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Mary D. Weisser
New York Times, Monday, July 29, 1957
24-Down : Mediterranean island.
Author:
Mary D. Weisser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { W X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 29.3
Mary D. Weisser has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 R | 3 A | 4 D | 5 S | 6 A | 7 B | 8 L | 9 E | 10 S | 11 A | 12 L | 13 E |
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14 R | A | Z | E | 15 P | L | A | I | T | 16 P | L | A | Y |
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17 A | M | O | R | 18 E | A | R | T | H | 19 Q | U | A | K | E |
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20 G | A | V | E | 21 B | A | C | K | 22 N | U | R | S | E | S |
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23 L | A | R | K | 24 C | A | I | N | |||||||
25 S | 26 A | 27 S | I | N | S | 28 A | R | R | E | S | 29 T | 30 E | 31 D |
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32 T | R | A | C | K | 33 E | R | E | C | T | 34 I | D | A |
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35 R | I | F | T | 36 E | L | A | T | H | 37 P | R | I | M |
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38 O | S | E | 39 B | R | I | B | E | 40 G | R | A | C | E |
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41 M | E | R | 42 M | A | I | D | S | 43 M | O | U | N | T | S |
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44 A | N | T | E | 45 J | O | A | D | |||||||
46 S | 47 E | 48 T | T | E | R | 49 B | U | R | D | E | 50 T | 51 T | 52 E |
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53 M | A | O | T | S | E | 54 T | U | N | G | 55 N | O | R | M |
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56 U | R | G | E | 57 A | O | R | T | A | 58 C | L | E | M |
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59 T | S | A | R | 60 N | O | L | A | N | 61 E | L | S | A |
© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,953
Across
1
Thin wire nail. : BRAD
5
Dark fur. : SABLE
10
Clearance ___. : SALE
14
Demolish. : RAZE
15
Braid. : PLAIT
16
Room for action. : PLAY
17
Love: Lat. : AMOR
18
Capp's McGoon. : EARTHQUAKE
20
Returned. : GAVEBACK
22
Cares for. : NURSES
23
Wagtail or pipit. : LARK
24
Famous fratricide. : CAIN
25
India antelopes. : SASINS
28
Halted the growth of. : ARRESTED
32
Athletic sport. : TRACK
33
Describing a West Pointer's carriage. : ERECT
34
Eisenhower's mother. : IDA
35
Crack. : RIFT
36
Port of dissension in Middle East. : ELATH
37
Formally neat. : PRIM
38
Full of: Suffix. : OSE
39
Pay off. : BRIBE
40
Author Metalious. : GRACE
41
Fabled marine creatures. : MERMAIDS
43
Places in firing position. : MOUNTS
44
Stake. : ANTE
45
Steinbeck's Okie Tom. : JOAD
46
Hunting dog. : SETTER
49
Brave pitcher. : BURDETTE
53
Cohort of Chou. : MAOTSETUNG
55
Standard of behaviour. : NORM
56
Force onward. : URGE
57
Large artery. : AORTA
58
All-Star pitcher Labine. : CLEM
59
Autocrat. : TSAR
60
He played Captain Queeg. : NOLAN
61
Opera role. : ELSA
Down
1
Show off. : BRAG
2
Incarnation of Vishnu. : RAMA
3
Arm of the Black Sea. : AZOV
4
Remiss. : DERELICT
5
Fishing implements. : SPEARS
6
Often paired with 11 Down. : ALACK
7
Sailing vessel. : BARK
8
Bed: Fr. : LIT
9
Governor of a province. : ETHNARCH
10
Rejects with scorn. : SPURNS
11
Exclamation. : ALAS
12
Huron. : LAKE
13
Scrutinizes. : EYES
19
Library sign. : QUIET
21
Slope of a hill. : BANK
24
Mediterranean island. : CRETE
25
South Carolina's Sen. Thurmond. : STROM
26
Originate. : ARISE
27
Less perilous. : SAFER
28
Member of U. N. bloc. : ARABS
29
Island in Red Sea. : TIRAN
30
Decree. : EDICT
31
Subject of song in "South Pacific." : DAMES
33
Omit a syllable. : ELIDE
36
Inhabitant of former Italian colony. : ERITREAN
37
Partner of Patience. : PRUDENCE
39
Poisons. : BANES
40
Spur. : GOAD
42
Import. : MATTER
43
Buccaneer Henry. : MORGAN
45
Legislative council, as in Spain. : JUNTA
46
Coal dust. : SMUT
47
Cauliflower ___. : EARS
48
Aedile's attire. : TOGA
49
Actor Ives. : BURL
50
Canal levy. : TOLL
51
Three: Sp. : TRES
52
Madame Bovary. : EMMA
54
Likewise. : TOO
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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