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Charlotte Stickney
New York Times, Monday, February 8, 1954
Author:
Charlotte Stickney
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 74,
Blocks: 36,
Avg Word Len: 5.11,
Min Word Len: 4,
Missing: { J Q Z },
Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 81,
Cheaters: 0,
FITB: 4,
XRef: 0,
Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9,
Grid flow: 32.2
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
1 C | 2 H | 3 O | 4 P | | 5 H | 6 A | 7 Y | 8 S | | 9 A | 10 P | 11 S | 12 E | 13 S |
14 H | E | R | E | | 15 O | V | A | L | | 16 B | Y | L | A | W |
17 I | R | A | N | | 18 T | O | R | E | | 19 I | R | A | T | E |
20 C | O | L | U | 21 M | B | I | N | E | | 22 L | E | V | E | E |
| | | 23 R | E | E | D | | 24 P | 25 R | E | S | E | N | T |
26 R | 27 E | 28 L | I | E | D | | 29 G | L | E | N | | | | |
30 I | D | I | O | T | | 31 F | R | E | D | E | 32 R | 33 I | 34 K | 35 A |
36 O | G | P | U | | 37 S | E | U | S | S | | 38 E | B | A | N |
39 M | E | S | S | 40 M | A | T | E | S | | 41 S | T | E | R | N |
| | | | 42 A | X | I | L | | 43 C | O | A | X | E | S |
44 R | 45 E | 46 F | 47 U | S | E | S | | 48 B | A | I | L | | | |
49 E | X | E | R | T | | 50 H | 51 E | A | D | L | I | 52 G | 53 H | 54 T |
55 B | I | N | G | E | | 56 I | B | I | D | | 57 A | U | E | R |
58 U | L | C | E | R | | 59 S | O | R | I | | 60 T | A | L | E |
61 S | E | E | D | Y | | 62 M | E | N | E | | 63 E | M | M | Y |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,686
Across
1
5
Former movie censor. :
HAYS9
14
15
16
Addendum to a constitution. :
BYLAW17
18
19
20
22
President's reception. :
LEVEE23
Important House chairman. :
REED24
26
29
30
31
36
Former initials of M.V.D. :
OGPU37
Dr. ___, author of juveniles. :
SEUSS38
39
41
42
Angle between leaf and stem. :
AXIL43
44
48
Hoop-shaped handle. :
BAIL49
Bestir one's self. :
EXERT50
55
56
In the same place: Lat. abbr. :
IBID57
Mischa of the stage. :
AUER58
Worrier's harvest. :
ULCER59
Spore cases on a fern. :
SORI60
61
Feeling low: Colloq. :
SEEDY62
Part of the handwriting on the wall. :
MENE63
Diminutive of a girl's name. :
EMMY
Down
1
2
3
4
5
Place of rapid growth, often of unwelcome things. :
HOTBED6
7
8
9
10
11
Great ___ Lake, in Canada. :
SLAVE12
13
A dessert, in Britain. :
SWEET21
25
Pieces on one side of a checkerboard. :
REDS26
Site of Vichy trial of French leaders, 1942. :
RIOM27
28
29
Menu item for convalescents. :
GRUEL31
32
33
Wild goat of the Alps. :
IBEX34
35
Miss Sothern and others. :
ANNS37
40
41
43
Ike's companion on the links. :
CADDIE44
45
46
Avoid giving a direct reply. :
FENCE47
48
51
52
Largest of the Marianas Islands. :
GUAM53
54
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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