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Albert V. Blum
New York Times, Monday, June 15, 1959
Author:
Albert V. Blum
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 22.1
Albert V. Blum has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 D | 4 R | 5 E | 6 B | 7 A | 8 S | 9 K | 10 J | 11 A | 12 B | 13 S |
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14 O | R | I | O | N | 15 E | R | I | E | 16 I | R | A | N |
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17 C | O | M | E | D | 18 I | E | N | N | E | 19 L | O | K | I |
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20 O | W | E | 21 O | N | C | E | 22 N | 23 U | T | M | E | G |
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24 N | 25 O | R | T | H | 26 T | N | T | 27 P | R | S |
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28 A | 29 L | O | N | S | O | 30 G | R | E | A | 31 T | ||||
32 L | E | V | E | E | 33 F | L | A | S | H | E | 34 R | 35 S | ||
36 A | N | E | W | 37 A | L | O | S | S | 38 N | A | O | 39 S |
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40 S | L | A | 41 P | D | A | S | H | 42 B | U | I | L | T |
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43 Y | E | A | R | S | 44 B | A | R | N | E | Y |
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45 A | 46 S | 47 S | 48 A | P | E | 49 A | R | L | E | S | ||||
50 T | U | M | 51 U | L | T | 52 E | V | I | L | 53 T | 54 A | 55 U |
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56 H | O | E | S | 57 I | 58 N | D | I | C | A | 59 T | O | R | S |
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60 O | M | A | N | 61 N | O | G | O | 62 N | O | R | G | E |
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63 L | I | R | A | 64 G | W | Y | N | 65 D | O | M | O | S |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,622
Across
1
Man of the cloth. : PADRE
6
Take the sun. : BASK
10
Relatives of hooks. : JABS
14
Constellation. : ORION
15
Port Dover's lakefront. : ERIE
16
Country of Asia. : IRAN
17
Kind of entertainer. : COMEDIENNE
19
Norse god. : LOKI
20
Be under obligation. : OWE
21
At any time. : ONCE
22
Connecticut's state nickname. : NUTMEG
24
Compass point. : NORTH
26
High explosive. : TNT
27
Socks, shoes, etc.: Abbr. : PRS
28
King in "The Tempest." : ALONSO
30
Much above average. : GREAT
32
Quay. : LEVEE
33
Signal lights of a certain kind. : FLASHERS
36
Over again. : ANEW
37
At ___ (uncertain). : ALOSS
38
Ancient temple. : NAOS
40
Hasty, careless, etc. : SLAPDASH
42
Constructed. : BUILT
43
Long, long time. : YEARS
44
Man's nickname. : BARNEY
45
Beast of burden. : ASS
48
Barbary ___. : APE
49
City on Rhone delta. : ARLES
50
Storm and fury. : TUMULT
52
"Deliver us from ___." : EVIL
53
Greek letter. : TAU
56
Tools for weeding. : HOES
57
Pointers. : INDICATORS
60
Arabian country. : OMAN
61
Not possible: Colloq. : NOGO
62
Norway to Norwegians. : NORGE
63
Turkish coin. : LIRA
64
English actress of Charles II's day. : GWYN
65
Major-___. : DOMOS
Down
1
A little: Ital. : POCO
2
In a line. : AROW
3
Lurid literary effort. : DIMENOVEL
4
Fish diet. : ROE
5
Approve. : ENDORSE
6
Type of wood. : BEECH
7
English composer (1710–78). : ARNE
8
Sloth, for one. : SIN
9
Sharp edge. : KEENNESS
10
Abandon one's beau. : JILT
11
Win in ___ (win with ease). : AROMP
12
Celebrated squirrel monkey. : BAKER
13
Old term for eels. : SNIGS
18
Come ___ (join). : INTO
23
Site of Bryce Canyon. : UTAH
25
Fifth Avenue's fate? : ONEWAY
26
Description of 3 Down. : TRASH
28
According to. : ALA
29
Bifocal. : LENS
30
Sheen. : GLOSS
31
Right of holding. : TENURE
33
Signal light. : FLARE
34
Weather phenomenon. : RAINSTORM
35
Shoe part. : SOLE
37
Making suitable. : ADAPTING
39
Pen. : STY
41
Chime. : PEAL
42
___ chain (one's wife): Slang. : BALLAND
44
___-a-brac. : BRIC
45
Massachusetts town. : ATHOL
46
Finland to the Finns. : SUOMI
47
Defame. : SMEAR
49
Word on Air Letters. : AVION
51
Annapolis. : USNA
52
Sharp. : EDGY
54
Jason's ship. : ARGO
55
Habits. : USES
58
Forthwith. : NOW
59
Likewise. : TOO
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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