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A. H. Drummond Jr.
New York Times, Friday, June 5, 1959
27-Down : Have ___ (be cautious).
Author:
A. H. Drummond Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 13, Grid flow: 60.9
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
A. H. Drummond Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 P | 3 A | 4 S | 5 P | 6 I | 7 P | 8 E | 9 D | 10 M | 11 A | 12 N | 13 N |
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14 L | A | N | K | 15 S | M | I | L | E | 16 O | M | O | O |
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17 O | G | G | I | 18 A | P | R | I | L | 19 F | O | O | L | S |
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20 T | E | L | L | 21 A | L | L | 22 S | T | O | N | I | L | Y |
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23 O | L | D | M | A | 24 N | 25 A | R | S | ||||||
26 C | 27 A | S | E | S | 28 C | U | 29 B | 30 B | E | 31 L | 32 G | 33 A |
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34 A | C | A | D | 35 S | A | M | A | 36 R | I | T | A | N | S |
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37 M | A | X | 38 B | A | B | B | L | E | D | 39 N | A | T |
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40 P | R | O | 41 F | I | T | L | E | S | S | 42 A | C | R | O |
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43 S | E | N | O | R | 44 E | R | A | 45 S | C | A | L | P |
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46 R | E | 47 B | 48 S | M | 49 A | R | T | S | ||||||
50 B | 51 A | 52 S | E | M | A | 53 N | 54 F | L | A | S | H | 55 E | 56 D |
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57 I | M | P | R | E | S | A | 58 R | I | O | 59 O | I | S | E |
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60 L | I | E | U | 61 A | V | E | R | S | 62 U | R | S | A |
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63 K | E | E | N | 64 L | E | A | S | T | 65 T | E | E | N |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,612
Across
1
Resorts. : SPAS
5
Conveyed gas, water, etc. : PIPED
10
Outstanding literary figure. : MANN
14
Long and slender. : LANK
15
Facial expression. : SMILE
16
Novel of 1847. : OMOO
17
Today, in Italy. : OGGI
18
___ Day. : APRILFOOLS
20
Spill the beans. : TELLALL
22
In an unfeeling manner. : STONILY
23
Role for Spencer Tracy. : OLDMAN
25
"___ longa, vita brevis." : ARS
26
Boxes, crates, etc. : CASES
28
Young fox. : CUB
30
Former monetary unit in Brussels. : BELGA
34
School: Abbr. : ACAD
35
Compassionate helpers. : SAMARITANS
37
Novelist Wylie. : MAX
38
Prattled on. : BABBLED
39
Man's nickname. : NAT
40
Without gain. : PROFITLESS
42
Highest: Comb. form. : ACRO
43
Spanish title. : SENOR
44
Time. : ERA
45
Part of the head. : SCALP
46
One of Jeb's men. : REB
48
Stings. : SMARTS
50
One of three, on a diamond. : BASEMAN
54
Glinted. : FLASHED
57
Hurok or Bing. : IMPRESARIO
59
Seine tributary. : OISE
60
Stead. : LIEU
61
Testifies. : AVERS
62
Celestial bear. : URSA
63
Piercing. : KEEN
64
Minimal. : LEAST
65
Cardinal suffix. : TEEN
Down
1
Narrow notch. : SLOT
2
Boy in uniform. : PAGE
3
Early Englishman. : ANGLOSAXON
4
Having ability. : SKILLED
5
Hymn. : PSALM
6
Relentless. : IMPLACABLE
7
Mohammedan saint. : PIR
8
Ivy Leaguers. : ELIS
9
After gamma. : DELTA
10
Lunar phenomenon. : MOONSET
11
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
12
Old __, nickname of Oliver Cromwell. : NOLL
13
Inquisitive: Colloq. : NOSY
19
Ban. : FORBID
21
Harbingers of sales. : ADS
24
After Leviticus. : NUMBERS
26
Hostels. : CAMPS
27
Have ___ (be cautious). : ACARE
29
Evergreens. : BALSAMFIRS
31
Where Manchester and Liverpool are. : LANCASHIRE
32
Knot in a tree trunk. : GNARL
33
Put ___ to (end). : ASTOP
35
Met. : SAT
36
Matter: Lat. : RES
38
Ancient vessel. : BIREME
41
Precede. : FORERUN
42
Dramatizes. : ACTSOUT
45
Portuguese Mrs. : SRA
47
Fundamental. : BASAL
49
"___ Lady," Willa Cather novel. : ALOST
50
Swindle. : BILK
51
French friend. : AMIE
52
Graf von ___. : SPEE
53
Cathedral section. : NAVE
55
To be: Lat. : ESSE
56
Cathedral official. : DEAN
58
Dept. of Agriculture agency: Abbr. : REA
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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