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Alda F. Zimpel
Alda F. Zimpel

New York Times, Monday, May 12, 1958

56-Across : Poetic preposition.

Author:
Alda F. Zimpel
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Alda F. Zimpel has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,240
Across
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Soared. : FLEW
5
Dickens character. : GAMP
9
Make wavy. : CRIMP
14
De ___. : LUXE
15
Migratory agricultural worker. : OKIE
16
Bird's nest. : AERIE
17
Crocus. : IRID
18
Sound meaning "it's cold outside." : BRRR
19
Distinctive impress. : STAMP
20
Conger. : EEL
21
Intrigues. : PLOTS
22
Color qualities. : TONES
23
Washington VIP. : DDEISENHOWER
26
Member of a state: Abbr. : CIT
27
Wind from a certain direction. : NORTHER
31
Ancient people. : MEDES
34
Hastens: Colloq. : TEARS
36
First lady. : EVE
37
Biting. : ACID
38
Comprehensive. : LARGE
39
Letters. : MAIL
40
Greek letter. : RHO
41
Valley ___. : FORGE
42
Full of spirits. : JOLLY
43
Mediterranean island. : CORSICA
45
Electrically charged atom. : ION
46
One of the Windsors. : PRINCESSANNE
52
Pleasantry. : SPORT
55
Bakeshop wares. : TARTS
56
Poetic preposition. : OER
57
South American mammal. : TAPIR
58
Mountain range between continents. : URAL
59
Combine. : JOIN
60
One of the Forsytes. : IRENE
61
Mislay. : LOSE
62
Noun suffixes. : INGS
63
Kitchen appliance. : RANGE
64
Beverages. : ALES
65
Vegetable. : BEET
Down
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Hit a baseball high in the air. : FLIED
2
Inveigled. : LURED
3
Deport. : EXILE
4
United. : WED
5
Drinking glass with a stem. : GOBLET
6
City SE of Cleveland. : AKRON
7
Gaiety, as shown by laughter. : MIRTH
8
Man of distinction. : PERSONAGE
9
Wheels on chairs, tables, etc. : CASTERS
10
Laboratory vessel. : RETORT
11
Formerly called Persia. : IRAN
12
Jester. : MIME
13
Stimulates (with "up"): Slang. : PEPS
21
Greek letters. : PSIS
24
Chilled. : ICED
25
Was attired in. : WORE
28
Cure. : HEAL
29
Unpropitious. : EVIL
30
Count (on). : RELY
31
Refuse from wine making. : MARC
32
Repeat. : ECHO
33
Former arbiter of fashion. : DIOR
34
Large venomous arachnid. : TARANTULA
35
Work unit. : ERG
38
Places. : LOCI
39
Madam: Old Italian form of address. : MONA
41
Conifer. : FIRTREE
42
___ stick, burnt as incense by Chinese. : JOSS
44
"When the hounds of ___ are on winter's traces ... " : SPRING
45
Fiber plants. : ISTLES
47
Song. : CAROL
48
Obliterate. : ERASE
49
Not anybody. : NOONE
50
Snow: Fr. : NEIGE
51
German man's name. : ERNST
52
Flurry. : STIR
53
Estuary of Amazon River. : PARA
54
Frank. : OPEN
59
Sail. : JIB

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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