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

New York Times, Saturday, March 7, 1959

56-Down : Hosiery shades.

Author:
A. H. Drummond Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.5 Grid has duplicate clues.
A. H. Drummond Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,522
Across
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Money in Quezon City. : PESOS
6
Biblical kingdom. : MOAB
10
Overturns. : TIPS
14
Massachusetts town. : ATHOL
15
Auto part. : AXLE
16
Celebes ox. : ANOA
17
First rector of U. of Virginia. : THOMASJEFFERSON
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Poetic contraction. : EER
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Type of sign. : NEON
22
Tot's toy. : RATTLE
23
Coaster. : SLEDDER
25
Tuscan city. : PISA
26
Border. : HEM
27
Arm of Lake Michigan. : GREENBAY
31
Piano virtuoso Rubinstein. : ARTUR
34
Actor Boucicault. : DION
35
Equally. : SAME
36
Part of D. V. : DEO
37
Maroons. : STRANDS
40
Inlet: Span. : RIA
41
Frozen goodies. : ICES
43
___ Kong. : HONG
44
Gravel ridge. : ESKER
46
City on the Danube. : BUDAPEST
48
Greek letter. : TAU
49
Anita ___. : LOOS
50
Andiron. : FIREDOG
54
Expression of very mild interest. : DOTELL
57
Chinese: Comb. form. : SINO
58
Freudian term. : EGO
59
Site of U. of Virginia. : CHARLOTTESVILLE
62
Waterfall: Scot. : LINN
63
Big smile. : GRIN
64
Western park. : ESTES
65
Not very good. : SOSO
66
Harvard feature. : YARD
67
Cookout. : ROAST
Down
1
Pastries. : PATES
2
Barrymore. : ETHEL
3
Land's end. : SHORE
4
___ Paul Kruger. : OOM
5
Speaks ill of. : SLANDERS
6
Student's chosen field of study. : MAJOR
7
Draft beasts. : OXEN
8
Man's nickname. : ALF
9
Assist. : BEFRIEND
10
Plaids. : TARTANS
11
Type of school: Abbr. : INST
12
Cartel. : POOL
13
Balanced. : SANE
18
Appear. : SEEM
19
Naturalness. : EASE
24
Roderick ___, in "Lady of the Lake." : DHU
25
Tip of an antler. : PRONG
27
Huge. : GIANT
28
Sailboat: Poet. : BARK
29
French friend. : AMIE
30
Annual period. : YEAR
31
Star in Draco. : ADIB
32
Receipt: Fr. : RECU
33
___ the line. : TOED
34
Refuse. : DROSS
38
Religious study. : THEOLOGY
39
Pirate. : SEAROVER
42
Port S of Naples. : SALERNO
45
Make petition to. : SUE
47
Canvass. : POLL
48
Cans. : TINS
50
Devil. : FIEND
51
Greek letter. : DELTA
52
Eyes. : OGLES
53
Poetic verb form. : GOEST
54
Law degrees. : DCLS
55
State. : OHIO
56
Hosiery shades. : TANS
57
Ado. : STIR
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Refrain syllable. : TRA
61
Equal: Comb. form. : ISO

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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