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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Saturday, May 11, 1957

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { C H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 38.3
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In 35-Across, PEARLET is clued as "Small fruit." According to Merriam-Webster, a pearlet is a small pearl, not pear.

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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,874
Across
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Gentle. : SOFT
5
Trading centers. : MARTS
10
Airfield near Paris. : ORLY
14
River of Spain. : EBRO
15
Lucine of the Met. : AMARA
16
Take shape. : LOOM
17
Sporting dog from Germany. : WEIMARANER
19
Nobleman. : DUKE
20
Patriotic monogram. : USA
21
Became hazy. : MISTED
22
Israel's Foreign Minister. : MEIR
23
Tony of Hollywood. : PERKINS
25
Diminutive of a girl's name. : TINA
27
___ fixe. : IDEE
28
Unity. : ONENESS
32
Great folly. : MADNESS
35
Small fruit. : PEARLET
36
Designer Cassini. : OLEG
37
Czech river into the Elbe. : ISER
38
At the apex. : TOPMOST
42
Lucky numbers. : ELEVENS
45
Appoint as supervisor. : SETOVER
46
Fish for a filet. : SOLE
47
Ibsen's Mrs. Helmer. : NORA
48
Swizzle-stick, for example. : STIRRER
52
Refuse material. : SLAG
55
Describing mosaic. : INLAID
57
Wrath. : IRE
58
TV orchestra leader. : WELK
59
Al Jolson's real name. : ASAYOELSON
61
Most westerly Aleutian Island. : ATTU
62
Make gay. : LIVEN
63
___ majesty. : LESE
64
Debatable. : MOOT
65
Luminaries. : STARS
66
Sketched. : DREW
Down
1
Mend. : SEWUP
2
Much too plump. : OBESE
3
Tuck of Sherwood Forest. : FRIAR
4
Actor Ewell. : TOM
5
Amphibious soldiers. : MARINES
6
Accumulates. : AMASSES
7
Rave. : RANT
8
"Sparrow in the ___." : TREETOP
9
Pilchard. : SARDINE
10
Subject of well-known Kern song. : OLDMANRIVER
11
Rake. : ROUE
12
Trouble-making Norse god. : LOKI
13
Norse giant. : YMER
18
Organic compound. : AMIDE
24
Brynner's Oscar-winning role. : KINGMONGKUT
26
Educators' group: Abbr. : NEA
29
Other. : ELSE
30
Sighted. : SEEN
31
Ships: Abbr. : STRS
32
Witticisms. : MOTS
33
Drug-yielding plant. : ALOE
34
Governmental division: Abbr. : DEPT
39
Egg: Comb. form. : OVO
40
Magazine features. : SERIALS
41
Conveyance, as of goods. : TRANSIT
42
Trier. : ESSAYER
43
Soothing liquids. : LOTIONS
44
Leave out. : ELIDE
49
Part of a step. : RISER
50
Worn away. : EROSE
51
Renovate. : RENEW
52
What Leander did. : SWAM
53
Mother of Apollo. : LETO
54
Voice. : ALTO
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Source of pumice. : LAVA
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Academic degree: Abbr. : LLD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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