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James E. Hinish Jr.
New York Times, Monday, May 21, 1962
Author:
James E. Hinish Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 1, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 34.1
Grid has duplicate clues.
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 B | 4 Y | 5 A | 6 M | 7 U | 8 P | 9 I | 10 N | 11 K | ||||
12 A | L | O | E | 13 C | L | A | N | 14 E | N | E | R | 15 O |
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16 S | L | A | W | 17 H | I | T | T | 18 H | E | R | O | A | D |
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19 S | I | R | 20 F | I | F | T | H | A | V | E | N | U | E |
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21 E | N | D | 22 M | A | N | 23 A | L | I | 24 S | T | S |
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25 W | A | Y | O | 26 U | 27 T | W | E | S | 28 T | |||||
29 W | 30 E | A | K | 31 O | K | A | 32 H | E | 33 D | 34 G | 35 E |
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36 O | R | L | E | 37 K | E | R | 38 F | 39 S | 40 A | R | A | L |
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41 O | A | K | U | 42 M | 43 I | O | U | 44 S | U | R | F |
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45 P | A | 46 T | 47 H | F | I | N | 48 D | E | R | |||||
49 A | 50 D | 51 O | 52 R | E | E | 53 S | A | T | Y | 54 R | 55 S |
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56 T | I | N | 57 P | A | N | A | 58 L | 59 L | E | Y | 60 L | O | P |
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61 O | V | E | R | S | T | R | E | E | T | 62 H | A | U | L |
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63 M | A | G | I | C | 64 T | A | N | S | 65 A | N | T | I |
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66 N | A | S | A | 67 S | R | O | 68 M | E | E | T |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,693
Across
1
Humor. : BABY
5
___ Darya, river into 40 Across. : AMU
8
Garden flower. : PINK
12
Liliaceous plant. : ALOE
13
Tribe. : CLAN
14
January: Sp. : ENERO
16
Cabbage dish. : SLAW
17
Get going. : HITTHEROAD
19
Mister's cousin. : SIR
20
Champs Elysées of N. Y. C. : FIFTHAVENUE
21
Line performer. : ENDMAN
23
Eastern name. : ALI
24
Bond and Beacon: Abbr. : STS
25
Popular TV setting. : WAYOUTWEST
29
Diluted. : WEAK
31
River at Gorki. : OKA
32
Be noncommittal. : HEDGE
36
Heraldic border. : ORLE
37
Ax notches. : KERFS
40
Inland sea. : ARAL
41
Calking fiber. : OAKUM
43
Note of sorts. : IOU
44
Breakers. : SURF
45
Leatherstocking tale (with "The"). : PATHFINDER
49
Commotion. : ADO
52
Arikara. : REE
53
Butterflies. : SATYRS
56
World of popular music. : TINPANALLEY
60
Trim (off). : LOP
61
Popular author of nonfiction. : OVERSTREET
62
Catch. : HAUL
63
Enchantment. : MAGIC
64
Sunburns. : TANS
65
Opposed to. : ANTI
66
Project Mercury agency. : NASA
67
Theatre sign. : SRO
68
Appropriate. : MEET
Down
1
Low: Fr. : BASSE
2
Bushed. : ALLIN
3
Seaside attraction. : BOARDWALK
4
Evergreen. : YEW
5
Arabic letter. : ALIF
6
One of the Dillons. : MATT
7
Melt. : UNTHAW
8
Ill-humored. : PEEVISH
9
Concerning. : INRE
10
Street lights. : NEONS
11
Cabbage dish. : KRAUT
13
Indian of the Northwest. : CHINOOK
15
Poems. : ODES
18
Robust. : HALE
20
Elfin being. : FAY
22
Constitution. : MAKEUP
26
Guitar of sorts. : UKE
27
Price list: Fr. : TARIF
28
Bridal gift. : TEASET
29
Court. : WOO
30
Epoch. : ERA
33
London theatre. : DRURYLANE
34
Food fish. : GAR
35
Rumpelstiltskin, for one. : ELF
38
Faith: Fr. : FOI
39
Boulevard, Strip, et al. : SUNSETS
42
Black cherry. : MARASCA
46
Type of dwelling. : TENT
47
Suit. : HEARTS
48
"Life With Father" author. : DAY
49
Particle. : ATOM
50
Sofa's relative. : DIVAN
51
Karelian lake. : ONEGA
54
Driver's concern. : ROUTE
55
Disunite. : SPLIT
57
Taken: Fr. : PRIS
58
Tragic king. : LEAR
59
Marquisette. : LENO
62
Son of Noah. : HAM
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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