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New York Times, Thursday, October 25, 1951
60-Across : Ludwig or Jannings.
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 23.7
1 P | 2 O | 3 L | 4 L | 5 S | | 6 A | 7 G | 8 E | 9 D | | 10 S | 11 P | 12 A | 13 D |
14 A | V | A | I | L | | 15 M | E | N | U | | 16 U | R | G | A |
17 T | A | B | B | Y | | 18 I | N | G | E | | 19 L | I | E | N |
20 S | L | O | E | | 21 P | E | E | R | | 22 A | T | O | N | E |
| | 23 U | R | 24 D | U | | 25 R | A | 26 M | P | A | R | T | S |
27 I | 28 S | R | A | E | L | | 29 A | V | I | O | N | | | |
30 S | T | I | L | E | S | | 31 L | E | N | | 32 A | 33 C | 34 R | 35 E |
36 M | E | T | | 37 M | A | 38 T | E | R | I | 39 A | | 40 H | A | Y |
41 S | T | E | 42 P | | 43 T | A | L | | 44 S | P | 45 R | U | C | E |
| | | 46 A | 47 D | E | L | E | | 48 T | E | A | R | E | D |
49 S | 50 P | 51 O | R | A | D | I | C | | 52 E | R | I | C | | |
53 H | O | R | N | S | | 54 S | T | 55 A | R | | 56 S | H | 57 I | 58 P |
59 A | L | A | E | | 60 E | M | I | L | | 61 S | E | I | N | E |
62 K | E | L | L | | 63 T | A | O | S | | 64 A | R | L | E | N |
65 O | R | E | L | | 66 A | N | N | O | | 67 I | S | L | E | S |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 858
Across
1
Where Britons go today. :
POLLS6
Pension benefiters. :
AGED10
14
15
16
Former name of Mongolian capital. :
URGA17
18
England's Gloomy Dean. :
INGE19
20
21
Member of House of Lords. :
PEER22
23
The national language of Pakistan. :
URDU25
Watched by Francis Scott Key. :
RAMPARTS27
Its Government is modeled partly on Britain's. :
ISRAEL29
Par ___, on French airmail. :
AVION30
31
32
36
37
40
Secretary of State under McKinley and T. R. :
HAY41
Measure or action. :
STEP43
Metal cymbals of India. :
TAL44
46
The retired Astaire. :
ADELE48
49
52
53
Worn by a dilemma. :
HORNS54
56
One of the "Queens." :
SHIP59
60
Ludwig or Jannings. :
EMIL61
It snakes through Paris. :
SEINE62
Tiger hitting star. :
KELL63
New Mexican pueblo, N. E. of Santa Fe. :
TAOS64
He wrote "Stormy Weather." :
ARLEN65
66
In the year: Latin. :
ANNO67
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Coadjutor of an abbot. :
PRIOR12
British secret service man. :
AGENT13
21
22
24
26
A cabinet member, in Britain. :
MINISTER27
28
33
34
35
38
The magic "Lee penny" in one of Scott's novels. :
TALISMAN39
42
Irish statesman once played by Gable. :
PARNELL45
Optimistic poker players. :
RAISERS47
49
Plumed military cap. :
SHAKO50
Navigator of a punt. :
POLER51
55
57
Poison for arrow tips. :
INEE58
Besters of swords. :
PENS60
61
Long-tailed monkey. :
SAI
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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