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William S. Woods
William S. Woods

New York Times, Wednesday, June 22, 1955

36-Across : Word book: Abbr.

Author:
William S. Woods
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 18
William S. Woods has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,185
Across
1
Character in "Die Fledermaus." : ADELE
6
Shaped metal rod. : TBAR
10
1942 corps. : WAAC
14
Burdened. : LADEN
15
Little woman. : WIFE
16
Medley. : OLIO
17
Penny-pinchers. : SKINFLINTS
19
Sound from the pen. : OINK
20
Cereal grass. : OAT
21
Certain atoms. : IONS
22
Recently. : OFLATE
24
One under another's protection. : PROTEGE
26
Absolute. : PURE
27
Relative: Abbr. : REL
28
Old pistol. : DERRINGER
33
Row: Colloq. : SHINDY
36
Word book: Abbr. : DICT
37
Cheer. : RAH
38
Temporary grant. : LOAN
39
Over twenty-one. : OFAGE
41
Unerring. : SURE
42
Case in Latin: Abbr. : ABL
43
Hard coal refuse. : CULM
44
Firm. : STABLE
46
Back Bay talk. : BOSTONESE
49
___ Pinafore. : HMS
50
Contemporary playwright. : INGE
51
___ ice. : SHEETOF
55
First-class fellows. : BRICKS
58
Twirled. : SPUN
59
Noun suffix. : ADE
60
Ringlet. : LOCK
61
Indian on the warpath. : TOMAHAWKER
64
Explorer Tasman. : ABEL
65
Black. : EBON
66
"___ You Calling Me." : IHEAR
67
George Eliot's Adam. : BEDE
68
Baltic Gulf. : RIGA
69
Truck. : LORRY
Down
1
Name of writing brothers. : ALSOP
2
A major Atlantic port. : DAKAR
3
Leaders. : EDITORIALS
4
Man's nickname. : LEN
5
Type of British rifle. : ENFIELD
6
Wreathed. : TWINED
7
Storage places. : BINS
8
Time of day: Abbr. : AFT
9
Assets. : RESOURCES
10
Describing yarn. : WOOLEN
11
Inter ___. : ALIA
12
"She ___ what she used to be ... " : AINT
13
Industrial fuel. : COKE
18
Ship's record. : LOG
23
Partly fused mixture in glass-making. : FRIT
25
Where Lookout Mountain is: Abbr. : TENN
26
Conceited fop. : PRIG
29
Round mild cheeses. : EDAMS
30
He fits out miners. : GRUBSTAKER
31
Nobleman. : EARL
32
Korea's top patriot. : RHEE
33
Thick flat slice. : SLAB
34
Wanderer. : HOBO
35
Teen-ager. : YOUNGSTER
40
Disappear. : FLEE
41
Identical. : SAME
43
Bash. : CONK
45
On ___ (immediately). : THENAIL
47
Amuse. : TICKLE
48
Native name for European country. : ESPANA
52
"What did you say?" : HUH
53
One way of saying "alas!" : ODEAR
54
Means of transportation. : FERRY
55
Tattle. : BLAB
56
Mantle. : ROBE
57
Frosted. : ICED
58
Sooty air. : SMOG
62
Wide sash. : OBI
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World health group. : WHO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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