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John M. Holmes Jr.
John M. Holmes Jr.

New York Times, Wednesday, May 11, 1955

14-Across : Needle case.

Author:
John M. Holmes
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.36, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 60.5
John M. Holmes Jr. has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
John M. Holmes is an alias for John M. Holmes Jr..
David Steinberg notes:

Note that the 26-Down clue is inaccurate!

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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,143
Across
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Crumbly soil. : MARL
5
Disburse. : SPEND
10
Recent visitor to U. S. : SHAH
14
Needle case. : ETUI
15
Yam. : TUBER
16
Girl in old song title. : LULU
17
He was also called "the Silent." : WILLIAMOFORANGE
20
American cardinal. : SPELLMAN
21
High point of the week. : PAYDAY
22
Islands, in France. : ILES
23
Member of S. A. C. : FLIER
24
Colorado ski and summer resort. : ASPEN
26
What Mildred was in "Of Human Bondage." : WAITRESS
29
Pianist Rubinstein. : ARTUR
30
Vernon or Hermon. : MOUNT
31
Letter. : DEE
32
MacNeice or MacLeish. : POET
33
Get together, on the campus. : REUNE
34
Mesdames: Abbr. : MMES
35
Mainly: Abbr. : ESP
36
Vends. : SELLS
37
Field workers. : HOERS
38
Recharted. : REMAPPED
40
Satanic symbol. : HORNS
41
Seed. : OVULE
42
Old Testament book: Abbr. : DEUT
43
Arabian romance. : ANTARA
45
Intelligent. : SENSIBLE
49
Hero of folklore. : JOHNNYAPPLESEED
51
One of the Waughs. : ALEC
52
Uplift. : ELATE
53
Vingt ___ (twenty-one): Fr. : ETUN
54
Unusually good. : RARE
55
Showy. : DASHY
56
Ten: Comb. form. : DECA
Down
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London backstreets. : MEWS
2
On one's toes. : ATIP
3
Straightedge. : RULE
4
Country in "Gulliver's Travels." : LILLIPUT
5
Pollen holder. : STAMEN
6
Cougars. : PUMAS
7
Dark. : EBON
8
Ship clock. : NEF
9
It's used in pier fishing. : DROPLINE
10
Assassin. : SLAYER
11
Military unit for a centurion. : HUNDREDMEN
12
Seaweed. : ALGA
13
Well-known name in Louisiana. : HUEY
18
Tributary of the Danube. : ILLER
19
"Pajama Game" star. : RAITT
23
Youngsters in the Cervidae family. : FAUNS
24
Went up. : AROSE
25
Villainess in fairy tales. : STEPMOTHER
26
Verb form of "to be." : WOULD
27
Elijah and others. : SEERS
28
A meeting: Abbr. : SESS
29
Copier. : APER
30
Fracas. : MELEE
33
Re-enacted. : REPLAYED
34
Joined securely. : MORTISED
36
Reject. : SPURN
37
Where Rayburn presides. : HOUSE
39
Progress: Fr. : AVANCE
40
Thames scene of regattas. : HENLEY
42
Profundity. : DEPTH
43
Not in harmony. : AJAR
44
Girl in Lopez song. : NOLA
45
Resorts. : SPAS
46
Animal: Fr. : BETE
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White: Comb. form. : LEUC
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Actress Best. : EDNA
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___ king. : ALA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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