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Martha Brownlee
Martha Brownlee

New York Times, Monday, November 7, 1955

Author:
Martha Brownlee
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 46.1 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Martha Brownlee has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,323
Across
1
Remove. : DOFF
5
Opera stars. : DIVAS
10
Health resorts. : SPAS
14
"Can do." : ABLE
15
Hole ___. : INONE
16
Month in Jewish year. : ELUL
17
Symbol of ugliness. : TOAD
18
Foretell. : VATICINATE
20
A North African pirate. : ALGERINE
22
Heretofore: Poet. : ERENOW
23
Bicycled. : RODE
24
Two of a kind. : BRACE
25
Go away: Colloq. : VACATE
28
Lyric dramas. : CANTATAS
31
Let up. : ABATE
32
When Davy killed the "bar." : THREE
33
General's assistant: Abbr. : ADC
34
Ocean route. : LANE
35
Delightful: Colloq. : GRAND
36
A humorous slang suffix. : EROO
37
Refrigerant. : ICE
38
Facial expressions. : GRINS
39
Bring into agreement. : ALIGN
40
Part of a city. : DISTRICT
42
Be obliging enough. : PLEASE
43
Run after. : CHASE
44
Levantine vessel. : SAIC
45
Reluctant. : AVERSE
47
Birthright. : HERITAGE
51
Vegetable soup. : MINESTRONE
53
Small firearm: Slang. : IRON
54
Peruvian Indian. : INCA
55
Part fitting into a mortise. : TENON
56
Aware of: Slang. : ONTO
57
Feat of skill. : DEED
58
Exercise. : EXERT
59
Followers of new ideas. : NEOS
Down
1
Facts or figures. : DATA
2
Old Greek coin. : OBOL
3
Ensign. : FLAG
4
Form a league. : FEDERATE
5
Watershed. : DIVIDE
6
Vacant. : INANE
7
Something cast. : VOTE
8
Cuckoo. : ANI
9
Discriminated. : SECERNED
10
Five Nations Indian. : SENECA
11
Orreries. : PLANETARIA
12
Convertible. : AUTO
13
Marshy place. : SLEW
19
Mad as a hornet. : IRATE
21
Fixed course. : ROTE
24
Buildings for streetcars. : BARNS
25
Sound. : VALID
26
Calculators. : ABACI
27
Whitening. : CANESCENCE
28
Plainsong. : CHANT
29
___ life. : ADOGS
30
Tea cake. : SCONE
32
Instant. : TRICE
35
French shop girl. : GRISETTE
36
Coming event. : ELECTION
38
Pasturage. : GRASS
39
Part of et al. : ALII
41
Yarn. : THREAD
42
Pa or ma. : PARENT
44
Caballero. : SENOR
45
At the center of. : AMID
46
Climber. : VINE
47
Whetstone. : HONE
48
Norse man's name. : ARNE
49
___ town. : GOTO
50
Genesis name. : ENOS
52
King of the Carnival. : REX

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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