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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Tuesday, May 14, 1957

4-Down : Girl's nickname.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
G
2
H
3
A
4
N
5
A
6
T
7
O
8
S
9
S
10
E
11
D
12
T
R
A
J
A
N
13
E
M
P
I
R
E
14
S
15
B
R
A
B
A
N
T
16
A
I
R
P
O
R
T
17
A
E
S
I
R
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H
19
A
S
T
Y
20
S
A
O
21
B
A
P
T
22
M
E
L
D
S
23
F
I
N
N
24
E
T
E
25
G
A
M
M
A
26
E
L
O
G
E
27
S
Y
D
28
N
E
Y
29
S
L
30
O
V
E
N
E
S
31
A
N
O
32
A
33
E
P
E
E
34
C
35
O
36
N
V
E
R
S
37
E
38
I
N
T
39
O
40
N
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E
42
A
R
I
A
S
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S
T
44
I
N
T
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V
O
R
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B
E
L
L
47
P
E
A
C
E
48
M
E
T
A
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A
G
O
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V
I
S
T
A
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S
A
R
I
S
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L
A
T
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E
E
N
S
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R
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E
T
R
A
C
E
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A
N
I
M
A
T
O
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U
L
L
A
G
E
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O
C
U
L
A
R
59
S
M
O
T
E
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,877
Across
1
Newest U.N. member. : GHANA
6
Jerked upward. : TOSSED
12
Hadrian's predecessor. : TRAJAN
13
Dominions. : EMPIRES
15
Early European duchy. : BRABANT
16
Friendship, in Baltimore, for example. : AIRPORT
17
Odin, Balder, etc. : AESIR
18
Rash. : HASTY
20
___ Paulo, Brazil. : SAO
21
Protestant denomination: Abbr. : BAPT
22
Blends. : MELDS
23
Huck ___. : FINN
24
Season, French style. : ETE
25
Before delta. : GAMMA
26
Eulogy. : ELOGE
27
Capital of New South Wales. : SYDNEY
29
People of Ljubljana. : SLOVENES
31
Forest ox. : ANOA
33
Sword. : EPEE
34
The opposite. : CONVERSE
38
Speak monotonously. : INTONE
42
Milanov specialties. : ARIAS
43
Limit. : STINT
45
Before: Ger. : VOR
46
Chime. : BELL
47
What "shalom" means. : PEACE
48
After: Prefix. : META
49
Past. : AGO
50
Outlook. : VISTA
51
Colorful Indian attire. : SARIS
52
Triangular sails. : LATEENS
54
Go back over. : RETRACE
56
Lively musical direction. : ANIMATO
57
Grain lost through spilling. : ULLAGE
58
By eyesight. : OCULAR
59
Struck down. : SMOTE
Down
1
Understood. : GRASPED
2
Practice. : HABIT
3
Slightly open. : AJAR
4
Girl's nickname. : NAN
5
National song. : ANTHEM
6
Poetess Sara. : TEASDALE
7
Does not mention. : OMITS
8
Frisky. : SPRY
9
Drink slowly. : SIP
10
Eastern Colorado problem. : EROSION
11
Disorder. : DERANGE
12
Formal end of a war. : TREATY
14
Rubies and diamonds. : STONES
15
Helpless ones. : BABES
19
Something for the needy. : ALMS
22
Municipal official. : MAYOR
23
London's newspaper street. : FLEET
25
Raymond and Kelly. : GENES
26
Mark of a red-letter day. : EVENT
28
Speaking of ships. : NAVAL
30
Suppose. : OPINE
32
City official. : ASSESSOR
34
Mystical doctrine. : CABALA
35
Spanish herb. : OREGANO
36
Of a great river. : NILOTIC
37
State: Fr. : ETAT
39
Surplus. : OVERAGE
40
Warning. : NOTICE
41
Wipe out. : ERASE
44
Mythical birdman. : ICARUS
47
One of Columbus' three. : PINTA
48
Danton's colleague. : MARAT
50
Meat. : VEAL
51
Normandy town. : STLO
53
Bird. : EMU
55
Tree. : ELM

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

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