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Willard N. Jordan
Willard N. Jordan

New York Times, Tuesday, November 7, 1950

Author:
Willard N. Jordan
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 20, Grid flow: 32.0 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Willard N. Jordan has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1950, The New York TimesNo. 506
Across
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Form of address in the Navy. : MISTER
7
The New Look, circa 1870. : BUSTLE
13
Oddmen of baseball. : UMPIRES
15
Amaze. : ASTOUND
17
The talk of Madrid. : SPANISH
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Symbol of spinsterhood. : THIMBLE
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Noted American artist and illustrator. : KENT
20
Tree chopper's "fore!" : TIMBER
22
Girl's nickname. : BAB
23
C. G. S. work unit. : ERG
24
Simba's footprints. : SPOOR
25
Man's nickname. : BERT
26
Imbricated. : TILED
29
Our Ambassador to Norway. : BAY
30
Co-founder of the Pony Express. : FARGO
31
Wordbook. : LEXICON
33
Gridiron aerialist. : PASSER
34
City on the Hudson. : TROY
35
Export of Japan. : SILK
36
Face. : VISAGE
39
Without arms. : GUNLESS
42
Miss Dunne. : IRENE
43
___ Marché. : BON
44
Unexcitable one. : STOIC
46
Copper. : CENT
47
J. Abbott's juvenile hero. : ROLLO
49
Memorabilia. : ANA
50
Lizard State: Abbr. : ALA
51
Canopied seat on the back of an elephant. : HOWDAH
52
Weeding spade. : SPUD
53
Rodent's refuge. : RATHOLE
55
The Bromfields' hacienda. : MALABAR
57
Nosy person. : SNOOPER
58
Contribute to the development of. : PROMOTE
59
Stylish. : DRESSY
60
Summits. : APEXES
Down
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Powder and ball arm. : MUSKET
2
Endanger. : IMPERIL
3
Glittering dress ornament. : SPANGLE
4
Color. : TINT
5
Silkworm. : ERI
6
Takes a breather. : RESTS
7
Keeper of the "woodpile." : BATBOY
8
Seating guide. : USHER
9
Public interest. : STIR
10
Barnum's famous General. : TOM
11
Awkward seamen. : LUBBERS
12
Magnify. : ENLARGE
14
Youthful cabin attendant. : SHIPBOY
16
One under obligation to another. : DEBTOR
21
Bewail. : MOAN
25
Score in a popular game. : BASKET
27
Living. : EXTANT
28
Elegy. : DIRGE
30
Victoria ___. : FALLS
32
Mining hut in England. : COE
33
Brooch. : PIN
35
Hollywood stand-in for Old Sol. : SUNLAMP
36
Substitutes in office. : VICARS
37
Where Londonderry is. : IRELAND
38
He serves for six years. : SENATOR
39
Fort Knox contents. : GOLD
40
Popular Communist platform. : SOAPBOX
41
Wavy. : SINUATE
43
Famed Manhattan street. : BOWERY
45
Unit-forming military staffs. : CADRES
47
Assumed by thespians. : ROLES
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He wrote "A Rage to Live." : OHARA
51
Bitter part of ale. : HOPS
52
Alike. : SAME
54
Inventor of rotary printing press. : HOE
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Droop. : LOP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 18 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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