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Martha Brownlee
Martha Brownlee

New York Times, Friday, March 19, 1954

28-Across : Gridiron official.

Author:
Martha Brownlee
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 27.8
Martha Brownlee has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,725
Across
1
Part of a newspaper. : PAGE
5
1928 animal story. : BAMBI
10
Bane of London. : SMOG
14
Queen Soraya's land. : IRAN
15
Where Betelgeuse is. : ORION
16
Saxhorn. : TUBA
17
Cantankerous fellow. : CURMUDGEON
19
Smallest thing. : ATOM
20
Macbeth's nemesis. : AMBITION
21
"It isn't the initial cost, it's the ___." : UPKEEP
23
Canopy. : TILT
24
Only this. : MERE
25
Shrewdly: Slang. : CAGILY
28
Gridiron official. : LINESMAN
32
Assent. : AGREE
33
Courtship gift. : CANDY
34
Poem. : ODE
35
What ungulate animals lack. : TOES
36
Sampler item. : MOTTO
37
Recipient of christening deluge. : PROW
38
Some time since. : ERE
39
Slippers. : MULES
40
Gives attention to. : HEARS
41
Part of a car. : RADIATOR
43
Popular music mixture. : MEDLEY
44
Begin to come to life : STIR
45
Tissue: Anat. : TELA
46
"How are the mighty ___ ... " : FALLEN
49
Attachment on a gun. : SILENCER
53
Inkling. : IDEA
54
What Holmes said to Watson. : ELEMENTARY
56
Moslem call to prayer. : AZAN
57
Creepy. : EERIE
58
The "gloomy Dean." : INGE
59
Serve. : TEND
60
Pastoral pipes. : REEDS
61
"Bad ___ to you!" : CESS
Down
1
Printer's measure. : PICA
2
Calla lily. : ARUM
3
Style of dress. : GARB
4
Strong feelings of hatred. : ENMITIES
5
In the flesh. : BODILY
6
Slang of a class. : ARGOT
7
Air. : MIEN
8
Hoot. : BOO
9
Basis of a smear campaign. : INNUENDO
10
Interests in. : STAKES
11
Not pronounced. : MUTE
12
Modern shawm. : OBOE
13
Mrs. Sairey or her umbrella. : GAMP
18
Practical: Obs. : UTILE
22
The canary to the cat. : PREY
24
After-dinner sweets. : MINTS
25
Provide food. : CATER
26
Greek market place. : AGORA
27
Rapacity. : GREED
28
Not just now. : LATER
29
Meat of a fable. : MORAL
30
Je vous aime, je vous ___. : ADORE
31
He sells papers. : NEWSY
33
TV magic. : COLOR
36
Candidate for a court-martial. : MUTINEER
37
Narrow-minded. : PEDANTIC
39
Petty officer. : MATE
40
She toppled towers and launched ships. : HELEN
42
Christmas or Easter. : ISLAND
43
Rough-and-tumble fights. : MELEES
45
Hesitant. : TIMID
46
Decree. : FIAT
47
Tool for dressing wood. : ADZE
48
Spare. : LEAN
49
Dried up: Poet. : SERE
50
English version of the hickory stick. : CANE
51
Units of energy. : ERGS
52
Gypsies. : RYES
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Famous general. : LEE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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