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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Monday, June 21, 1954

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.4
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,819
Across
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Bird with a vibrating call. : CHAT
5
Singer Lehmann. : LOTTE
10
Jezebel's husband. : AHAB
14
Crescent-shaped cut-out. : LUNE
15
Sharp-tempered. : ACRID
16
Not possible: Colloq. : NOGO
17
Creator of Lady Brett, Pilar, etc. : ERNESTHEMINGWAY
20
Northern cape of state of Washington. : FLATTERY
21
Masonic door-keepers. : TILERS
22
Naturalness. : EASE
23
Arrogance: Brit. slang. : SIDE
24
___ de corps. : ESPRIT
27
Ornate musical passage. : FLOURISH
31
"How about that?" : ALLEN
32
Great care or effort. : PAINS
33
Corp. or sgt. : NCO
34
Council, in South Africa. : RAAD
35
Seattle and San Francisco. : PORTS
36
In a while. : SOON
37
Common abbreviation. : ETC
38
Scenic hills of the southwest. : MESAS
39
French nanny. : BONNE
40
Grew more intense. : DEEPENED
42
Blunted javelin used by Arabs in warlike games. : JEREED
43
Solar disk. : ATEN
44
Market for unlisted stocks. : CURB
45
Something accepted as true. : GOSPEL
48
Liberia's capital. : MONROVIA
52
Noted resident of Riverdale-on-Hudson. : ARTUROTOSCANINI
54
Chigger. : FLEA
55
Still. : PHOTO
56
Tree home. : NEST
57
Bracken. : FERN
58
Wildcats of Mexico. : EYRAS
59
Superlative suffixes. : ESTS
Down
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Character used in musical notation. : CLEF
2
Pitch. : HURL
3
Indian coin. : ANNA
4
Wavered. : TEETERED
5
Of most recent vintage. : LATEST
6
Dark yellow. : OCHRE
7
Playing card. : TREY
8
Man's nickname. : TIM
9
Sizes, styles or forms of books. : EDITIONS
10
Rod-and-reel man. : ANGLER
11
British C. I. C. in the Revolution. : HOWE
12
Gelatinous substance. : AGAR
13
Dennis the Menace and others. : BOYS
18
Furniture finish. : STAIN
19
A breeding place. : NIDUS
23
Pocket openings. : SLITS
24
Auriculate. : EARED
25
Roster of candidates. : SLATE
26
Finish second. : PLACE
27
Electrical capacity unit. : FARAD
28
Hole ___. : INONE
29
Tea cake. : SCONE
30
Sharpened. : HONED
32
German name for Polish city. : POSEN
35
Faithful wife of Odysseus. : PENELOPE
36
University of Paris. : SORBONNE
38
39.37 inches. : METER
39
Yankee backstop. : BERRA
41
Native of New Guinea. : PAPUAN
42
Finches or snowbirds. : JUNCOS
44
___ Rica. : COSTA
45
Stand the ___ (bear up under difficulty). : GAFF
46
Heraldic bearing. : ORLE
47
One who: Suffix. : STER
48
Heath. : MOOR
49
Competes. : VIES
50
School or college: Abbr. : INST
51
River islands. : AITS
53
Pronoun. : THY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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