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A. H. Drummond Jr.
A. H. Drummond Jr.

New York Times, Wednesday, March 6, 1957

40-Across : Predetermines.

Author:
A. H. Drummond Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.0
A. H. Drummond Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,808
Across
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Distortion. : WARP
5
To one side. : APART
10
Twosome. : PAIR
14
"Depuis le Jour." : ARIA
15
Spooky. : EERIE
16
Eight: Comb. form. : OCTO
17
Milton drama, 1671. : SAMSONAGONISTES
20
Disk jockey's disk. : PLATTER
21
___ public. : NOTARY
22
Elevator man. : OTIS
23
Avian mimic. : MYNA
24
Was apprehensive. : FEARED
27
Early Christian church. : BASILICA
31
Part of 27 Across. : ALTAR
32
Birthplace of Columbus. : GENOA
33
French lace: Colloq. : VAL
34
Actress Arlene. : DAHL
35
Criterion. : CANON
36
Temperate. : MILD
37
Where Ike was in command. : ETO
38
The ladies. : WOMEN
39
Kitchen utensil. : SIEVE
40
Predetermines. : DESTINES
42
Temper: Colloq. : DANDER
43
College courses. : ARTS
44
"And away ___." : WEGO
45
She sings Elsa, Mimi, Arabella, etc. : STEBER
48
Cupidity. : AVARICE
52
Tragedy, probably by Shakespeare. : TITUSANDRONICUS
55
Border river of Europe and Asia. : URAL
56
Horn. : CORNU
57
Pronoun. : THIS
58
Before gamma. : BETA
59
Rendezvous. : TRYST
60
Of ___ (formerly). : YORE
Down
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Type of waist. : WASP
2
Sea fed by the Amu Darya. : ARAL
3
Terza ___, verse form. : RIMA
4
Portraying rural life. : PASTORAL
5
B. C. poem. : AENEID
6
Bartletts. : PEARS
7
South American country: Abbr. : ARG
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South American capital. : RIO
9
He wrote "Sweet and Low." : TENNYSON
10
Card. : POSTAL
11
Doings of the Roman Senate. : ACTA
12
Road to Rome. : ITER
13
Flushed. : ROSY
18
Lustrous fur. : OTTER
19
Ancient Greek colony. : IONIA
23
Role for Licia Albanese. : MANON
24
Drab. : FADED
25
Give high hopes to. : ELATE
26
Friend of Porthos. : ATHOS
27
Signer of the Locarno Pact. : BENES
28
Describing college walls. : IVIED
29
Great soprano (1866–1942). : CALVE
30
Kind of tree. : ALDER
32
Child's play. : GAMES
35
Type of bridge. : CONTRACT
36
Smaller number. : MINORITY
38
Message. : WIRES
39
She wrote "A Certain Smile." : SAGAN
41
___ rasa (clean slate): Lat. : TABULA
42
Heartfelt. : DEVOUT
44
Alerts. : WARNS
45
Short projection. : STUB
46
Spare. : TIRE
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State, in France. : ETAT
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Japanese ginkgo. : ICHO
50
Leather: Fr. : CUIR
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In ___ (in existence): Lat. : ESSE
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European nation: Abbr. : NOR
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Towel. : DRY

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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