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Christine F. Brooks
Christine F. Brooks

New York Times, Tuesday, February 26, 1957

6-Down : Laughing.

Author:
Christine F. Brooks
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 24.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Christine F. Brooks has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,800
Across
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Moslem judge. : CADI
5
A good fellow. : TRUMP
10
Fuss. : TODO
14
Household appurtenance. : IRON
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Group of languages of India. : HINDI
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Norse god. : ODIN
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Type of light. : NEON
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"Lady" in Ethel Merman song. : EADIE
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Remedy. : HEAL
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Grace's baby. : CAROLINE
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Stylish. : DRESSY
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Document: Abbr. : CERT
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Capt. Hook's lieutenant. : SMEE
26
Craves. : COVETS
29
Peripatetic fastener. : SHOELACE
33
Sanctions. : AMENS
34
Fail: Colloq. : FLUNK
35
One of the British Isles. : MAN
36
Burst. : RENT
37
Frequent. : HAUNT
38
Saucy. : PERT
39
Assertive tendency. : EGO
40
Celtic foot soldiers. : KERNS
41
Sir: Span. : SENOR
42
Larch. : TAMARACK
44
Affectionately. : FONDLY
45
Surface of a cube. : SIDE
46
Hike. : WALK
47
City on the Black Sea. : ODESSA
50
Gifted. : TALENTED
54
Farewell: Lat. : VALE
55
Plume. : CREST
57
Hebrides island. : IONA
58
Persia. : IRAN
59
Dispatch. : HASTE
60
Complete assortment of printing type. : FONT
61
Depression. : DENT
62
Register. : ENTER
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Other than. : ELSE
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Abbreviated military title. : CINC
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Extent. : AREA
3
Access. : DOOR
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"Right of ___ passage." : INNOCENT
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Pronoun. : THEIRS
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Laughing. : RIANT
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Whence: Lat. : UNDE
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Year in Michelangelo's youth. : MDI
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At the base of mountains. : PIEDMONT
10
Under discipline or control. : TOHEEL
11
Poems. : ODES
12
Portuguese explorer. : DIAS
13
Merely. : ONLY
21
Assigns (a contract). : LETS
23
Fume. : REEK
25
Avoids. : SHUNS
26
Insertion mark. : CARET
27
Last. : OMEGA
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Poison. : VENOM
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Moved furtively. : SLUNK
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Alter. : AMEND
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Warble. : CAROL
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Vestibule. : ENTRY
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Mockery. : FARCE
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Cause of trouble: Colloq. : HEADACHE
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Something for purse or pocket. : PENKNIFE
40
Malay dagger. : KRIS
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Plaice's relative. : SOLE
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Agreement. : ASSENT
44
Show uncertainty. : FALTER
46
Desert. : WASTE
47
Poet of Octavian's reign. : OVID
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Challenge. : DARE
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Verve. : ELAN
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Try. : TEST
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Brace and bit. : TOOL
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Austrian river into the Danube. : ENNS
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Palm. : DATE
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Elapsed. : RAN

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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