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Elsie Bishop
New York Times, Wednesday, July 6, 1955
Author:
Elsie Bishop
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 33.0
Elsie Bishop has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 I | 3 E | 4 S | 5 A | 6 L | 7 E | 8 F | 9 R | 10 E | 11 E | 12 Z | 13 E |
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14 E | N | G | I | 15 N | E | E | R | 16 R | I | T | U | A | L |
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17 A | G | I | T | A | T | O | R | 18 A | C | A | C | I | A |
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19 L | E | S | S | O | N | 20 A | 21 R | C | H | 22 A | R | T |
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23 M | A | 24 G | N | E | T | 25 A | L | E | E |
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26 O | 27 K | 28 A | 29 P | I | 30 A | C | T | U | 31 A | R | Y | |||
32 R | E | B | A | 33 B | O | Y | 34 R | I | M | P | 35 L | 36 E |
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37 B | E | S | T | 38 I | A | L | 39 B | E | R | A | T | E | S |
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40 S | P | O | I | L | T | 41 B | U | D | 42 D | U | S | T |
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43 R | O | S | T | 44 R | U | M | 45 C | A | S | T | E |
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46 U | 47 M | P | S | 48 L | I | S | P | 49 E | R | |||||
50 N | A | T | 51 K | E | G | S | 52 L | I | 53 G | 54 N | 55 U | 56 M |
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57 C | L | I | 58 N | I | C | 59 T | 60 O | L | E | R | A | T | E |
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61 A | T | O | N | E | R | 62 O | P | E | R | A | T | O | R |
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63 S | A | N | E | L | Y | 64 P | E | N | 65 M | O | R | E |
© 1955, The New York TimesNo. 2,199
Across
1
Baked dishes. : PIES
5
Stout. : ALE
8
Fix, as prices. : FREEZE
14
Mr. Hoover from 1895 to 1914. : ENGINEER
16
Form of ceremonies. : RITUAL
17
Rabble-rouser. : AGITATOR
18
Thorny flowering shrub or tree. : ACACIA
19
Instruction. : LESSON
20
Coy. : ARCH
22
Cleverness in contrivance. : ART
23
Loadstone. : MAGNET
25
Sheltered. : ALEE
26
Relative of the giraffe. : OKAPI
30
Calculator of insurance statistics. : ACTUARY
32
Biblical name. : REBA
33
Exclamation of surprise. : BOY
34
Wrinkle. : RIMPLE
37
Brutal. : BESTIAL
39
Scolds. : BERATES
40
Ruined by overindulgence. : SPOILT
41
Young girl entering social life. : BUD
42
___ bowl. : DUST
43
Pulpit. : ROSTRUM
45
Social position. : CASTE
46
Catchers' shadows. : UMPS
48
One who speaks childishly. : LISPER
50
Original inhabitant: Abbr. : NAT
51
Barrels. : KEGS
52
___ vitae, tropical tree. : LIGNUM
57
Department of a hospital. : CLINIC
59
Permit. : TOLERATE
61
One who makes amends. : ATONER
62
Manager. : OPERATOR
63
Rationally. : SANELY
64
Item for the nursery. : PEN
65
Additional. : MORE
Down
1
Thunder sound. : PEAL
2
Author of 41 Down. : INGE
3
Auspices. : EGIS
4
Rests. : SITS
5
Volcano in Sicily. : AETNA
6
Zodiac sign. : LEO
7
Tendency to go astray. : ERRANCY
8
Broken. : FRACTURED
9
Sumptuous. : RICH
10
Greek letter. : ETA
11
Tree common in California. : EUCALYPTUS
12
French name of Voltaire play. : ZAIRE
13
Make proud. : ELATE
15
Biblical mother-in-law. : NAOMI
21
Soak. : RET
24
Prison. : GAOL
25
Fleet of warplanes. : ARMADA
26
Globes. : ORBS
27
Strongest part of a medieval castle. : KEEP
28
Engrossment. : ABSORPTION
29
Courtyards. : PATIOS
31
Melody. : AIR
33
Movie from a best seller. : BATTLECRY
35
For fear that. : LEST
36
Beatrice d'___. : ESTE
38
French pronoun. : ILS
39
Hit against. : BUMP
41
Popular current play. : BUSSTOP
44
Equip. : RIG
45
Public announcer. : CRIER
46
The final Mohican. : UNCAS
47
Island in the Mediterranean. : MALTA
49
Scott heroine. : ELLEN
51
Canal in Germany. : KIEL
53
Metric weight. : GRAM
54
Pact of 1949. : NATO
55
To use: Lat. : UTOR
56
Only. : MERE
58
Wind direction. : NNE
60
Unclose: Poet. : OPE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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