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Lucy H. Creedon
New York Times, Friday, September 12, 1958
Author:
Lucy H. Creedon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.5
Lucy H. Creedon has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 H | 2 I | 3 L | 4 O | 5 S | 6 P | 7 I | 8 L | 9 T | 10 A | 11 P | 12 S | 13 E |
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14 A | R | I | L | 15 P | U | R | E | E | 16 S | E | L | L |
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17 H | A | N | D | 18 M | E | D | O | W | N | 19 P | R | I | M |
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20 S | K | A | T | I | N | G | 21 F | 22 L | I | R | T | S |
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23 I | N | D | Y | 24 H | O | A | R | Y | ||||||
25 T | 26 H | 27 E | M | E | S | 28 M | A | L | D | E | M | 29 E | 30 R |
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31 H | A | Y | E | S | 32 B | U | N | D | S | 33 A | X | E |
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34 A | V | E | R | 35 L | L | D | 36 A | S | I | A |
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37 T | O | W | 38 S | 39 P | I | C | Y | 40 S | C | O | L | D |
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41 A | C | I | 42 D | T | E | S | T | 43 P | L | A | N | E | S |
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44 T | R | E | S | S | 45 L | O | A | D | ||||||
46 O | 47 R | N | A | T | E | 48 U | T | T | E | 49 R | 50 E | 51 D |
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52 P | O | E | M | 53 T | 54 H | 55 E | C | H | E | M | I | S | E |
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56 E | L | S | A | 57 A | E | R | I | E | 58 I | M | P | Y |
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59 N | E | S | T | 60 S | W | E | A | R | 61 C | A | Y | S |
© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,363
Across
1
Port of Hawaii. : HILO
5
"'Tis a folly to cry for ___ milk." : SPILT
10
Vaulted recess. : APSE
14
Seed covering. : ARIL
15
Vegetable preparation. : PUREE
16
Deal in. : SELL
17
Garment of a sort. : HANDMEDOWN
19
Demure. : PRIM
20
Winter sport. : SKATING
21
Triflers in love. : FLIRTS
23
Vincent d'___, composer. : INDY
24
Gray. : HOARY
25
Topics. : THEMES
28
Traveler's bête noire. : MALDEMER
31
Star of "Time Remembered." : HAYES
32
Pro-Nazi groups. : BUNDS
33
Tool. : AXE
34
Assert. : AVER
35
Academic degree: Abbr. : LLD
36
Global area. : ASIA
37
Broken fibers of hemp, flax, etc. : TOW
38
Piquant. : SPICY
40
Cousin of a shrew. : SCOLD
41
Final analysis. : ACIDTEST
43
Sycamore trees. : PLANES
44
Ringlet. : TRESS
45
Encumber. : LOAD
46
Gingerbready. : ORNATE
48
Spoke. : UTTERED
52
A thing of beauty. : POEM
53
Outgoing fashion. : THECHEMISE
56
Gottfried's sister. : ELSA
57
Brood of eagles. : AERIE
58
Mischievous: Rare. : IMPY
59
Mare's ___. : NEST
60
Vow. : SWEAR
61
West Indies islets. : CAYS
Down
1
Interjections. : HAHS
2
Neighbor of Saudi Arabia. : IRAK
3
Former diva Cavalieri. : LINA
4
Veteran's cousin. : OLDTIMER
5
Passes, as time. : SPENDS
6
Short and fat. : PUDGY
7
Organization aiding refugees. : IRO
8
Pitcher Burdette. : LEW
9
Decuple. : TENFOLD
10
Seek ambitiously. : ASPIRE
11
TV role. : PERRYMASON
12
Narrow opening. : SLIT
13
City of ___, New Haven, Conn. : ELMS
18
Sources of supply. : MINES
22
Young'uns. : LADS
24
Composer of "St. Louis Blues." : HANDY
25
"He went ___ way." : THATA
26
Ruin. : HAVOC
27
Find for 11 Down. : EYEWITNESS
28
Deprive of by trickery. : MULCT
29
A "Man without a Country." : EXILE
30
Deciphers. : READS
32
Ecstasy. : BLISS
36
Theoretical. : ACADEMIC
38
Let it stand. : STET
39
Money in Madrid. : PESETAS
40
List of candidates. : SLATE
42
Campus activity: Colloq. : DRAMAT
43
Bustle. : POTHER
45
Donizetti heroine. : LUCIA
46
Initiate. : OPEN
47
45 Down, for example. : ROLE
49
Breadfruit of P.I. : RIMA
50
Discern. : ESPY
51
Pashas of the 16th century. : DEYS
54
Cut down. : HEW
55
Before. : ERE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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