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New York Times, Friday, March 17, 1961
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 311 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 84,
Cheaters: 4,
FITB: 1,
XRef: 0,
Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7,
Grid flow: 30.6
Grid has duplicate clues.
1 Z | 2 A | 3 G | 4 R | 5 E | 6 B | | 7 T | 8 R | 9 A | 10 J | 11 E | 12 C | 13 T | 14 S |
15 I | D | E | A | T | E | | 16 R | O | S | E | M | A | R | Y |
17 P | H | O | N | A | L | | 18 A | N | S | W | E | R | E | D |
19 P | E | R | K | | 20 I | 21 S | B | A | | 22 S | E | D | A | N |
23 E | R | G | | 24 B | E | H | E | L | 25 D | | 26 R | I | S | E |
27 R | E | E | 28 S | E | | 29 O | R | D | E | 30 R | | 31 G | U | Y |
| | | 32 E | G | 33 Y | P | T | | 34 N | O | 35 P | A | R | |
| 36 S | 37 T | A | G | E | S | | 38 S | I | M | O | N | Y | |
| 39 H | I | R | A | M | | 40 D | A | M | O | N | | | |
41 R | O | D | | 42 R | E | 43 M | I | T | | 44 L | Y | 45 N | 46 C | 47 H |
48 E | R | I | 49 E | | 50 N | E | V | A | 51 D | A | | 52 O | H | O |
53 G | E | N | A | 54 L | | 55 N | I | N | A | | 56 F | U | E | L |
57 A | M | E | R | I | 58 C | A | N | | 59 M | 60 E | R | G | E | D |
61 L | A | S | T | P | A | G | E | | 62 A | T | E | A | S | E |
63 E | N | S | H | A | D | E | D | | 64 N | E | T | T | E | R |
© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,263
Across
1
7
15
16
Traditional symbol of remembrance. :
ROSEMARY17
18
19
Act in a jaunty manner. :
PERK20
Log hut of the steppes. :
ISBA22
23
24
26
27
Well-known Dodger. :
REESE29
Prevailing course of things. :
ORDER31
32
Where Memphis is. :
EGYPT34
Having no face value. :
NOPAR36
38
Traffic in that which is sacred. :
SIMONY39
Ancient king of Tyre. :
HIRAM40
Friend of Pythias. :
DAMON41
42
44
Verb associated with the Ku Klux Klan. :
LYNCH48
Buffalo's waterfront. :
ERIE50
Where the Truckee flows. :
NEVADA52
53
Pertaining to the cheek: Zool. :
GENAL55
56
57
Member-to-be of the Peace Corps. :
AMERICAN59
61
62
Free from constraint. :
ATEASE63
64
Down
1
2
3
4
Relative standing. :
RANK5
6
Show to be false. :
BELIE7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
21
Fifth Avenue specialties. :
SHOPS24
Wretch or rogue, in playful use. :
BEGGAR25
28
30
George Eliot heroine. :
ROMOLA33
35
36
37
38
"Paradise Lost" character. :
SATAN40
41
43
45
46
Gruyère, for example. :
CHEESE47
49
Fifth largest planet. :
EARTH51
Small, hoofed animal. :
DAMAN54
Fat, in chemistry. :
LIPA56
58
60
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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