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Ruth L. Rutkay
Ruth L. Rutkay

New York Times, Tuesday, September 9, 1958

Author:
Ruth L. Rutkay
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { H Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 29.3
Ruth L. Rutkay has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,360
Across
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Part of a barn. : LOFT
5
Society started by Victor Herbert, 1914. : ASCAP
10
Substance obtained from barley. : MALT
14
Hebrew month. : ADAR
15
Spinet. : PIANO
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Moiseyev. : IGOR
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Pay what is due (with "up"): Slang. : PONY
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Flippant conversation. : PERSIFLAGE
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Renown. : PRESTIGE
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Polished. : GLOSSY
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___ blue. : TRUE
24
Growl: Var. : GNAR
25
North wind. : BOREAS
28
Where Ghent is. : FLANDERS
32
Mimicry. : APERY
33
Metallic sound. : CLANK
34
Ship channel. : GAT
35
Films: Abbr. : NEGS
36
Respond. : REACT
37
Inexperienced one. : TYRO
38
Brother. : FRA
39
Character in "Rain." : SADIE
40
Playful jump. : CAPER
41
Mere nonsense. : FALDERAL
43
Close, as weather. : SULTRY
44
Pitcher. : EWER
45
Desert. : GOBI
46
Sportsman of a special kind. : FENCER
49
Ranger. : FORESTER
53
Excessive. : INORDINATE
55
Irish county. : MAYO
56
___ de vivre. : JOIE
57
Jeopardy. : PERIL
58
City N of Des Moines. : AMES
59
___ Royale National Park. : ISLE
60
Hard, heavy wood. : EBONY
61
Promontory, in place names. : NESS
Down
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Inhabitant of Kola Peninsula. : LAPP
2
Perfume. : ODOR
3
Sanctuary: Poet. : FANE
4
Keepers of a rendezvous. : TRYSTERS
5
___ Claudius, Roman censor. : APPIUS
6
Beleaguerment. : SIEGE
7
Solicitude. : CARE
8
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
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Affecting. : POIGNANT
10
English nobleman. : MILORD
11
Moslem officials. : AGAS
12
Fireplace fuel. : LOGS
13
Spot card. : TREY
19
Be at the side of. : FLANK
21
Flat utensil. : TRAY
24
Iced. : GLACE
25
Canadian resort. : BANFF
26
"Parsifal," for instance. : OPERA
27
Stately. : REGAL
28
Thresh. : FLAIL
29
Member of United Arab Republic. : EGYPT
30
More precious. : RARER
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Report. : STORY
33
___ Rapids. : CEDAR
36
Early maturing peach. : RARERIPE
37
Magic ring or stone. : TALISMAN
39
Seamed. : SEWED
40
Raise to the third power. : CUBE
42
Ordinance. : DECREE
43
Extremely. : SORELY
45
Climbed aboard. : GOTIN
46
British colony in the S. Pacific. : FIJI
47
Biblical name. : ENOS
48
Waste silk. : NOIL
49
Gambling game. : FARO
50
Tractable. : TAME
51
Holes in Swiss cheese. : EYES
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English explorer in the Antarctic. : ROSS
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Nose. : NEB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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