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Anthony Morse
Anthony Morse

New York Times, Friday, June 29, 1956

9-Down : Enchantress in "Parsifal."

Author:
Anthony Morse
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q V }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Anthony Morse has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,558
Across
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Querying sounds. : HEHS
5
Two Russians, in journalese. : BANDK
10
Locality. : SPOT
14
River into the Caspian. : URAL
15
Good-by. : ADIEU
16
Labyrinth. : MAZE
17
Rodolfo's beloved. : MIMI
18
Evil one. : SATAN
19
First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
20
Enviable complexion. : PEACHESANDCREAM
23
Tide. : NEAP
24
Bunk. : ROT
25
One of Egypt's boundaries. : REDSEA
27
Spring distillations. : MAYWINES
32
Tool. : AXE
33
Misanthrope. : CYNIC
35
Sinclair Lewis heroine. : LEORA
36
Irish dances. : JIGS
38
Christmas figure. : SANTA
40
Plunder: Slang. : SWAG
41
Seaweeds, pond scum, etc. : ALGAE
43
Fuel substances. : PEATS
45
Ibsen character. : ASE
46
The evening star. : HESPERUS
48
King's barons. : THANES
50
___ de la Cité, part of Paris. : ILE
51
Contained. : HELD
52
One's household effects. : LARESANDPENATES
60
Leprechaun's home. : ERIN
61
Sierra Nevada lake. : TAHOE
62
Where the tibia is. : SHIN
63
Exchequer. : FISC
64
Dress up. : ADORN
65
Gambling game. : KENO
66
Subtract. : TAKE
67
Cut. : SAWED
68
Again. : ANEW
Down
1
Hummock. : HUMP
2
Lake port. : ERIE
3
Short order. : HAMANDEGGS
4
Drives that often go in the rough. : SLICES
5
Authorized fundamental allowances. : BASEPAYS
6
Actress Rehan and others. : ADAS
7
Girl in a Spanish song. : NITA
8
Cathedral official. : DEAN
9
Enchantress in "Parsifal." : KUNDRY
10
Show-offs. : SMARTIES
11
Reduce gradually. : PARE
12
Frank Baum heroine. : OZMA
13
Nine Giants. : TEAM
21
Hic, ___, hoc. : HAEC
22
Hood. : COWL
25
Indian VIP. : RAJAH
26
Makarios' fate. : EXILE
27
Digs for ore. : MINES
28
Recorded proceedings. : ACTA
29
Once in a while. : NOWANDTHEN
30
Rub off. : ERASE
31
Plants of the mint family. : SAGES
34
Small, deerlike animal of Malaya. : NAPU
37
Wisdom. : SAPIENCE
39
Finally. : ATTHEEND
42
Slithery things. : EELS
44
Chinese name for God. : SHEN
47
Lariats: Span. : REATAS
49
Where Fairbanks is. : ALASKA
52
Went away. : LEFT
53
Song. : ARIA
54
Gamble. : RISK
55
Nothing: Spanish. : NADA
56
Lateen-rigged Arab craft. : DHOW
57
Orifice. : PORE
58
One: German. : EINE
59
Fuji's cap. : SNOW

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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