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

New York Times, Tuesday, June 17, 1958

Author:
A. H. Drummond Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 41.6
A. H. Drummond Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,276
Across
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Adriatic port. : BARI
5
Polynesian. : MAORI
10
Corn bread. : PONE
14
Unyielding. : IRON
15
Author Hervey. : ALLEN
16
Gem. : OPAL
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Wilted. : LIMP
18
English novelist (1814–84). : READE
19
Apollo's mother. : LETO
20
French mathematician (1749–1827). : LAPLACE
22
Means for acquisition of knowledge. : ORGANON
24
Kind of blonde. : ASH
25
Mongols. : TATARS
26
Indian chief of 1832 war. : BLACKHAWK
30
Ranks. : TIERS
33
Part. : ROLE
34
Beverage. : ALE
35
One of the Brussels Fair exhibitors. : RUSSIA
36
Homonym of 34 Across. : AIL
37
Tested for fit. : TRIEDON
39
"What a good boy ___!" : AMI
40
Kerry town. : TRALEE
42
Cask. : TUN
43
Augury. : OMEN
44
Don's relative. : SENOR
45
Arabia's Nefud. : REDDESERT
47
Serve the purpose. : ANSWER
49
Reference book: Abbr. : ENC
50
New L. A. feature. : DODGERS
52
Bilked. : FLEECED
56
He loves: Lat. : AMAT
57
French school. : ECOLE
59
Spanish pot. : OLLA
60
Roman leader of Pompey's time. : MILO
61
Biblical measure of length. : CUBIT
62
Jungle home. : LAIR
63
British gun. : STEN
64
Brown seaweeds. : KELPS
65
Church section. : APSE
Down
1
Fill the ___. : BILL
2
Relative of recitative. : ARIA
3
Play boisterously. : ROMP
4
Fitting. : INPLACE
5
Participant in a famous tea party. : MARCHHARE
6
Nautical term. : ALEE
7
Wave: Span. : OLA
8
Hardwood tree. : REDOAK
9
Sluggish. : INERT
10
Seaman's guide. : POLARIS
11
Magic words. : OPENSESAME
12
Modern entente. : NATO
13
Esau's father-in-law. : ELON
21
Invite. : ASK
23
Panama lake. : GATUN
25
Hi-fi necessity. : TWEETER
26
Undisciplined children. : BRATS
27
Orleans' river. : LOIRE
28
Will Scarlet's colleague. : ALLANADALE
29
Eastern name. : ALI
31
Poet of a sort. : RIMER
32
___ Botolph, commemorated on June 17. : SAINT
35
Short lyric poems. : RONDELETS
37
To the point. : TERSE
38
Washout. : DUD
41
2,240 pounds. : LONGTON
43
Seminole war leader of 1835–37. : OSCEOLA
45
Deliverance. : RESCUE
46
Compass point. : ENE
48
Fate of the Hesperus. : WRECK
50
Fort Peck and Folsom. : DAMS
51
Neglect. : OMIT
52
Diver's somersault. : FLIP
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Peal. : CLAP
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New Havenites. : ELIS
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Virginia of Virginia. : DARE
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Rectangular figure: Abbr. : OBL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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