaker. : ESCAPEE
18
C. D. practice. : ALERTS
19
Carl Erskine's stock in trade. : FASTBALL
20
Carmelite. : NUN
21
Fourth and fifth of Nathan Hale's last words. : THATI
23
Two months hence. : YULE
24
Modern insecticide. : DDT
25
Home Rule hero of Ireland. : PARNELL
27
Actor Chaney. : LON
28
Evening parties. : SOIREES
30
Sodom and Gomorrah were situated on it. : DEADSEA
32
Carbon particles. : SOOT
33
Capital of the Ukraine. : KIEV
34
Area administered under trusteeship. : MANDATE
37
Paced. : STEPPED
40
Sovereign: Abbr. : EMP
41
Benedictine. : LIQUEUR
43
Man's name. : IRA
44
Khartoum's river. : NILE
46
Bulrushes. : TULES
47
Piece of music: Abbr. : SYM
48
For Wacs, it is 34. : AGELIMIT
50
Hero of "Tale of Two Cities." : CARTON
53
House owner's concern as winter approaches. : COALBIN
54
Favorite on the children's bookshelf. : AAMILNE
55
Intrinsic nature. : ESSENCE
56
Sweet cordial. : ANISEED
57
Turns in the road. : ESSES
58
Ruby M. ___, British novelist. : AYRES
Down
1
Teacher's opening remark to the class. : ATTENTIONPLEASE
2
Simba's home. : LAIR
3
An even shading. : TINT
4
Beards of grain. : ARISTAE
5
LP item: Abbr. : REC
6
Imagined. : IDEATED
7
Attached directly to the main stem, as some leaves. : SESSILE
8
Milk: Comb. form. : LACT
9
"The Sheik of ___." : ARABY
10
Part of the New Testament. : STPAULSEPISTLES
11
Finnish islands. : ALANDS
12
Cordial greeting below the border. : SALUDOSAMIGOS
14
Cordial greeting above the border. : HELLOEVERYONE
15
Moon goddess. : SELENA
19
Football ___. : FAN
22
Periods of time: Abbr. : HRS
25
Part of a daisy. : PETAL
26
Vessel plying between Duluth and Port Arthur. : LAKER
29
Scepter. : ROD
31
A candle. : DIP
34
The villain. : MENACE
35
Chickadees. : TITMICE
36
Steeds. : EQUINES
37
Make sure. : SEE
38
Where Florence is. : TUSCANY
39
Fitzgerald's "The Beautiful and ___." : DAMNED
42
Preceding month: Abbr. : ULT
45
They or them, in France. : ELLES
49
Sons, in Arabia. : IBNS
51
Moslem ruler. : AMIR
52
Become successful. : RISE
54
Organization of car owners. : AAA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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