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New York Times, Friday, November 9, 1951
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F Q V X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 29.7
1 L | 2 A | 3 P | 4 P | | 5 M | 6 I | 7 G | | | 8 S | 9 C | 10 A | 11 P | 12 A |
13 A | L | E | E | | 14 O | D | I | 15 C | | 16 H | O | G | A | N |
17 M | I | N | N | 18 E | S | O | T | A | | 19 A | D | O | R | N |
20 S | T | E | N | G | E | L | | 21 N | 22 O | M | I | N | E | E |
| | 23 T | A | G | S | | 24 D | A | R | | 25 C | E | S | S |
26 W | 27 A | R | N | S | | 28 S | O | L | I | 29 D | I | | | |
30 H | E | A | T | | 31 N | E | W | Z | E | A | L | 32 A | 33 N | 34 D |
35 E | R | N | | 36 P | E | N | N | O | N | S | | 37 R | A | U |
38 W | A | T | 39 E | R | P | A | I | N | T | | 40 E | G | I | S |
| | | 41 T | O | O | T | L | E | | 42 K | N | E | L | T |
43 A | 44 P | 45 S | E | | 46 T | R | Y | | 47 C | A | I | N | | |
48 C | H | A | R | 49 G | E | E | | 50 W | I | N | S | T | 51 O | 52 N |
53 M | A | N | N | A | | 54 S | 55 T | A | T | E | L | I | N | E |
56 E | S | T | A | B | | 57 S | A | K | E | | 58 E | N | D | S |
59 S | E | A | L | S | | | 60 J | E | D | | 61 S | E | E | S |
© 1951, The New York TimesNo. 873
Across
1
Reindeer driver, steady. :
LAPP5
Enemy jet in Korean sky. :
MIG8
___ Flow, British naval base in the Orkneys. :
SCAPA13
Away from windward. :
ALEE14
In exalted lyric style. :
ODIC16
Cinematized golfer. :
HOGAN17
19
20
Runner-up for baseball's "best manager," 1951. :
STENGEL21
23
24
All-American ladies. :
DAR25
26
Predicts trouble. :
WARNS28
30
31
35
36
Tapering, triangular or swallow-tailed flags. :
PENNONS37
Indian at the U. N. :
RAU38
40
41
42
43
46
Robert Bruce's motto. :
TRY47
Author of "Double Indemnity." :
CAIN48
50
53
Divine or spiritual food. :
MANNA54
56
57
Fermented beverage made from rice. :
SAKE58
59
Popular circus performers. :
SEALS60
61
Down
1
Becomes a fugitive: Slang. :
LAMS2
3
4
Emblem for the Yankee Stadium. :
PENNANT5
Novel by Sholem Asch. :
MOSES6
Person or thing blindly adored. :
IDOL7
"___ along, little dogies." :
GIT8
9
10
11
12
15
Strategic part of America's defense. :
CANALZONE18
Ingredient of soufflés. :
EGGS22
24
Softly, as with feathers. :
DOWNILY26
27
28
29
31
32
Scene of important election this Sunday. :
ARGENTINE33
34
36
Expert golf player. :
PRO39
40
42
Radio private eye, Martin ___. :
KANE43
44
45
Reindeer driver, seasonal. :
SANTA47
Mentioned for bravery. :
CITED49
50
Tiny U. S. Pacific base. :
WAKE51
52
55
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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