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Albert V. Blum
New York Times, Monday, June 7, 1954
43-Across : "How ___ the little busy bee ... "
Author:
Albert Blum
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 33.3
Albert V. Blum has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Albert Blum is an alias for Albert V. Blum.
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33 G | O | R | T | 34 P | A | R | E | S | 35 P | O | N | E |
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44 S | 45 T | A | N | D | S | 46 D | E | L | A | W | 47 A | 48 R | 49 E |
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50 E | R | R | S | 51 I | 52 N | A | M | O | R | A | T | A | S |
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53 P | E | P | E | 54 Z | U | L | U | S | 55 Y | O | S | T |
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56 T | E | S | T | 57 E | M | I | R | 58 S | M | E | E |
© 1954, The New York TimesNo. 1,805
Across
1
Baby sitter in Hongkong. : AMAH
5
Army mascot. : MULE
9
Right-hand man: Abbr. : ASST
13
Part of the ear. : LOBE
14
Clement, Leo, etc. : POPES
15
Time spent in a place. : STAY
16
Famous name in the theatre. : MAUDEADAMS
18
Summer junket. : TRIP
19
Marcus ___. : ANTONIUS
20
Caruso. : ENRICO
22
Ponies. : NAGS
23
Move stealthily. : SNEAK
24
Tell in detail. : RECITE
27
Lacking savoir-faire. : TACTLESS
30
Cancel. : ERASE
31
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page of Windsor. : WIVES
32
Do wrong. : SIN
33
Irish town where Yeats lived. : GORT
34
Cuts down. : PARES
35
Johnnycake. : PONE
36
Find a sum. : ADD
37
Highway guides. : LINES
38
Mashed, stewed fruit. : SAUCE
39
Abated. : LESSENED
41
Model. : SITTER
42
Follows the hounds. : HUNTS
43
"How ___ the little busy bee ... " : DOTH
44
Rises. : STANDS
46
Its capital is Dover. : DELAWARE
50
Misses the truth. : ERRS
51
Don Juan's ladies. : INAMORATAS
53
M. Le Moko. : PEPE
54
Kaffirs. : ZULUS
55
Famous Michigan coach. : YOST
56
___ pilot. : TEST
57
Eastern title. : EMIR
58
Pintail duck. : SMEE
Down
1
Girl's name. : ALMA
2
Lament. : MOAN
3
Border upon. : ABUT
4
Pleasure-seeker. : HEDONIST
5
___ operandi. : MODUS
6
Tall tree of Java. : UPAS
7
Man's nickname. : LEM
8
Perfumes. : ESSENCES
9
Like the stars. : ASTRAL
10
Fans. : STRIKESOUT
11
Mediterranean vessel. : SAIC
12
Misprint: Colloq. : TYPO
14
Actress Janis. : PAIGE
17
Growing out. : ENATE
21
Anglers' gear. : NETS
23
Keeps. : SAVES
24
Princely. : REGAL
25
Wear away. : ERODE
26
Professional swindlers. : CARDSHARPS
27
Worn out. : TIRED
28
Inasmuch as. : SINCE
29
Scoff. : SNEER
31
Decreases. : WANES
34
Small. : PINTSIZE
35
Lanes. : PATHWAYS
37
Give temporarily. : LEND
38
Oriental guitar. : SITAR
40
When the evening star shines. : SUNSET
41
Musical compositions. : SOLOS
43
Hesitate. : DEMUR
44
A month: Abbr. : SEPT
45
Ginkgo. : TREE
46
Ultramodern artist. : DALI
47
Subject of scientific research. : ATOM
48
Demolish. : RASE
49
Famous Italian house. : ESTE
52
Fourth book of the Old Testament: Abbr. : NUM
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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