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Brice Metcalfe
New York Times, Thursday, May 10, 1962
27-Down : Knock ___ (break into smithereens).
Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Grid has duplicate clues.
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 N | 2 N | 3 W | 4 E | 5 C | 6 L | 7 A | 8 T | 9 S | 10 E | 11 M | 12 E |
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13 O | A | H | 14 U | 15 C | H | A | S | E | 16 W | A | I | N |
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17 U | N | O | R | 18 T | H | O | D | O | X | 19 E | S | S | E |
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20 S | A | M | A | R | O | I | D | 21 T | 22 O | R | T | S | ||
23 L | E | E | R | 24 C | U | R | V | E | ||||||
25 S | 26 I | 27 G | M | A | S | 28 B | A | R | B | E | R | 29 E | 30 D |
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31 P | L | A | T | S | 32 B | U | S | E | S | 33 T | A | U |
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34 A | L | L | S | 35 S | L | I | T | S | 36 R | I | S | K |
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37 T | A | L | 38 B | A | I | L | S | 39 M | E | D | E | A |
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40 S | T | E | 41 P | A | U | N | T | 42 B | A | G | E | L | S |
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43 Y | I | E | L | D | 44 G | A | M | A | ||||||
45 S | W | A | R | T | 46 L | E | T | A | L | 47 O | 48 N | 49 E |
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50 W | H | E | N | 51 S | 52 O | U | T | H | S | E | A | I | S |
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53 S | O | S | O | 54 T | H | R | O | E | 55 S | K | A | T |
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56 W | E | T | S | 57 E | M | E | N | D | 58 S | S | E |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,682
Across
1
Compass point. : NNW
4
Acclaim. : ECLAT
9
Dotted, as with stars, in heraldry. : SEME
13
Where Diamond Head is. : OAHU
15
Run after. : CHASE
16
Old-time wagon. : WAIN
17
Not conventional. : UNORTHODOX
19
Latin "to be." : ESSE
20
Like a maple seed. : SAMAROID
21
Legal matters. : TORTS
23
Sinister look. : LEER
24
Pitcher's specialty. : CURVE
25
Greek letters. : SIGMAS
28
Shaven and shorn. : BARBERED
31
Interweaves. : PLATS
32
Vehicles of a sort. : BUSES
33
Greek letter. : TAU
34
Cure-___. : ALLS
35
Narrow openings. : SLITS
36
Venture. : RISK
37
Hindu cymbals. : TAL
38
Bucket handles. : BAILS
39
Euripides play. : MEDEA
40
Relative by remarriage. : STEPAUNT
42
Hard rolls. : BAGELS
43
Produce. : YIELD
44
Vasco da ___. : GAMA
45
Dusky. : SWART
46
Not to mention. : LETALONE
50
Whereupon. : WHEN
51
New Guinea, for example: Abbr. : SOUTHSEAIS
53
Tolerably. : SOSO
54
Spasm of pain. : THROE
55
Card game. : SKAT
56
Bloc in Prohibition days. : WETS
57
Rectify. : EMEND
58
Compass point. : SSE
Down
1
Entre ___. : NOUS
2
1880 novel. : NANA
3
Pronoun. : WHOM
4
Repeats. : ECHOES
5
Singers. : CHOIR
6
Movie actor. : LADD
7
Kyushu volcano. : ASO
8
Characters of woven fabrics. : TEXTURES
9
Turn aside. : SWERVE
10
Post-Lenten period. : EASTERTIDE
11
Feminine title. : MISS
12
Compass point. : ENE
14
Feature between two continents: Abbr. : URALMTS
18
Govt. dept. : TREAS
22
Sun and moon. : ORBS
24
Playbill lists. : CASTS
25
Shoe store merchandise. : SPATS
26
___ ease. : ILLAT
27
Knock ___ (break into smithereens). : GALLEYWEST
28
Constructed. : BUILT
29
Studio item. : EASEL
30
French composer. : DUKAS
32
Dazzle. : BLIND
35
___ Marie. : SAULTSTE
36
Entertains. : REGALES
38
Former boxing figure. : BAER
39
Family members. : MAMAS
41
Stringed instruments. : PIANOS
42
Showered. : BATHED
44
Prosper. : GETON
45
Pump. : SHOE
46
Entice. : LURE
47
Dumbarton ___. : OAKS
48
Indonesian island. : NIAS
49
Town near Padua. : ESTE
50
Compass point. : WSW
52
Electrical unit. : OHM
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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