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Alice Skodzus
New York Times, Tuesday, February 15, 1955
50-Down : Halt.
Author:
Alice Skodzus
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 28.1
Alice Skodzus has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 U | 3 D | 4 S | 5 S | 6 C | 7 H | 8 O | 9 L | 10 A | 11 R | ||||
12 S | O | L | O | N | 13 T | H | E | T | I | M | E | 14 S |
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15 L | A | C | U | N | A | 16 R | I | G | I | D | I | T | Y |
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17 E | M | U | 18 A | R | 19 R | I | V | E | S | 20 C | O | N |
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21 N | A | M | 22 E | 23 L | E | V | E | L | 24 B | U | R | G |
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25 A | R | E | A | 26 S | 27 M | E | S | 28 B | A | S | T | E |
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29 P | I | N | T | A | 30 D | O | S | 31 V | A | R | ||||
32 E | A | T | C | R | O | W | 33 T | E | A | R | 34 G | 35 A | 36 S |
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37 A | I | M | 38 P | A | L | L | I | A | T | E |
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39 B | 40 A | 41 S | K | S | 42 S | A | I | 43 S | E | D | A | N |
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44 I | N | A | E | 45 T | U | R | N | 46 S | 47 R | A | T | A |
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48 P | A | M | 49 B | O | R | A | T | E | 50 S | 51 B | I | T |
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52 E | D | U | 53 C | A | T | E | D | 54 A | T | 55 H | O | M | E |
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56 D | E | S | O | L | A | T | E | 57 L | A | R | U | E | ||
58 M | E | D | D | L | E | D | 59 S | Y | S | T |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,058
Across
1
Coats, suits, etc. : DUDS
5
Man of learning. : SCHOLAR
12
Man of wisdom. : SOLON
13
It dates from 1788. : THETIMES
15
Gap. : LACUNA
16
Strictness. : RIGIDITY
17
Large bird. : EMU
18
Succeeds. : ARRIVES
20
Study. : CON
21
Title. : NAME
23
Well balanced. : LEVEL
24
Town: Colloq. : BURG
25
Yards. : AREAS
27
French pronoun. : MES
28
Stitch. : BASTE
29
Silvery game fish. : PINTADOS
31
Department of France. : VAR
32
Take back what one has said. : EATCROW
33
Police weapon. : TEARGAS
37
Purpose. : AIM
38
Gloss over. : PALLIATE
39
Takes the sun. : BASKS
42
Capuchin monkey. : SAI
43
Means of transportation. : SEDAN
44
Zoology suffix. : INAE
45
Convolutions. : TURNS
47
Pro ___. : RATA
48
Girl's nickname. : PAM
49
Mixes with an acid. : BORATES
51
Very small role. : BIT
52
Schooled. : EDUCATED
54
Comfortable. : ATHOME
56
Uninhabited. : DESOLATE
57
The street: Fr. : LARUE
58
Interfered unjustifiably. : MEDDLED
59
Set of facts: Abbr. : SYST
Down
1
Important paper. : DOCUMENT
2
Eskimo knife. : ULU
3
Spanish title. : DONA
4
Confusion. : SNARL
5
Contends. : STRIVES
6
Omelet flavoring. : CHIVES
7
German philosopher. : HEGEL
8
Man's name. : OTIS
9
Cover. : LID
10
___ curiae, court adviser. : AMICUS
11
Cutting reply. : RETORT
12
Biblical kingdom. : SAMARIA
14
Irish playwright. : SYNGE
15
Delaware Indian. : LENAPE
19
Cut the lawn again. : REMOW
22
"Let them ___." : EATCAKE
24
Fence or wall. : BARRIER
26
Eastern garments. : SARIS
28
False gods. : BAALS
30
One of the DiMaggios. : DOM
31
Parchment: Abbr. : VEL
33
Blemish. : TAINT
34
No stay-at-home. : GADABOUT
35
"___ like this ... " : ATATIME
36
Capitol group. : SENATE
38
Marched. : PARADED
39
Two-footed. : BIPED
40
Garland. : ANADEM
41
"Le Roi ___," Hugo drama. : SAMUSE
42
The C. I. D. of France. : SURETE
45
Entire. : TOTAL
46
Stickers. : SEALS
49
Unadorned. : BALD
50
Halt. : STAY
53
Fish. : COD
55
Time abbreviation. : HRS
Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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