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New York Times, Wednesday, November 23, 1960
29-Down : Man's name.
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 20.8
1 S | 2 T | 3 R | 4 E | 5 A | 6 M | | 7 F | 8 R | 9 E | 10 D | 11 E | 12 R | 13 I | 14 C |
15 P | R | I | N | C | E | | 16 R | E | N | O | V | A | T | E |
17 R | A | N | T | E | D | | 18 O | R | I | G | I | N | A | L |
19 A | S | S | E | | 20 D | 21 U | M | A | S | | 22 L | I | L | T |
23 T | H | E | R | 24 U | L | E | | 25 I | L | 26 K | | | | |
| | | | 27 M | E | L | | 28 S | E | N | 29 E | 30 G | 31 A | 32 L |
33 R | 34 E | 35 L | 36 A | P | S | E | | 37 E | D | O | M | I | T | E |
38 E | L | E | M | I | | | | | | 39 T | I | L | T | S |
40 A | S | T | A | R | 41 T | 42 E | | 43 O | 44 U | T | L | A | Y | S |
45 D | A | S | H | E | R | S | | 46 A | P | E | | | | |
| | | | 47 S | E | T | | 48 S | T | R | 49 A | 50 T | 51 U | 52 M |
53 A | 54 H | 55 A | 56 B | | 57 M | E | 58 S | T | A | | 59 P | A | L | I |
60 R | E | S | E | 61 M | B | L | E | | 62 K | 63 R | A | K | E | N |
64 C | R | E | N | E | L | L | E | | 65 E | O | C | E | N | E |
66 S | E | A | G | R | E | E | N | | 67 S | C | E | N | T | S |
© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,149
Across
1
7
15
16
17
Indulged in noisy talk. :
RANTED18
19
South African fox. :
ASSE20
19th cen. novelist and dramatist. :
DUMAS22
Light, swingy rhythm. :
LILT23
What the exception proves. :
THERULE25
27
Honey, in pharmacy. :
MEL28
33
37
38
39
40
Lady beloved by Manfred, in Byron poem. :
ASTARTE43
45
Rotating blades in an ice-cream freezer. :
DASHERS46
47
48
53
57
American hostess and diplomat. :
MESTA59
Dialect used in Buddhist writings. :
PALI60
62
Scandinavian sea monster. :
KRAKEN64
65
Geological epoch (with "the"). :
EOCENE66
67
Down
1
2
3
4
Make a beginning. :
ENTER5
6
Interferes unnecessarily. :
MEDDLES7
8
9
10
Mechanical device for holding or grappling. :
DOG11
12
13
Romance language: Abbr. :
ITAL14
21
River of the Congo. :
UELE24
Scapegoats at the ball game. :
UMPIRES26
Device for tying, as in a harvester. :
KNOTTER29
30
31
Legal agent: Abbr. :
ATTY32
With the deduction of. :
LESS33
34
Operatic princess. :
ELSA35
36
41
Feel great fear or anxiety. :
TREMBLE42
Girl's name meaning star. :
ESTELLE43
44
Pipes from a furnace to its chimney. :
UPTAKES49
50
51
Abounding in: Suffix. :
ULENT52
53
54
55
56
Part of British India: Abbr. :
BENG58
61
63
Bird that fed elephants to its young. :
ROC
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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