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

New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 1956

Author:
A. H. Drummond Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 33.4
A. H. Drummond Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,559
Across
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Drive. : URGE
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Initiate. : START
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Silvers. : PHIL
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Person. : SOUL
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Actress June. : HAVER
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Greek letter. : IOTA
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First line of the "Cuckoo Song." : SUMERISICUMENIN
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Touches up. : REPAINTS
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Epoch of the Eohippus. : EOCENE
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___ Grey. : ZANE
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Downcast. : BLUE
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Describing shallow waters. : SHOALY
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Word list of a textbook. : GLOSSARY
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Theirs: Fr. : LEURS
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Beg. : CRAVE
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John or Jane. : DOE
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High tone. : ALT
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Instant. : TRICE
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Tankard. : MUG
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Rocky hill. : TOR
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Part of the leg. : SHANK
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Comedian Arnold. : STANG
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Davis' Vice President. : STEPHENS
43
Limits. : BOUNDS
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Miss. : LOSE
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Unsatisfactory. : POOR
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Silvery. : ARGENT
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Iowa, Illinois, etc. : CORNBELT
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"Let us then be merry," first words of an old Latin song. : GAUDEAMUSIGITUR
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Wagner opera cycle. : RING
56
Taunted. : GIBED
57
Not a one. : NONE
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___ Boleyn. : ANNE
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Get around. : EVADE
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Heraldic term. : ENTE
Down
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Initials of a country. : USSR
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Don Juan. : ROUE
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Andy of the comics. : GUMP
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Son of Aaron. : ELEAZAR
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Climb, as a flagpole. : SHINNY
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Special preference. : TASTE
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Rara ___. : AVIS
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Formula: Abbr. : REC
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Tryster on the banks of Loch Lomond. : TRUELOVE
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Components. : PIECES
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Sharpen. : HONE
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Have ___ for (hold a grudge). : ITIN
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Byway. : LANE
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Coins of Iran. : RIALS
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Timid one. : MOUSE
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Supreme Court Justice. : BLACK
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Laths. : SLATS
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Serf of Sparta. : HELOT
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Exaggerated. : OUTRE
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Smiles broadly. : GRINS
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Madison Ave. habitué. : ADMAN
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17 Across is one. : ROUND
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Robbers: Slang. : YEGGS
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Derrick. : CRANE
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"That struts and frets his hour upon ___." : THESTAGE
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Polished. : SHONE
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Madame Chiang, nee ___. : SOONG
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Motor. : TURBINE
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Promise. : PLEDGE
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Chemical compound. : BORIDE
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Put forth. : POSED
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Indian city. : AGRA
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Sadie Thompson's story. : RAIN
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The man marooned on Treasure Island. : GUNN
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Island country. : CUBA
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English college. : ETON
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Actor Alfred. : LUNT
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Tupelo or ash. : TREE
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1004. : MIV

Answer summary:
13 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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