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New York Times, Wednesday, July 13, 1960
Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H Q X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 0, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 14.2
1 N | 2 E | 3 D | 4 D | 5 A | 6 Y | | 7 P | 8 R | 9 E | 10 S | 11 A | 12 G | 13 E | 14 S |
15 A | R | R | I | V | E | | 16 R | E | N | E | G | A | D | E |
17 P | I | E | C | E | S | | 18 E | S | T | E | E | M | E | D |
| 19 T | I | E | R | | 20 O | T | T | E | R | | 21 I | R | A |
22 O | R | B | S | | 23 G | A | Z | E | R | | 24 P | E | L | T |
25 L | E | U | | 26 F | A | K | E | D | | 27 P | U | R | E | E |
28 G | A | N | | 29 A | B | E | L | | 30 M | A | N | | | |
31 A | N | D | 32 I | R | O | N | | 33 J | A | C | K | 34 P | 35 O | 36 T |
| | | 37 T | A | R | | 38 S | E | R | T | | 39 A | V | A |
40 P | 41 O | 42 S | E | D | | 43 G | L | E | N | S | | 44 N | E | T |
45 A | R | A | M | | 46 D | R | A | P | E | | 47 P | O | R | E |
48 L | I | L | | 49 R | E | I | N | S | | 50 S | U | R | A | |
51 M | O | T | 52 I | O | N | E | D | | 53 O | T | T | A | W | 54 A |
55 E | L | E | C | T | I | V | E | | 56 R | O | O | M | E | R |
57 R | E | D | E | E | M | E | R | | 58 C | A | N | A | D | A |
© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 4,016
Across
1
Name in bowling's Hall of Fame. :
NEDDAY7
15
16
17
Parts of a jigsaw puzzle. :
PIECES18
19
20
21
One of David's mighty men. :
IRA22
23
Curious onlooker. :
GAZER24
25
Silver coin of Bucharest. :
LEU26
Practiced deception. :
FAKED27
28
29
30
31
33
37
38
Spanish mural painter. :
SERT39
Former capital of Burma. :
AVA40
Assumed a studied attitude. :
POSED43
Secluded hollows. :
GLENS44
45
46
47
Tiny opening, as in leaves. :
PORE48
49
50
51
53
Capital of 58 Across. :
OTTAWA55
56
57
58
United Nations member. :
CANADA
Down
1
Be off one's guard. :
NAP2
3
4
5
Declare positively. :
AVER6
Word of affirmation. :
YES7
8
9
10
11
12
More highly flavored. :
GAMIER13
First woman English Channel swimmer. :
EDERLE14
20
Of a certain durable wood. :
OAKEN22
Slavic girl's name. :
OLGA23
Family name in show business. :
GABOR24
Smoldering substance. :
PUNK26
27
Peace instruments. :
PACTS30
River into the Seine. :
MARNE32
33
34
35
36
American poet and critic. :
TATE38
40
Pilgrim from the Holy Land. :
PALMER41
Brightly colored bird. :
ORIOLE42
43
46
Coarse, twilled cotton. :
DENIM47
49
50
52
53
54
Southern constellation. :
ARA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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