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Helen H. Kamerling
New York Times, Tuesday, January 28, 1964
50-Across : Soprano.
Author:
Helen H. Kamerling
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Grid has duplicate clues.
Helen H. Kamerling has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Clue for 3-Down was "Novice skiier." Changed it to "Novice skier."
1 M | 2 A | 3 S | 4 C | 5 H | 6 A | 7 B | 8 I | 9 T | 10 A | 11 L | 12 I | 13 F |
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14 A | N | N | O | 15 I | M | I | N | E | 16 L | E | D | A |
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17 I | C | O | N | 18 B | A | S | K | E | 19 T | B | A | L | L |
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20 N | E | W | S | 21 I | E | S | T | 22 T | R | A | V | E | L |
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23 B | U | R | R | S | 24 B | E | A | N | E | D | ||||
25 T | 26 R | U | M | A | N | 27 M | E | R | C | I | ||||
28 H | O | N | E | 29 A | 30 B | A | S | 31 T | A | 32 S | 33 T | 34 E |
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35 I | O | N | 36 S | L | A | L | O | 37 M | S | 38 N | O | D |
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39 S | T | Y | 40 L | E | 41 R | A | M | I | 42 C | O | L | D |
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43 A | N | 44 G | R | Y | 45 S | 46 L | O | W | L | Y |
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47 A | 48 D | M | I | R | E | 49 A | D | O | R | E | ||||
50 T | R | E | B | L | E | 51 B | R | E | A | K | A | 52 G | 53 E |
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54 H | O | C | K | E | Y | 55 G | A | M | E | 56 I | T | I | N |
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57 A | M | O | I | 58 E | A | S | E | D | 59 N | E | B | O |
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60 W | A | R | N | 61 R | E | E | D | S | 62 G | R | E | W |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,294
Across
1
Kind of pronoun: Abbr. : MASC
5
Usual way of doing. : HABIT
10
A in Mecca. : ALIF
14
___ Domini. : ANNO
15
Chemical compound. : IMINE
16
Mother of mythical twins. : LEDA
17
Sacred image. : ICON
18
"Garden" event. : BASKETBALL
20
Most informative. : NEWSIEST
22
Go south or west. : TRAVEL
23
Pronunciation sounds. : BURRS
24
Hit, as by a pitched ball. : BEANED
25
Elder statesman. : TRUMAN
27
Thank you, madame. : MERCI
28
Whet. : HONE
29
Camel's-hair robes. : ABAS
31
Fondness. : TASTE
35
Electrically charged atom. : ION
36
Innsbruck events. : SLALOMS
38
Bow slightly. : NOD
39
Elegance. : STYLE
41
Branches: Bot. : RAMI
42
January forecast. : COLD
43
Good and mad. : ANGRY
45
Proverbially, one way to "make haste." : SLOWLY
47
Have high regard for. : ADMIRE
49
Revere. : ADORE
50
Soprano. : TREBLE
51
Bull-in-a-china-shop result. : BREAKAGE
54
"Garden" event. : HOCKEYGAME
56
Travel guide: Abbr. : ITIN
57
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
58
Moved slowly. : EASED
59
Biblical peak. : NEBO
60
Admonish. : WARN
61
Orchestral section. : REEDS
62
Waxed. : GREW
Down
1
Conduit. : MAIN
2
Noun suffix. : ANCE
3
Novice skier. : SNOWBUNNY
4
Use up. : CONSUME
5
Wintry. : HIBERNAL
6
Accumulate. : AMASS
7
Du ___ (thou art): Ger. : BIST
8
Artist's need. : INK
9
Wobble. : TEETER
10
Adriatic country. : ALBANIA
11
Permission. : LEAVE
12
Took it easy. : IDLED
13
Season. : FALL
19
Areas. : TRACTS
21
One of King David's men. : IRA
24
Kind of broom. : BESOM
25
"___ above all ... " : THIS
26
Fix firmly. : ROOT
27
Citizen of new country. : MALAY
30
Vermont city. : BARRE
32
Warm wind, the chinook. : SNOWEATER
33
Turnpike charge. : TOLL
34
Whirlpool. : EDDY
36
Caused by old age. : SENILE
37
Offenses. : MISDEEDS
40
Term of affection to a child. : LAMBKIN
42
Excellent: Slang. : CORKING
44
More dismal, British style. : GREYER
46
Mauna ___. : LOA
47
Flavor. : AROMA
48
Ornamental disposition of accessories. : DECOR
49
Made strong. : ARMED
50
One sign of spring. : THAW
51
Headquarters. : BASE
52
Deride. : GIBE
53
"Oh, Wilderness were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
55
Scots' "go." : GAE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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