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Walter Colt
Walter Colt

New York Times, Friday, August 7, 1959

58-Down : Nonsense.

Author:
Walter Colt
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 334 (avg 1.79)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 23.1
Walter Colt has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,675
Across
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Jalopy of the good old days. : FLIVVER
8
Period of play in a polo game. : CHUKKER
15
Last longer. : OUTLIVE
16
Italian menu specialty. : RAVIOLI
17
Vision aid. : GLASSES
18
Not invited. : UNASKED
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Catcher Triandos. : GUS
20
Up ___ (ready to fight). : INARMS
22
Campus girl. : COED
23
Ancient stone pillar. : STELA
24
Latin verb form. : AMO
26
Equal: Prefix. : ISO
28
Metric unit of surface measure. : DECARE
30
English military unit: Abbr. : RAF
33
Generator part. : ROTOR
35
Semilegendary pirate. : KIDD
36
Commotion. : ADO
37
Spanish pineapple. : ANANA
38
English letter. : ZED
39
Building addition. : ANNEX
41
With 45 Across, an irregular course. : ZIG
42
Magpie. : PIET
44
Basis of rubber. : LATEX
45
See 41 Across. : ZAG
46
19th cen. landscape painter. : INNESS
49
P. T. A. member. : MOM
50
Political group. : ADA
51
Lake west of Murmansk. : ENARE
53
Carrie Chapman ___. : CATT
56
Bombard. : STRAFE
58
Dance: Fr. : BAL
61
Member of A. A. U. : ATHLETE
63
Furnace opening for drawing off slag. : TAPHOLE
65
Made in folds. : PLEATED
66
Fire basket. : CRESSET
67
Indian get-togethers. : POWWOWS
68
Snobbish. : HIGHHAT
Down
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Verne character. : FOGG
2
A beaut. : LULU
3
Eskimos. : ITAS
4
Stringed instruments: Abbr. : VLS
5
Social call. : VISIT
6
Leveled off. : EVENED
7
Used car transaction. : RESALE
8
___ Lynne, suburb of Philadelphia. : CRUM
9
Merchant of a guild town. : HANSARD
10
Grape: Lat. : UVA
11
Mount ___, N. Y. : KISCO
12
Lord High Executioner. : KOKO
13
A famous Robert. : ELEE
14
Blackmore character. : RIDD
21
Extortionist. : RACKETEER
23
In the near future. : SOON
25
Award. : MEDAL
26
Ancient country of Asia Minor. : IONIA
27
Old man of football. : STAGG
29
Helper. : AID
30
___ earth (hunted down). : RANTO
31
Revoke legally. : ADEEM
32
Batting star of the 1930's. : FOXX
33
Ridicule: Slang. : RAZZ
34
Quick. : RAPID
38
___ Buddhism. : ZEN
40
Title. : NAME
43
Very agitated: Slang. : INASTEW
47
Grab. : SNATCH
48
Expedition into the wilds. : SAFARI
50
Attorney ___. : ATLAW
52
Fasten down again, as a tent. : REPEG
53
Cartoonist. : CAPP
54
Pertaining to the atlas and axis: Prefix. : ATLO
55
Muscle. : THEW
57
Spreads (cut grass) for drying. : TEDS
58
Nonsense. : BOSH
59
Epithet of Athena. : ALEA
60
Baltic native. : LETT
62
1944 military area: Abbr. : ETO
64
Address to royalty: Abbr. : HSH

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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