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Charles C. Allen
Charles C. Allen

New York Times, Saturday, March 8, 1958

11-Down : Psychological phenomenon.

Author:
Charles C. Allen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 27.5
Charles C. Allen has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,175
Across
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"Who's ___?" : ONFIRST
8
Leaf through a book. : BROWSE
14
Stage impressionist Marcel. : MARCEAU
15
More down-at-heel. : SEEDIER
16
Spired structure. : STEEPLE
17
New opera at the Met. : VANESSA
18
City in New Hampshire. : KEENE
19
Exhausted. : SPENT
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Possesses. : HAS
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Atomic number: Abbr. : ATNO
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Some. : ANY
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"For the life ___ ... " : OFME
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Neon or freon. : GAS
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A way of speaking. : TWANG
30
Footprint or fingerprint. : CLUE
31
Present month: Abbr. : INST
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___ bien! (right!): Span. : ESTA
34
Pictures at an exhibition. : OILS
35
Man of mysteries. : STOUT
37
Sun. : SOL
38
Northwestern Indian carving. : TOTEM
40
Outside: Comb. form. : ECTO
41
Leave out. : OMIT
43
Son of Noah. : SHEM
44
Grafting shoot. : CION
45
Seventh Jewish month. : NISAN
47
Suffix in chemistry. : IDE
48
Grizzly. : BEAR
49
Actress Rita. : GAM
50
European capital. : BONN
52
Adjective suffix. : EST
53
Maritime eagles. : ERNES
55
Keepsake. : TOKEN
58
Oriental. : ASIATIC
60
Type of dye. : ANILINE
62
"It Is Never ___ to Mend." : TOOLATE
63
Type of literature. : ROMANCE
64
TV's Matt Dillon. : ARNESS
65
Dealer of retribution. : AVENGER
Down
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Siberian industrial center. : OMSK
2
Man's nickname. : NATE
3
Type of psychological test. : FREEASSOCIATION
4
Phrase for a kind of sale. : ICENT
5
Be contrite. : REPENT
6
Actor Mineo. : SAL
7
Weekday: Abbr. : TUES
8
Full of life: Slang. : BEANY
9
Lease. : RENT
10
Piece by Horace. : ODE
11
Psychological phenomenon. : WISHFULTHINKING
12
Pastry garnish. : SESAMESEED
13
Efface. : ERASE
15
Hypnotic spellbinders. : SVENGALIS
20
The art of 14 Across. : PANTOMIME
23
Be indebted. : OWE
25
Sundry mixtures. : OLIOS
26
Men of W. W. II. : GIS
27
Forerunner. : ANTECESSOR
29
Likeness of sound. : ASSONANCE
30
Canvas bed. : COT
32
Teacher. : TUTOR
36
Unit of weight. : TON
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Form of address: Abbr. : MME
42
Boot strap. : TAB
46
In ___ (almost at once). : NOTIME
48
Blessed: Lat. : BEATA
49
Coarse hominy. : GRITS
51
Actor Lloyd. : NOLAN
53
Greek letters. : ETAS
54
Character in "Sunrise at Campobello." : SARA
56
Suffix of quality. : ENCE
57
Not in the least: Contr. : NEER
59
Beverage. : ALE
61
Thirty days: Abbr. : NOV

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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