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J. F. Kelly
J. F. Kelly

New York Times, Monday, September 23, 1957

Author:
J. F. Kelly
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.1
J. F. Kelly has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 17-Across had "bear like"; corrected it to "bearlike."

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© 1957, The New York TimesNo. 3,009
Across
1
Designating an off-shore radar tower. : TEXAS
6
Majority. : MOST
10
Native of the Far East. : THAI
14
Alaskan aborigine. : ALEUT
15
Columbus is its capital. : OHIO
16
South American cape. : HORN
17
Himalayan bearlike mammal. : PANDA
18
___ Bradley. : OMAR
19
Classic. : EPIC
20
Short ___, transoceanic flier. : SNORTER
22
Jupiter, for example. : MISSILE
24
Large sea duck. : EIDER
26
Fraternity letter. : ETA
27
Minnesota's famous doctors. : MAYOS
29
Spick-and-span. : UNSOILED
34
Presidential nickname. : CAL
35
Pola of the silent films. : NEGRI
37
Vacuum tube electrode. : ANODE
38
Former Secretary of State. : HULL
40
Defective. : LEAKY
42
Vacation jaunt. : TRIP
43
Revoke, as a legacy. : ADEEM
45
Snoozed. : SLEPT
47
High, in music. : ALT
48
Make like new. : RENOVATE
50
The Lorelei waters. : RHINE
52
Point. : NIB
53
Transparent. : SHEER
55
Vague discomfort. : MALAISE
59
American penologist (1859–1926). : OSBORNE
63
Composer Stravinsky. : IGOR
64
Harrow's rival. : ETON
66
Nigh: Poet. : ANEAR
67
The Swedish Nightingale. : LIND
68
Gen. Norstad's interest. : NATO
69
Inclinations. : BENTS
70
Word: Comb. form. : LOGO
71
U. S. Air Force Surface-to-Surface missile. : THOR
72
Worn down. : EROSE
Down
1
"Lights out" call. : TAPS
2
Ardor. : ELAN
3
Stranger: Comb. form. : XENO
4
First hurricane of 1957. : AUDREY
5
Assigned post. : STATION
6
MC of "I've Got a Secret." : MOORE
7
Electrical resistance unit. : OHM
8
Country of 10 Across. : SIAM
9
Extreme conservatives. : TORIES
10
Leslie Charteris' hero. : THESAINT
11
Indian. : HOPI
12
Seed covering. : ARIL
13
Famous producer of silent films. : INCE
21
One of the Fords. : EDSEL
23
Portico. : STOA
25
Mexican constabulary. : RURALES
27
___ Adams, American actress. : MAUDE
28
One of the Dulleses. : ALLEN
30
U.S. Army's Surface-to-Air missile. : NIKE
31
Electronic system of navigation. : LORAN
32
Roman official. : EDILE
33
Subdivision: Abbr. : DEPT
34
Scorch. : CHAR
36
Adventure. : GEST
39
Italian man's name. : LEONARDO
41
Belgian town, scene of battles, 1914–17. : YPRES
44
1007. : MVII
46
Baseball immortal. : THEBABE
49
AWOL. : ABSENT
51
Household appliance. : IRONER
54
Revere. : HONOR
55
Industrial plant. : MILL
56
Fee for exchanging currency. : AGIO
57
Overextended. : LONG
58
Greenland settlement. : ETAH
60
Divorce city. : RENO
61
Senators' team: Colloq. : NATS
62
Gaelic. : ERSE
65
The ear: Comb. form. : OTO

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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