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W. E. Jones
W. E. Jones

New York Times, Wednesday, July 1, 1959

Author:
W. E. Jones
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
W. E. Jones has 95 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,638
Across
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Fashion. : MOLD
5
___ Unis. : ETATS
10
Cabbage: Fr. : CHOU
14
Turkish weight: Var. : OCHA
15
Star of "Middle of the Night." : NOVAK
16
Boat propellers. : OARS
17
Receive as a reward. : REAP
18
Lazy. : DRONY
19
Clare Boothe ___. : LUCE
20
Drama of the Orient. : RASHOMON
22
Home of SMU. : DALLAS
24
Without cessation. : ONANDON
25
Yankee veteran. : YOGI
26
Direction. : EAST
27
Collects. : AMASSES
31
Brings as a result. : LEADSTO
34
Amulet. : PERIAPT
35
Hindustani. : URDU
36
Olive: Lat. : OLEA
37
Of a school of painting founded by the Van Eycks. : FLEMISH
41
Fore-and-aft sail. : SPANKER
44
Occupants. : TENANTS
45
Commander in chief: Abbr. : CINC
46
One. : UNIT
47
___ de Saint-Exupéry. : ANTOINE
51
Opera by Weber. : OBERON
54
Fairy tale opening. : ONCEUPON
55
South Pacific island. : BALI
56
Lacking novelty. : TRITE
58
Split. : RIFT
59
French pronoun. : ELLE
60
Mollifier. : EASER
61
Calumniate. : SLUR
62
Part of IGY. : YEAR
63
Achievements. : DEEDS
64
Worker of 1066. : ESNE
Down
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___ Castle, Havana. : MORRO
2
Coney Island attraction. : OCEAN
3
Captive Asian capital. : LHASA
4
Lady Browning, English writer. : DAPHNEDUMAURIER
5
Farthest. : ENDMOST
6
Raymond Massey's birthplace. : TORONTO
7
River into the English Channel. : AVON
8
Skin tone. : TAN
9
Planetarium feature. : SKYDOME
10
Moscow book. : COLLISIONCOURSE
11
Loot: Colloq. : HAUL
12
Killer whale. : ORCA
13
Resorts to. : USES
21
Harem apartments. : ODAS
23
Substance obtained from seaweed. : AGAR
25
Chatter: Slang. : YAP
28
Contemporary scientist. : SALK
29
Weapon used in 18th century. : EPEE
30
Superior one. : STAR
31
Air: Ger. : LUFT
32
One of the Gardners. : ERLE
33
SW Arabian port. : ADEN
38
___ case (not under any circumstances). : INNO
39
Gave sparingly. : STINTED
40
Presidential monogram. : HST
41
Gave sparingly. : SCANTED
42
Tool for gripping. : PINCERS
43
Before: Lat. : ANTE
48
Philippine trees. : IPILS
49
Not amusing: Colloq. : NOFUN
50
Between: Fr. : ENTRE
51
Execute commands. : OBEY
52
500 lbs. of cotton. : BALE
53
She: Span. : ELLA
54
Seine tributary. : OISE
57
Scottish Arctic explorer (1813–93). : RAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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