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Walt Clark
Walt Clark

New York Times, Tuesday, February 10, 1959

31-Across : Greek letter.

Author:
Walt Clark
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.7
Walt Clark has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,497
Across
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Baste. : TACK
5
Nimbus. : HALO
9
Idolatrous. : PAGAN
14
Jai ___. : ALAI
15
___ my word! (really!). : UPON
16
List of candidates. : SLATE
17
Day of Carnival. : MARDIGRAS
19
Permit. : ALLOW
20
War theatre initials. : ETO
21
Rail___ (put through in haste). : ROADED
23
Dolomites. : ALPS
24
Perry Mason's Girl Friday. : DELLA
26
Everlasting: Archaic. : ETERNE
28
Person to whom a check is made over. : ENDORSEE
31
Greek letter. : RHO
34
Helper: Abbr. : ASST
37
Naval office: Abbr. : ENS
38
Courtyards. : PATIOS
40
Potent political group. : MACHINE
42
Hat feathers. : OSPREYS
43
Day ___. : OFREST
44
Links place. : TEE
45
Fictional terrier. : ASTA
46
___ of Marmara. : SEA
47
Men of letters. : LITERATI
50
Fabulous bird of Egypt: Var. : PHENIX
52
Seraph. : ANGEL
56
___ sure. : TOBE
58
Dinner course. : ENTREE
61
Day before a feast. : EVE
62
Have ___ to pick. : ABONE
64
Oklahoma's floral symbol. : MISTLETOE
66
Live as a vagrant: Slang. : MOOCH
67
Edison's middle name. : ALVA
68
Channel island. : SARK
69
Lap dogs: Colloq. : PEKES
70
Fiber clusters. : NEPS
71
Depots: Abbr. : STAS
Down
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Softened, as color. : TAMED
2
Winged. : ALATE
3
Deposed king of Rumania. : CAROL
4
Leather. : KID
5
French poet, dramatist, novelist, 1802–85. : HUGO
6
Harbor of Guam. : APRA
7
Stevedores. : LOADERS
8
Sudden attacks. : ONSETS
9
Old Testament book: Abbr. : PSA
10
Part of E. A. P. : ALLAN
11
Parts of theatres. : GALLERIES
12
Sleep like ___. : ATOP
13
Front-page headlines. : NEWS
18
Persia. : IRAN
22
Of the briny depths. : DEEPSEA
25
River of oblivion. : LETHE
27
Gather a harvest. : REAP
29
Ivory: Anat. : DENTINE
30
Pronoun. : ONE
32
Gen. Vandenberg. : HOYT
33
Mountain in Thessaly. : OSSA
34
Biblical shepherd-prophet. : AMOS
35
Trustworthy. : SAFE
36
Actor's album. : SCRAPBOOK
39
Retinue. : TRAIN
41
___ of Man. : ISLE
42
Poetic "over." : OER
44
Formed by weaving. : TEXTILE
48
Metal worker. : TINMAN
49
Chinese money. : TAEL
51
Consequently. : HENCE
53
Ascertain. : GETAT
54
City in Portugal. : EVORA
55
Culinary herbs. : LEEKS
56
Pound down. : TAMP
57
Mitch Miller's instrument. : OBOE
59
Useful French phrase, abbreviated. : RSVP
60
Greek letters. : ETAS
63
Interrogative sounds. : EHS
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Feminine suffix. : ESS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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