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New York Times, Tuesday, March 21, 1961
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 66,
Blocks: 36,
Avg Word Len: 5.73,
Missing: { F H J K Q W X Z },
Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 85,
Cheaters: 8,
FITB: 6,
XRef: 0,
Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2,
Grid flow: 45.1
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
| | 1 C | 2 A | 3 P | 4 R | 5 I | | 6 D | 7 O | 8 R | 9 S | 10 E | 11 T | |
12 S | 13 T | O | L | L | E | N | | 14 U | V | U | L | A | R | |
15 T | I | D | I | E | S | T | | 16 N | I | G | E | R | I | 17 A |
18 A | N | I | M | A | T | E | | 19 E | S | S | E | N | E | S |
20 V | O | C | E | | 21 E | G | 22 I | S | | | 23 V | E | S | T |
24 E | R | I | N | | 25 D | R | S | | 26 A | 27 D | E | S | T | E |
28 D | E | L | T | 29 A | | 30 A | L | 31 A | B | A | S | T | E | R |
| | | | 32 R | 33 O | T | A | T | E | D | | | | |
34 P | 35 R | 36 E | 37 C | E | D | E | N | T | | 38 E | 39 C | 40 L | 41 A | 42 T |
43 R | E | P | O | S | E | | 44 D | E | 45 R | | 46 L | I | P | O |
47 I | M | A | N | | | 48 A | S | S | E | | 49 A | L | P | S |
50 S | A | U | C | 51 I | 52 N | G | | 53 T | A | 54 R | R | I | E | S |
55 M | I | L | I | T | I | A | | 56 A | M | O | E | B | A | E |
| 57 L | E | S | S | E | R | | 58 N | E | S | T | E | R | S |
| 59 S | T | E | A | L | S | | 60 T | R | Y | S | T | | |
© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,267
Across
1
Where the Blue Grotto is. :
CAPRI6
County on the English Channel. :
DORSET12
14
Pertaining to part of the mouth. :
UVULAR15
16
18
19
Ascetics of the year one. :
ESSENES20
Mezza ___ (not loud): Mus. :
VOCE21
Protective power or shield. :
EGIS23
Article of clothing. :
VEST24
Name for a colleen. :
ERIN25
26
28
Mouth of the Mississippi. :
DELTA30
Material used for vases, urns, etc. :
ALABASTER32
34
38
Brilliant success. :
ECLAT43
44
46
Chinese poet, circa 750. :
LIPO47
"___ old cowhand ... " :
IMAN48
South African fox. :
ASSE49
European mountains. :
ALPS50
53
55
56
Simplest form of animal life. :
AMOEBAE57
58
59
60
Appointment to meet. :
TRYST
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
17
Michaelmas daisy. :
ASTER22
26
27
29
31
33
34
35
36
37
39
40
Nickname of a little princess. :
LILIBET41
Come before the public. :
APPEAR42
45
Tool for enlarging holes. :
REAMER48
Seaweed substances. :
AGARS51
52
Maréchal ___, yellow climbing rose. :
NIEL54
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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