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A. H. Drummond, Jr.
A. H. Drummond, Jr.

New York Times, Saturday, August 31, 1957

1-Down : Lamp necessity.

Author:
A. H. Drummond, Jr.
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
A. H. Drummond, Jr. has 69 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 2,986
Across
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Incorporated town: Var. : BORO
5
Edge around. : SKIRT
10
Flourish. : BOOM
14
Orang ___. : UTAN
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Early Mongol. : TATAR
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Mme. Bovary. : EMMA
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Part of an O'Neill title. : LONGDAYSJOURNEY
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Charm. : BEGUILE
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Midwest feature. : PLAINS
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Rank below a marquis. : EARL
23
Lidded box. : CHEST
25
Wilkes-___, Pa. : BARRE
27
Wild sheep of India. : SHA
28
Conical dwelling. : TEPEE
32
Roman writer. : OVID
33
Meager. : SPARSE
35
Yellow bugle. : IVA
36
Get ___ of. : RID
37
Useful card in bridge. : STOPPER
38
Ship's boat. : GIG
39
Beverage. : ALE
40
Tense. : TAUTEN
41
Stream. : RILL
42
City in Ethiopia. : HARAR
44
Sunday talk: Abbr. : SER
45
Thick. : DENSE
46
Identifier. : NAMER
48
Part of a sonata. : CODA
49
Girl's name. : JOANNA
52
Clutched. : CLASPED
55
Six-volume work on civilizations. : ASTUDYOFHISTORY
58
Majorca or Minorca. : ISLA
59
Containing gold. : AURIC
60
Related. : AKIN
61
Staple's relative. : NAIL
62
Puzzle: Colloq. : STICK
63
President Coty. : RENE
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Lamp necessity. : BULB
2
Indian. : OTOE
3
Cowboy. : RANGERIDER
4
Prepared. : ONGUARD
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Delaying action: Colloq. : STALL
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Danny, Sammy, or Buddy. : KAYE
7
Pronoun. : ITS
8
Rule, in India. : RAJ
9
Figure of speech. : TROPE
10
Scold. : BERATE
11
Everywhere: Comb. form. : OMNI
12
Augury. : OMEN
13
Giant star. : MAYS
18
Disastrous. : DIRE
19
Northern Ireland. : ULSTER
23
Division. : CHAPTER
24
After whom a ferry was named. : HARPER
25
Famous Senator. : BORAH
26
City in Spain. : AVILA
27
Better half. : SPOUSE
29
Phrase for purchase, sight unseen : PIGINAPOKE
30
Wrongs. : EVILS
31
Big bird. : EAGLE
33
Depot: Abbr. : STA
34
Eastern coin. : SEN
37
Leave in trouble. : STRAND
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Moscow publication. : REDSTAR
43
Type of plant. : ANNUAL
45
"When in Rome, ___ the Romans do." : DOAS
47
Ancient Yucatan dwellers. : MAYAS
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Sound of a door latch. : CLICK
49
Member of a Hindu religion. : JAIN
50
Movable mountain. : OSSA
51
Legendary Norse King. : ATLI
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Smart. : CHIC
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Ireland. : ERIN
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C. G. S. unit. : DYNE
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In the open air. : OUT
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Day: Abbr. : FRI

Answer summary:
7 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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