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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 1959

2-Down : Blue water.

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,651
Across
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Stick together. : COHERE
7
Epoch. : ERA
10
Lot. : FATE
14
Where Bari and Brindisi are. : APULIA
15
8th U. S. President. : VANBUREN
17
Austrian physician, developer of hypnotism. : MESMER
18
Untaught. : IGNORANT
19
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
20
Thrusts. : LUNGES
22
___ Harbor. : BAR
23
Full of: Suffix. : OSE
24
Palings. : FENCES
25
Plant tendril. : BINE
26
Le Havre's river. : SEINE
28
Neither large nor small: Abbr. : MED
29
Invigorate. : BRACE
30
Ibsen character. : ANITRA
32
Full of vim: Slang. : BEANY
33
Emblem of Britain. : LION
34
Tartan wearers. : CLAN
35
Type of writer. : GHOST
37
Shepherd. : HERDER
40
Angry. : WROTH
41
Food at a luau. : POI
43
Having a cupola. : DOMED
45
Knocks. : RAPS
46
Cotton cloth used for shirts. : MADRAS
48
"___ Were King." : IFI
49
Printery need. : INK
50
Flower buds used as flavoring. : CAPERS
51
Tributary: Abbr. : RIV
52
Buildings. : EDIFICES
54
Southern school. : TULANE
57
American League team. : SENATORS
58
___ dicta. (incidental remarks). : OBITER
59
Heroine of 1891. : TESS
60
Youth group: Abbr. : NYA
61
Pibroch players. : PIPERS
Down
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Gems. : CAMEOS
2
Blue water. : OPENSEA
3
Middle East notable. : HUSSEIN
4
Street name in New England. : ELM
5
___ grass. : RIE
6
Actor Hyman. : EARLE
7
Show. : EVINCE
8
___ robin, relative of the pink. : RAGGED
9
Queen ___ lace. : ANNES
10
Alaskan garb. : FUR
11
Swift, graceful horse. : ARABIAN
12
Rental period. : TENANCY
13
Menu feature. : ENTREE
16
Genus of cattle. : BOS
21
Weaken. : UNMAN
24
Talisman. : FETISH
25
Actor-producer. : BRANDO
27
Egyptians. : NILOTS
29
American historians. : BEARDS
31
Twaddle: Slang. : ROT
32
Wheat: Fr. : BLE
34
Sound made by a grasshopper. : CHIRR
35
Man of high rank. : GRANDEE
36
Actress Miriam. : HOPKINS
38
State ruled by Arabian prince. : EMIRATE
39
Worker with sugar, oil, etc. : REFINER
40
Most twisted. : WRIEST
41
Like onionskin. : PAPERY
42
Black Sea port. : ODESSA
44
Sundry. : DIVERS
46
City in Georgia. : MACON
47
Put ___ to. : ASTOP
50
Op. ___. : CIT
53
Justice: Lat. : FAS
55
Where: Lat. : UBI
56
___ service (insincere expression of loyalty). : LIP

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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