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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Thursday, November 8, 1956

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.53, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 53.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In original PDF, the "player." portion of 13-Down clue ("Georgetown player.") was printed on a line following the 11-Down clue. Fixed this.

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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,690
Across
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Cookbook abbreviation. : TSPS
5
Van Winkle's specialty. : SLEEP
10
Relative of cortisone. : ACTH
14
August, in Paris. : AOUT
15
Trunk. : TORSO
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Part of London. : SOHO
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New type of specially trained troopers. : PARAMEDICS
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Dog's name in "King Lear." : TRAY
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Subject of Goethe ballad. : ERLKING
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Bobby Jones' home town. : ATLANTA
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Well-known playwright. : INGE
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Tête-à-tête talkers. : PAIRS
25
One of Churchill's names. : SPENCER
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Most happy feeling. : ELATION
31
Truncheons. : CUDGELS
32
Actress Winwood. : ESTELLE
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Pray: Lat. : ORA
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Famous fabulist. : ADE
35
Earthquake. : TEMBLOR
40
Hurt. : DAMAGED
44
Hide. : SECRETE
45
Bobcats, Panthers, etc. : ELEVENS
46
Intimations. : HINTS
47
River in Yorkshire. : AIRE
48
Nesting place. : TREETOP
50
Scene from the tee. : FAIRWAY
54
Bed of ore, in mining. : REEF
55
Kind of soup. : MINESTRONE
57
Lessen tension. : EASE
58
Stood. : AROSE
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Role in "Das Rheingold." : ERDA
60
Hastened. : SPED
61
Salamanders. : NEWTS
62
Former rulers of Tunis. : DEYS
Down
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Binding. : TAPE
2
Fly. : SOAR
3
Invert (stitches) in knitting. : PURL
4
Risking. : STAKING
5
A famous Casey. : STENGEL
6
Roomers. : LODGERS
7
Biblical name. : ERI
8
One who "goes over the wall." : ESCAPEE
9
Cards. : POSTALS
10
Moon goddess. : ASTARTE
11
Winter fodder. : CORNSILAGE
12
In ___ (because). : THAT
13
Georgetown player. : HOYA
18
Cut very fine. : MINCE
22
Native girl in "South Pacific." : LIAT
25
Natives of Inverness. : SCOTS
26
Soup. : PUREE
27
Product of Holland. : EDAMCHEESE
29
Ancient: Poet. : OLDEN
30
Requirements. : NEEDS
36
Summarized. : BRIEFED
37
Loaned. : LENT
38
Osmanli. : OTTOMAN
39
Breathe. : RESPIRE
40
Most heedless. : DEAFEST
41
Underground names. : ALIASES
42
Part of O. M. : MERIT
43
Made affirmation. : AVERRED
48
Very: Fr. : TRES
49
Harvest. : REAP
51
Had as an attribute. : WORE
52
Actor Griffith. : ANDY
53
Affirmatives. : YEAS
56
Seeing that. : NOW

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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