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Madeline Corse
Madeline Corse

New York Times, Thursday, April 2, 1959

51-Down : Honky-___.

Author:
Madeline Corse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.6
Madeline Corse has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,548
Across
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Door fastener. : HASP
5
Sum, ___, fui, futurus. : ESSE
9
Cut. : SAWED
14
Within: Prefix. : ENTO
15
Billet-___. : DOUX
16
Chemical compound. : OXIDE
17
And elsewhere: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
18
He: Lat. : ILLE
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Describing guppies, goldfish, etc. : FINNY
20
Symbol of Easter. : LILY
21
Fuel from Texas, Oklahoma, etc. : NATURALGAS
23
Part of a play. : SCENE
25
Stems of raspberry plants. : CANES
26
Vast areas. : EXTENTS
28
Stint. : TASK
32
Mixtures of lime, sand and water. : PLASTERS
35
Office copy. : CARBON
37
Soothing liquids. : LOTIONS
38
Not fixed in place. : MOVABLE
39
Historical record. : ANNALS
40
Well-known Schubert composition. : SERENADE
41
Gaseous element. : NEON
42
Gadgets for kitchen use. : OPENERS
44
Field of endeavor. : ARENA
45
City in the Himalayas. : SIMLA
49
Realm of Lunik. : OUTERSPACE
54
Stratum of ore. : SEAM
55
To have: Fr. : AVOIR
56
Paragraph. : ITEM
57
So. : TRUE
58
Medicinal plant. : SENNA
59
Period for holding office. : TERM
60
Character in folklore. : OGRE
61
Gets regularly by paying for. : TAKES
62
Mountain in Greece. : OSSA
63
Erect. : REAR
Down
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Cool one's ___ (wait). : HEELS
2
Ludicrous. : ANTIC
3
Vapid. : STALE
4
Native of Tahiti. : POLYNESIAN
5
Midlothian city: Abbr. : EDIN
6
Sympathetic friends. : SOLACERS
7
Middle East rulers. : SULTANS
8
Stage direction. : EXEUNT
9
Furniture. : SOFAS
10
Angle of twig and branch. : AXIL
11
Part of a building. : WING
12
One-time hurricane. : EDNA
13
Rulers in Tunis. : DEYS
22
Correct a tally. : RESCORE
24
Glorify. : EXTOL
27
Certain muscles. : TENSORS
28
Tiny amplifier. : TRANSISTOR
29
Father: Bibl. : ABBA
30
Tag on a purchase. : SOLD
31
Joint. : KNEE
32
Schedule. : PLAN
33
Like the Ranger. : LONE
34
___ cost (gratis). : ATNO
36
States as fact. : AVERS
38
Utterers of threats. : MENACERS
40
Legislative bodies. : SENATES
43
Spanish boy's name. : PEPITO
44
City of N France. : ARRAS
46
Consolidate. : MERGE
47
One of the Benéts. : LAURA
48
Moslem title. : AMEER
49
Kiln. : OAST
50
Part of the eye. : UVEA
51
Honky-___. : TONK
52
One: Ger. : EINE
53
Lady Hamilton. : EMMA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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